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Firefox sporadically freezes during videos

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Since I installed Debian on a PC with the latest generation Intel Alder Lake graphics card, Firefox has exhibited strange behaviors during video playback. I've tried several versions, including the ESR version distributed with the operating system, version 122, and even the beta. The issue remains the same: while watching videos, especially on sites like YouTube or others, the browser may freeze approximately once every hour. It freezes completely, sometimes when I skip ahead in the video, sometimes when I open another one, and sometimes when I rewind.

The complete freeze of Firefox can only be resolved by killing the process. I've tried several things:

   Disabling 3D acceleration.
   Removing any extensions, reinstalling Firefox, and so on.
   Removing user/data profiles of any kind.

Firefox freezes with an error of type "syscall | g_futex_Wait," indicating it seems to be waiting for something. I can't find anything like this on the internet. It could be something related to the graphics card, but I have no idea.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Here's the crash ID reported: 75e975b5-eb12-4fc4-8bfc-d57de0240202. Thank you very much.

Since I installed Debian on a PC with the latest generation Intel Alder Lake graphics card, Firefox has exhibited strange behaviors during video playback. I've tried several versions, including the ESR version distributed with the operating system, version 122, and even the beta. The issue remains the same: while watching videos, especially on sites like YouTube or others, the browser may freeze approximately once every hour. It freezes completely, sometimes when I skip ahead in the video, sometimes when I open another one, and sometimes when I rewind. The complete freeze of Firefox can only be resolved by killing the process. I've tried several things: Disabling 3D acceleration. Removing any extensions, reinstalling Firefox, and so on. Removing user/data profiles of any kind. Firefox freezes with an error of type "syscall | g_futex_Wait," indicating it seems to be waiting for something. I can't find anything like this on the internet. It could be something related to the graphics card, but I have no idea. Has anyone had a similar experience? Here's the crash ID reported: 75e975b5-eb12-4fc4-8bfc-d57de0240202. Thank you very much.

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futex fa riferimento ad una chiamata al kernel di Linux che, nel tuo caso, rimane in attesa bloccando probabilmente il programma. Non sembrerebbe un problema specifico di Firefox, ma dovresti chiedere a qualcuno che conosca bene Debian. Magari puoi provare a chiedere anche su https://forum.mozillaitalia.org/

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guarda siccome avevo dei dubbi su alcuni driver che ho installato sul mio sistema operativo, ho deciso di reinstallare tutto, tanto avevo pochissimi file personali. ora ho un debian pulito, con i driver standard, firefox standard esr. Se continua a fare questa chiamata a sistema con wait, vuol dire che firefox non comunica bene con qualche driver o simili. In tal caso l'unica credo sia switchare a un altro browser. :)

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Mikilinux ha detto

In tal caso l'unica credo sia switchare a un altro browser. :)

Accomodati pure.

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non era per dire chissà cosa. semplicemente che il problema si risolve probabilmente solo disabilitando webgl o simili. Gli altri browser vanno alla perfezione. Mi trovo abbastanza costretto a dire la verità.

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Non ero polemico. Se non ti trovi bene, cambia browser. Non è una religione. Firefox non ha le risorse ed il potere commerciale di Google o di Apple o di Microsoft. Per cui alcune cose sono difficili, a volte impossibili da implementare. Se quelle cose sono per te fondamentali, cambiare browser è una soluzione. Io personalmente preferisco qualche disaggio pur di mantenere una ragionevole privacy ed un pieno controllo del mio PC. Ma non mi aspetto che valga lo stesso per tutti.

Tornando al tuo problema, tieni conto che su support.mozilla.org siamo in pochissimi utenti attivi, spesso solo io. Ed io non conosco quasi per nulla Debian. Probabilmente, come ho già detto, troveresti miglior supporto su https://forum.mozillaitalia.org/ e nelle community dedicate a Debian.

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