Firefox 99 hard crashes my computer

This a.m. update to firefox causes hard crashes computer, i.e. screen goes haywire, subsequently goes blank, hardware reboot required to restart.

I have deprecated firefox and returned to pale moon.

[2022-04-14T09:05:43-0700] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S -y -u -u --config /etc/pacman.conf --'
[2022-04-14T09:05:43-0700] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2022-04-14T09:05:44-0700] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2022-04-14T09:06:44-0700] [ALPM] running 'firefox-pre.hook'...
[2022-04-14T09:06:44-0700] [ALPM] transaction started
[2022-04-14T09:06:44-0700] [ALPM] upgraded firefox (99.0-1 -> 99.0.1-1)
[2022-04-14T09:06:45-0700] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2022-04-14T09:06:45-0700] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2022-04-14T09:06:45-0700] [ALPM] running 'firefox-post.hook'...
[2022-04-14T09:06:45-0700] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...

:frowning:

  processor     : 1
  vendor_id     : GenuineIntel
  cpu family    : 6
  model         : 42
  model name    : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos PRO [Radeon HD 7450]

> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI

Please post your system info as outlined here:

Also see:

BTW a nealy identical system with and amd processor runs firefox-99 w/o problems

# inxi -v7azy
System:
  Kernel: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
    root=UUID=39656572-7b28-4b95-b797-1834930dd1c9 rw verbose ipv6.disable=1
    fbcon=scrollback:128k video=vesa:off vga=normal apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=04cf95da-18ab-468e-997d-0a86285f3468
  Console: pty pts/0 DM: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 990 v: 01 serial: <filter>
    Chassis: type: 6 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: Dell model: 06D7TR v: A02 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A24
    date: 07/02/2018
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.72 GiB used: 2.39 GiB (30.9%)
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max-module-size: 8 GiB
    note: est.
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
    speed: 1333 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai part-no: HMT351U6EFR8C-PB serial: <filter>
  Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
    speed: 1333 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai part-no: HMT351U6EFR8C-PB serial: <filter>
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-2400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Sandy Bridge
    family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3287 high: 3299 min/max: 1600/3400 base/boost: 3100/4000
    scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil volts: 0.0 V
    ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 3293 2: 3264 3: 3299 4: 3293 bogomips: 24752
  Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
    constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb est flush_l1d
    fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr
    nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni
    popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdtscp rep_good sep smx ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
    sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme x2apic xsave
    xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
    IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Caicos PRO [Radeon HD 7450] vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire
    driver: radeon v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: DVI-D-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:677b
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: xfwm driver: X:
    loaded: radeon unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: radeon
    tty: 156x72
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 model: Acer K242HQL serial: <filter> built: 2017
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54")
    diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
    vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403 (not used)
  Device-2: AMD Caicos HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6450 / 7450/8450/8490 OEM R5
    230/235/235X OEM]
    vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa98 class-ID: 0403 (not used)
  Device-3: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A) type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 2-1.8:4 chip-ID: 0d8c:0014
    class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.19-2-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e
    v: kernel port: 5040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> (not used)
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 5020
    bus-ID: 00:1f.2 chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.02 TiB used: 74.36 GiB (7.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: A-Data model: SP550 family: based SSDs
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.1
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B5a temp: 25 C
    scheme: MBR
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 48d 13h cycles: 3523
    read: 13.87 TiB written: 13.2 TiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DX002-2DV162
    family: FireCuda 3.5 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200
    serial: <filter> rev: CC41 temp: 34 C scheme: MBR
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1y 15d 0h cycles: 1928
    read: 60.88 TiB written: 4.05 TiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
    value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: TSSTcorp model: DVD+-RW SH-216AB rev: D300
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 103.29 GiB size: 101.54 GiB (98.31%)
    used: 74.36 GiB (73.2%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A uuid: 39656572-7b28-4b95-b797-1834930dd1c9
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 5 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
    uuid: 04cf95da-18ab-468e-997d-0a86285f3468
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 2D1A205358A2ACE2
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.4:3 info: SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory
    type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 1c4f:0002 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1.4:3 info: Chicony Amazon Basics mouse type: Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 04f2:0939 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 2-1.8:4 info: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A)
    type: Audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0d8c:0014 class-ID: 0300
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 43.5 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 192 Uptime: 1h 3m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1896 lib: 539
  Shell: Bash (sudo) v: 5.1.16 running-in: pty pts/0 (SSH) inxi: 3.3.15

$ lsblk -o NAME,SIZE,UUID,OWNER,GROUP,MODEL,FSTYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT
NAME     SIZE UUID                                 OWNER GROUP   MODEL                      FSTYPE LABEL MOUNTPOINT
sda    111.8G                                      root  disk    ADATA SP550
├─sda1 103.3G 39656572-7b28-4b95-b797-1834930dd1c9 root  disk                               ext4         /
└─sda2   8.5G 04cf95da-18ab-468e-997d-0a86285f3468 root  disk                               swap         [SWAP]
sdb    931.5G                                      root  disk    ST1000DX002-2DV162
└─sdb1 931.5G 2D1A205358A2ACE2                     root  disk                               ntfs
sr0     1024M                                      root  optical TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW SH-216AB

I think this system is in dire need of a kernel upgrade. Kernel 5.13 has been EOL for a while.

