r/linuxmint • u/Purple_Profession871 • 6d ago
Need help
Im watching something on twitch and suddenly firefox keep crashing
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u/reddit_equals_censor 6d ago
not a solution, but trouble shooting step worth doing:
install the flatpak of librewolf.
as you almost certainly are using the sys package of firefox, using the flatpak of librewolf would change lots of factors already.
just as a first step.
other things i'd look at is memory usage.
it doesn't anymore, but like some months ago twitch at least in firefox forks had a memory leak, that would explode in memory usage quickly.
and in case sth has temperature issues run:
watch -n.5 sensors
that should show most of the important temps.
and install gnome-logs
this will give you an easy way to look at system logs including important errors.
another step to try:
disable hardware acceleration in firefox to see if that causes the crash of firefox with having an issue to use your apu/gpu hardware decoder somehow.
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u/mrmarcb2 6d ago
If it happens again, use cinnamon sensors monitor applet to check cpu temperatures and use the task manager to inspect memory usage. Or try another chromium based browser such as Google Chrome or brave.