Re: I think Firefox is crashing my system
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 at 02:55, Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2025-08-15 at 23:59 +0000, David wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 at 23:09, Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> I have Debian 12 on one computer and Debian 12 and 13 on another. The
>>> first one is an old backup I rarely use. The new one was crashing in both
>>> Debian 12 and 13 so I sent the MB back to MSI. I started using the backup
>>> computer and it's crashing too, so MSI will probably send the MB back and
>>> ask "Why did you send this to us? There's nothing wrong with it."
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>> Hello, on Debian 12 I have seen the same lockup symptoms that you describe
>> that seem to be related to Firefox 128.13.0esr, and I have found it seems
>> to not occur if I disable the "Use hardware acceleration when available"
>> setting in Firefox.
> It crashed with two different graphics cards, NVidia K2200 and AMD Radeon RX580.
> How do I get to that setting in Firefox?
I forgot that it is a hidden option that needs to be revealed.
First:
click "open application menu" icon (top right)
> Settings
> Performance
> untick "use recommended settings"
so that "use hardware acceleration when available" setting
becomes visible, and then you can uncheck to disable it.
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