New Firefox update is broken

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I have installed the new Firefox update (ver 91.2.0esr) and find that the browser hangs even when I attempt to open menus. I did a complete wipe of my entire system and freshly-installed openSuse Leap 15.3. Once again, I note that the new Firefox hangs even when I attempt to open drop down menus. Here are the details of my browser:

Name Firefox
Version 91.2.0esr
Build ID 20210927140538
Distribution ID openSUSE
User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0
OS Linux 5.3.18-59.27-default #1 SMP Tue Oct 5 10:00:40 UTC 2021 (7df2404)
Application Binary /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

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I am not using that version of Firefox. … but I am curious - when you say you did a complete wipe of your system, did you keep your old /home ?

If you kept the old /home, did you remove (or move to a different location) the Firefox configuration information that would have been stored in /home? If you did not , then that could be the issue.

If this is not a brand new /home, then maybe go to /home/aaroneal/.mozilla and change the name of .mozilla to .mozilla-old, then restart Firefox. Does that make a difference?

Another way to test, is to create a brand new user, login as that user, and see if Firefox works for the new user.

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I did a complete wipe, retaining nothing from my earlier environment.

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FF works OK (but I hate Proton interface).

Provide some info with


inxi -aFz

Possibly you’re using Wayland. Try X11.

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I ran echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE and discovered that I was, in fact, running Wayland. I have now logged on using Xorg and the browser works fine. Thanks for the suggestion!

I’m a little mystified, however, that the earlier versions of the browser worked just fine in Wayland but this one does not.

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In Tumbleweed the latest version, #93, froze on me from the get go. I deleted it and instead went into opi and installed Firefox ESR. Sweet. Stable as a rock.

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Yes I also had major problems with this update, described in this thread: https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/561114-Firefox-quot-Security-update-quot-breaks-system-theme

Certain hardware combos will have this problem. Try adding the following line to .mozilla/firefox/###profile name###/prefs.js

user_pref("gfx.webrender.force-disabled", true);
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And what renderer you are using with that setting?
Check it with about:support page -> Graphics -> Compositing.

Create bug report for Mozilla at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org.

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With gfx.webrender.force-disabled=true, Compositor = Basic.

Can also workaround by setting gfx.webrender.software=true, then Compositor = WebRender (Software)

All hardware options (webrender and opengl) fail on my system: super slow response then crashes. I did notice the firefox window refreshes almost instantly if I move the focus to another window and then back, otherwise 20-30 second delay.

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SOLVED!

xorg driver was ancient “intel”. Changed to “modesetting” and now firefox hw webrender works.

I did a temporary switch (didn’t want to delete old drivers) by putting my gpu [VendorID][DeviceID] in modesetting.ids:

echo "80860402" > /etc/X11/xorg_pci_ids/modesetting.ids
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Hi,
Same slow experience here. No such Problem with previous version of ff. I am relucant to roll back, as 91.2 promisses security updates(?).

Even, at first, it would not start at all. Found out, package “MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE” was still on Version 68-lp153.4.22, while ff is on 91.2.0-8.54.1. Removed “MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE”, was automagically replaced by “MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream”, again version 91.2.0-8.54.1, its tarted at least again.

System:
Theadripper 1950x (there is also a Thinkpad W700DS with the very same problem)
128 GB Ram
2x 2TB Samsung NVMe
Opensuse LEAP 15.3, updates as per 10/22/2021 (zypper ref && zypper up)
KDE Plasma
ff addons : noscript, adblock plus, and no google analytics (started ff wit firefox --safemode, problem persisted)
NVidia GTX 1650 on nouveau (tried also with nvidia propretiary, but same same)

greez
chris

edit: just out of curiosity, i booted a plasma wayland session: System is completely unresponsive then

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See my post #10. Try using the “modesetting” driver instead of nouveau. You can get [Vendor ID][Device ID] from firefox about:support
Use xrandr --listproviders to confirm name of active driver

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With FF 91.x ESR we can still use OpenGL rendering. Or use software renderer.
Nvidia cards + FF work OK with Nvidia driver.

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As GNOME [Version 3.34.7] user experienced similar issues with Firefox 91.2.0esr (64-bit) version 91.2.0-8.54.1

2021-10-23 11:02:55|remove |MozillaFirefox|91.2.0-8.54.1|x86_64|
Uninstalled Firefox using COMMAND ** rm --recursive .mozilla/firefox
**
Then a full restart, then re-installed,
2021-10-23 11:13:56|install|MozillaFirefox|91.2.0-8.54.1|x86_64|

Then another full re-start.

So far it appears to be working ok.