Re: Firefox pausing network activity during vt-switch / screenlock
On Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 8:32 AM Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Paused downloads is a more apparent symptom, however I have not tried to
> reproduce it (I prefer wget that sets file modification time accordingly
> to Last-Modified header).
True. wget would have been ideal for large downloads. But sometimes,
due to the login requirements, say for instance, a google takeout
archive, wget does not work and one is forced to rely on the browser
being able to continue a large download in the background.
>
> Firefox generates events in response to connection changes in
> NetworkManager:
> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/onLine>
In this case, the network state is not changing. Other applications,
including wget, continue uninterrupted across vt-switches (Screen lock
or User switching or Ctrl+Alt+Fn). Sometimes, the firefox gui is also
a bit sluggish after returning from a vt-swtich, almost as if it were
resumed from an earlier CTRL-Z.
If running firefox through vnc, this issue doesn't occur.
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