Alan McKinnon wrote: > This post is rather vague, sorry about that in advance. > > I've spent much time on this and gotten absolutely nowhere. So I > conclude all my thoughts and assumptions are wrong and not worth even > sharing (on account of them being so wrong). > > I have firefox like this: > > [I] www-client/firefox > Available versions: 45.7.0^d 45.8.0^d (~)51.0.1^d {bindist > custom-cflags custom-optimization dbus debug ffmpeg +gmp-autoupdate > +gstreamer gtk2 hardened hwaccel jack +jemalloc +jemalloc3 +jit neon > pgo pulseaudio rust selinux +skia startup-notification system-cairo > system-harfbuzz system-icu system-jpeg system-libevent system-libvpx > system-sqlite test wifi L10N="ach af an ar as ast az be bg bn-BD bn-IN > br bs ca cak cs cy da de dsb el en-GB en-ZA eo es-AR es-CL es-ES es-MX > et eu fa ff fi fr fy ga gd gl gn gu he hi hr hsb hu hy id is it ja ka > kk km kn ko lij lt lv mai mk ml mr ms nb nl nn or pa pl pt-BR pt-PT rm > ro ru si sk sl son sq sr sv ta te th tr uk uz vi xh zh-CN zh-TW"} > Installed versions: 51.0.1^d(21:30:20 21/02/2017)(dbus > gmp-autoupdate jemalloc pulseaudio skia startup-notification > system-harfbuzz system-icu system-jpeg system-libevent system-libvpx > system-sqlite wifi -bindist -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -debug > -gtk2 -hardened -hwaccel -jack -neon -pgo -rust -selinux -system-cairo > -test L10N="en-GB en-ZA -ach -af -an -ar -as -ast -az -bg -bn-BD > -bn-IN -br -bs -ca -cak -cs -cy -da -de -dsb -el -eo -es-AR -es-CL > -es-ES -es-MX -et -eu -fa -ff -fi -fr -fy -ga -gd -gl -gn -gu -he -hi > -hr -hsb -hu -hy -id -is -it -ja -ka -kk -km -kn -ko -lij -lt -lv -mai > -mk -ml -mr -ms -nb -nl -nn -or -pa -pl -pt-BR -pt-PT -rm -ro -ru -si > -sk -sl -son -sq -sr -sv -ta -te -th -tr -uk -uz -vi -xh -zh-CN -zh-TW") > Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox > Description: Firefox Web Browser > > with these plugins: > - adblockplus > - flashblock > - foxyproxy standard > - restart browser > - user agent switcher > - youtube all html5 > > Occasionally, according to no discernable pattern, all my tabs on all > some/most/all Firefox windows stop responding. Clicking and scrolling > in the content has no effect. Can't open new tabs, can't close tabs, > can't switch to existing tabs. Sometimes it affects only one firefox > window, sometimes all firefox windows. > > Imagine if you will that firefox is coded with one global loop that > gets user actions and responds, then that loop gets stuck somewhere. > The firefox window will not be affected (controlled by KDE), and > neither is the X-server but the tabs can all do nothing till the loop > unsticks. It's an effect like that. > > Sometimes it does work after a delay >30s. > The sysadmin in me says 30s? Hah, check DNS resolver timeouts. > Checked, found nothing unusual. Proxy looks OK, VPN looks OK, Chrome > never has this problem so it's firefox specific. > > Firefox itself is up, it responds correctly to moving around the > menus, just can't do some of the actions like open the Addons page > (that is regular content in a tab). > > The issue ALWAYS goes away if I restart firefox, either with the > restart addon or Alt-F4 and start from KDE menu. I have "load previous > tabs" set to true so those actions are pretty equivalent. > > DE is Plasma 5, and the problem isn't from a recent upgrade, I've been > battling with this for ages through MANY kde and firefox updates. > > My question: > Where the hell do I start to figure out what's really going on? > I used up all my sysadmin troubleshooting knowledge and have had to > revert back to n00b status on this one. >
Mine does something like that too. Sometimes mine will pop up and say script so and so is not responding and then have a option to stop or continue. What I did that helped some, installed noscript which stops all the scripts except the ones I allow. So far, that has helped a lot. You may want to try that and see if it helps you any. If it does, then it is likely a script hanging up Firefox. If not, uninstall and look for something else I guess. I might add, I've also had this happen on Seamonkey where I have far fewer tabs open. Usually it is a site that has a Disqus comment section. Those hang a lot especially if there is a lot of comments. I've had those type 10, 15 and even 20 seconds behind me and I'm a slow typer. I'm typing along and when I look up, it can be a whole sentence behind me but it slowly fills in if I wait. Yours may be a browser problem only but for me, I think it is more websites than anything else. Some just suck. Hope that helps. It's not like you haven't ever helped me before. lol Dale :-) :-)