Upgraded kernel to latest LTS , (re)installed firefox, same result.

# journalctl --catalog --priority=3 --boot=-1
Apr 14 11:15:20 KISE-004 kernel: x86/cpu: VMX (outside TXT) disabled by BIOS
Apr 14 11:15:27 KISE-004 network[412]: No connection found on interface 'eno1' (timeout)
Apr 14 11:15:27 KISE-004 network[412]: Failed to bring the network up for profile 'ethernet-dhcp'
Apr 14 11:15:27 KISE-004 systemd[1]: Failed to start A basic dhcp ethernet connection.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit netctl@ethernet\x2ddhcp.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░
░░ A start job for unit netctl@ethernet\x2ddhcp.service has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 85 and the job result is failed.
Apr 14 11:15:30 KISE-004 pulseaudio[861]: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.systemd1.UnitMasked: Unit bluetooth.service is masked.
Apr 14 11:18:32 KISE-004 kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: ring 3 stalled for more than 10077msec
Apr 14 11:18:33 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_gfx' in directory '0' already present!
Apr 14 11:18:33 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_dma1' in directory '0' already present!
Apr 14 11:18:33 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_uvd' in directory '0' already present!
Apr 14 11:18:34 KISE-004 kernel: [drm:r600_ib_test [radeon]] *ERROR* radeon: fence wait timed out.
Apr 14 11:18:34 KISE-004 kernel: [drm:radeon_ib_ring_tests [radeon]] *ERROR* radeon: failed testing IB on GFX ring (-110).
Apr 14 11:18:34 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_gfx' in directory '0' already present!
Apr 14 11:18:34 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_dma1' in directory '0' already present!
Apr 14 11:18:34 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_uvd' in directory '0' already present!
Apr 14 11:18:46 KISE-004 kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: ring 3 stalled for more than 10484msec
Apr 14 11:18:46 KISE-004 kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 10500msec
Apr 14 11:18:47 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_gfx' in directory '0' already present!
Apr 14 11:18:47 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_dma1' in directory '0' already present!
Apr 14 11:18:47 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_uvd' in directory '0' already present!
Apr 14 11:18:58 KISE-004 kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 10214msec
Apr 14 11:18:59 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_gfx' in directory '0' already present!
Apr 14 11:18:59 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_dma1' in directory '0' already present!
Apr 14 11:18:59 KISE-004 kernel: debugfs: File 'radeon_ring_uvd' in directory '0' already present!
# mhwd -li -d
   NAME:        video-linux
   ATTACHED:    PCI
   VERSION:     2018.05.04
   INFO:        Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:    2
   FREEDRIVER:  true
   DEPENDS:     -
   CONFLICTS:   -
   CLASSIDS:    0300 0380 0302
   VENDORIDS:   1002 8086 10de
# cat pacman.log | grep video-linux
[2021-02-18T10:41:17-0800] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S video-linux'
[2021-05-01T07:59:00-0700] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -R --config /etc/pacman.conf -- video-linux'

Did you try refresh or start Firefox without plugins?

BTW: This is a ‘rescue’ computer from MicroBee refurbished (2018), an old Dell Optiplex 990 Tower being used as a support (sidekick) system with new NIC and USB audio. It has worked fine with prior firefox versions and before that with pale moon.

With 5.15.28-1-MANJARO kernel:

