Anyone else experiencing Firefox 91 crashes?

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Mon Aug 16 17:25:48 UTC 2021


On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 02:46:25PM +0000, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I don't remember when did I update my software the last time, but I have
> Firefox 91 64-bit installed and in the few recent days, it's crashing
> quite intensively.
>
>
> Like, I launch it, type something into the search field... Crash!
>
> I launch it again, type google url to the search field, enter my search
> term on the page and while typing... Crash!
>
> I want to install an addon and even if I somehow manage to enter my
> query and get the search results, when I actually click on one... Crash!
>
>
> It's really annoying, the browser is almost unusable. My cache and
> cookies are cleared automatically after every run, so this shouldn't be
> the source of the issues.
>
> I've tried the troubleshooting mode and it behaves in the same way, so
> extensions also don't seem to be guilty.
>
> I have even downloaded a portable version of the browser from the
> Mozilla website and it crashes as well.
>
>
> The only thing that comes on my mind that it's a bug in the browser, but
> I didn't find anything about it when searching.
>
>
> Does anyone have similar experiences?
>
>
> Firefox 91.0 64-bit, Ubuntu mate 20.04 64-bit.
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Rastislav

i faced this problem too. for now I have rolled back to ff 90.0.2
and try to use chrom whenever possible.
I think these crashes have something to do with the accessibility stack. otherwise they would have been noticed earlier.

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Sincerely, Alexander




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