Re: Firefox pausing network activity during vt-switch / screenlock

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 10/12/24 11:03, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> > By the way,
> > <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1443491>
> > "Firefox hangs after switching between virtual terminals (Linux)"
> > > Ok, so I followed the recommendations from this page and disabled
> > > hardware acceleration. It seems to fix the problem.
>
> Indeed it did! Disabling hardware acceleration fixed this issue.
> Thanks for the pointer!
>
> > systemd-logind revokes permissions to /dev/dri/* on change of active user.
>
> This could be why the issue doesn't crop up when running through vnc /
> xpra. Probably firefox doesn't use hardware acceleration when using
> those x-servers.
>
> > I have no idea if your security model allows to add users to the "video"
> > groups, but as a side effect, I would expect higher probability of
> > crashes due to bugs in graphics drivers.
>
> My user account was already a member of the "video" group. Shall have
> to see if the disabled hardware acceleration has any noticeable effect
> on performance.
>
> Thanks,
> Raj Kiran
>
> .
I too have been plagued by FF freezing halfway between tabs, locking up 
the whole machine, so I've now done as instructed by the above links. 
We'll see if that extends my uptimes. If so, thank you very much.

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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