]# inxi -v7azy
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.28-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=39656572-7b28-4b95-b797-1834930dd1c9 rw verbose ipv6.disable=1
    fbcon=scrollback:128k video=vesa:off vga=normal apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=04cf95da-18ab-468e-997d-0a86285f3468
  Console: pty pts/0 DM: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 990 v: 01 serial: <filter>
    Chassis: type: 6 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: Dell model: 06D7TR v: A02 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A24
    date: 07/02/2018
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.72 GiB used: 742.1 MiB (9.4%)
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max-module-size: 8 GiB
    note: est.
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
    speed: 1333 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai part-no: HMT351U6EFR8C-PB serial: <filter>
  Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
    speed: 1333 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai part-no: HMT351U6EFR8C-PB serial: <filter>
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-2400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Sandy Bridge
    family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1596 high: 1597 min/max: 1600/3400 base/boost: 3100/4000
    scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil volts: 0.0 V
    ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 1596 2: 1596 3: 1597 4: 1596 bogomips: 24755
  Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
    constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb est flush_l1d
    fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr
    nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni
    popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdtscp rep_good sep smx ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
    sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme x2apic xsave
    xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Caicos PRO [Radeon HD 7450] vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire
    driver: radeon v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: DVI-D-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:677b
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: xfwm driver: X:
    loaded: radeon unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: radeon
    tty: 156x72
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 model: Acer K242HQL serial: <filter> built: 2017
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54")
    diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
    vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Caicos HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6450 / 7450/8450/8490 OEM R5
    230/235/235X OEM]
    vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa98 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A) type: USB
    driver: cmedia_hs100b,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 2-1.8:4
    chip-ID: 0d8c:0014 class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.28-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e
    v: kernel port: 5040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 5020
    bus-ID: 00:1f.2 chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.02 TiB used: 74.85 GiB (7.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: A-Data model: SP550 family: based SSDs
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.1
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B5a temp: 23 C
    scheme: MBR
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 48d 13h cycles: 3525
    read: 13.87 TiB written: 13.2 TiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DX002-2DV162
    family: FireCuda 3.5 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200
    serial: <filter> rev: CC41 temp: 33 C scheme: MBR
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1y 15d 1h cycles: 1930
    read: 60.88 TiB written: 4.05 TiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
    value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: TSSTcorp model: DVD+-RW SH-216AB rev: D300
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 103.29 GiB size: 101.54 GiB (98.31%)
    used: 74.85 GiB (73.7%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A uuid: 39656572-7b28-4b95-b797-1834930dd1c9
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 5 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
    uuid: 04cf95da-18ab-468e-997d-0a86285f3468
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 2D1A205358A2ACE2
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.4:3 info: SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory
    type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 1c4f:0002 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1.4:3 info: Chicony Amazon Basics mouse type: Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 04f2:0939 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 2-1.8:4 info: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A)
    type: Audio,HID driver: cmedia_hs100b,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0d8c:0014 class-ID: 0300
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 40.5 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 175 Uptime: 20m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1899 lib: 539
  Shell: Bash (sudo) v: 5.1.16 running-in: pty pts/0 (SSH) inxi: 3.3.15

You can install various FF versions. There is for example firefox-appmenu-bin in AUR, however, it’s still on 98 version. You can compile a newer version yourself (firefox-appmenu), but it’s a pain, because compilation can last up to 24 hours, depends on your computer. It’s hard to make the compilation succeed.

Or… you can switch to firefox from snap or flatpack.

This is the beauty of Arch based systems, there are a lot of options and it gives you freedom.

$ firefox --safe-mode
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.

works, no crashes ? (so far)

Disabled extension “Tab Reloader (page auto-refresh)”

Problem solved.

:slight_smile:

UPDATE: Not solved, only delayed :frowning:

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After running unattended for a half hour or so, Fail again

:frowning:

Too much trouble, deprecating firefox, returning to pale moon

Thanx, pale moon is more than adequate for this simple use.

Firefox has always been squirrely on this system.

While I have no idea if it will fix your problem, what else you could try is to create a new, clean Firefox profile. Maybe the profile you used before has been irrevocably corrupted for some unknown reason.

You could try to start Firefox in safe mode, and click the “Refresh Firefox” option, it will reset all Firefox defaults, remove all extensions/themes/customization, but will keep bookmarks, and saved credentials. You then just need to reconfigure Firefox to your liking, reinstall extensions/themes, and you’re good to go. From terminal execute the following firefox --safe-mode and click Refresh button.

Running in safe-mode only delays the crash.

Refresh and firefox still crashes the computer.

The only solution is to deprecate firefox and move to pale ale.

Since firefox works on my other systems, it possibly is the combination of firefox/video-linux/intel cpu.

maybe try librewolf-bin from AUR - fork of firefox - and see if it crashes…

Thanks for the suggestion… … … .

I am giving up on firefox. It replaced pale moon some months ago to get past delayed updates from Manjaro plus also stumbling on restoring multiple website windows at boot.

BTW I am seriously considering deprecating firefox on my main Linux workstation where it has been the primary browser. Mozilla has ‘improved’ it to the point it is certainly aggravating, and nearly useless. I am considering Opera. Chromium, Chrome, pale moon, and Vivaldi are otherwise in use with other tasks.

Sad because I have used Mozilla for over fifteen years.

c’est la vie

Your crashes let think of a hardware issue like overheat.

Is the computer dust clean ?
You say it’s refurbished, is the thermal paste correctly applied ?

You didn’t show your add-ons :

grep -oP '},"name":"\K[^"]+' ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.*default*/addons.json

Only crashes while running firefox 99.

Fails in safe-mode and with the only addon disabled.

Runs the same set of 5 web pages over 4 screens w/o problems w/pale moon.

Hardware boots Windows 10 w/o problems.