[orca-list] Anyone else experiencing Firefox 91 crashes?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 04:50:53PM -0300, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> Over and over again, though I still don't know how to reproduce it.
> My distro is arch linux with all updates.

bug[1] was fixed in firefox 91.0.1 new release is already available
in archlinux.

[1]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1717575

> On 8/16/21 3:04 PM, Didier Spaier via orca-list wrote:
> > This issue happens here on Slint only if Orca is active (using a
> > repackaged official binary of firefox-91).
> >
> > This is consistent with Alexander's assumption
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Didier
> > --
> > Didier Spaier
> > Slint maintainer
> > diider (at) slint (dot) fr
> >
> >
> > Le 16/08/2021 à 19:25, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sincerely, Alexander
> > >

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Sincerely, Alexander