Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:33:01 -0500 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox or what? Message-ID: <d0b27ab1-52d1-f4b4-4e18-e08d5ad1f86b@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20190813172655.352a89b3.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <60D6EFE4-D594-4E61-8B57-D4E4876EAC83@gmail.com> <20190813172655.352a89b3.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 2019-08-13 10:26, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:44:15 -0400, Eric wrote: >> Mine will freeze and crash regularly as well. It was much worse at >> one time but I went to the configuration folder and moved it to a >> different name letting firefox set itself up again like it was >> first use. > > You can use the profile manager to do this, without having to deal > with configuration directories manually: > > % firefox -P > % firefox -p > % firefox -ProfileManager > > However, configuration "bugs" should not cause Firefox to crash. > > > >> I forget where the folder was whether it was in .config or not. > > It should be ~/.mozilla/firefox, with subdirectories for each > profile that has been instantiated. > > > >> It helped a lot but didnt completely solve the problem. I'm using >> 11.2/amd64 so I'm hoping things are better in 12 when I take the >> leap. > > Check if a newer version of Firefox is available. In many cases, > performing an update will help. With Firefox doing updates is a must. They will fix known bugs and vulnerabilities (and may introduce new ones ;-) Crushes of outdated Firefox may indicate one is hitting websites that are trying to exploit known vulnerabilities (chances are small but do depend on one's browsing habits) Valeri > > Oh, and always check for filesystem inconsistencies... ;-) > > > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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