Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 21:57:25 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: B J <va6bmj@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems With Running Firefox Under Xfce Message-ID: <09022b01-da91-f4cd-8f6b-14f2dc646837@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <CAP7QzkPbc9jQWLLf8iGSUx1A76_fh1yNiS3biZebgGkrFAnVBg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAP7QzkPbc9jQWLLf8iGSUx1A76_fh1yNiS3biZebgGkrFAnVBg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 04/19/18 21:04, B J wrote: > I've got the current version of Xfce installed on an older HP laptop. > Unfortunately, the latest version of Firefox is proving to be a major > headache. > > Ever since the "new and improved" FF was introduced, I've been > unimpressed with its performance. Tabs often crash, if they even load > at all. On top of that, every time I open a new tab or window, I end > up with several FF processes running simultaneously. > > The final straw came this morning when I had problems with accessing > the Internet. The cause, it seemed, was a router on its last legs. I > obtained a Cisco DPC3825 modem/router from the Internet service and > I've been having a terrible time with it. > > It seems that the Internet service has been dropping out about every > hour or so today, which isn't entirely surprising. We've been having > some spring weather for the past few days and it seems that each year > at this time, the Internet service becomes wobbly. (That also happens > whenever there's a major downpour during the summer.) > > Whenever that happened, I switch off the power to the modem/router, > let it set for a minute or so, and then switch it on again. It often > takes several minutes for access to be restored. The only problem is > that my laptop can't make a connection while my older iMac can. > > I've run bsdconfig each time and it appears that the network interface > is enabled, but that doesn't help with the laptop. It seems that the > only way I can restore access is to reboot the machine and that is > rather a nuisance. When I had a separate modem and router, that never > happened. > > Does anyone have any suggestions to resolve this? Thank you. I used to have a similar sort of problem, not exactly the same. Rather than rebooting, have you tried re-initing or re-starting just the appropriate processes? As I recall, I usually got my situation resolved by re-establishing my firewall rules using "sh ipfw_rules" or something like that. I never did figure out why it was dropping out, but it happened under similar circumstances. Gary
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