[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1989821] Re: Firefox hangs, unable to reload tabs for up to 2min after switching to session that was idle for several hours

2022-12-16 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for firefox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1989821] Re: Firefox hangs, unable to reload tabs for up to 2min after switching to session that was idle for several hours

2022-12-17 Thread Steve Chadsey
I've discovered the source of the problem. Both user accounts on the system had hardware acceleration enabled in Firefox. Apparently, only one session can utilize the GPU/hw acceleration at a time, and so when switching between accounts, the firefox process gets suspended in some manner. That expla

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1989821] Re: Firefox hangs, unable to reload tabs for up to 2min after switching to session that was idle for several hours

2022-09-16 Thread Steve Chadsey
** Description changed: I am not sure when exactly this started. I feel like it was around FF v99. System is always on. 2 user accounts (mine, wife's). We keep the desktop sessions logged-in, just switch between accounts whenever needed. Firefox stays open since it's heavily used. Whe

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1989821] Re: Firefox hangs, unable to reload tabs for up to 2min after switching to session that was idle for several hours

2022-09-19 Thread Olivier Tilloy
Thanks for the detailed report Steve. What would be interesting to test is whether this is an Ubuntu-specific problem caused by the packaging, or if it also happens with binaries distributed by upstream. Could you test that and report here? The upstream binaries can be downloaded from https://downl

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1989821] Re: Firefox hangs, unable to reload tabs for up to 2min after switching to session that was idle for several hours

2022-10-06 Thread Steve Chadsey
I installed firefox-104.0.2 from upstream, and set both users' desktop environments to use that one instead of the Ubuntu bundled version. I didn't know how firefox handles profiles with different versions of the browser installed, so I (perhaps unnecessarily) cleaned out ~/.mozilla for both accoun

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1989821] Re: Firefox hangs, unable to reload tabs for up to 2min after switching to session that was idle for several hours

2022-10-17 Thread Olivier Tilloy
Thanks for following up! So it sounds like the problem is not specific to the Ubuntu package, but rather an upstream issue. Would you mind filing a bug at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox and sharing the link here? -- You received this bug notification because you are