On 2016-05-06, Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro> wrote:> Guys if you are using my repo on CentOS 6 then the new Firefox might > not like the old ffmpeg I ship. > > There is new and apparently working stuff in my testing repo; try to > upgrade and see if that solves the problem. Feedback welcome so I can > move the testing packages in the main repo sooner, rather than later. > > yum --enablerepo=nux-dextop-testing update ffmpeg > > -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! www.nux.roThat fixed it for me. Many thanks.> > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "m roth" <m.roth at 5-cent.us> >> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> >> Sent: Friday, 6 May, 2016 21:20:15 >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox 45.1.0 stability > >> Alice Wonder wrote: >>> On 05/06/2016 11:54 AM, Jeff Layton wrote: >>>> Good afternoon, >>>> >>>> Apologies if this topic has come up before but I've found >>>> that the Firefox 45.1.0 stability to be somewhat lacking. >>>> >>>> For example, I can't use it for Twitter because it crashes. >>>> It also crashes when I log into gmail. This happens every >>>> time I try these URL's. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions on improving the stability? >>> >>> It has not crashed on twitter at all for me. >>> >>> I do run privacy badger on Twitter which blocks a lot of resources that >>> want to track me, maybe some of those resources are what firefox is >>> having trouble with? >>> >>> I also don't have flash installed, nore Java plugin (not even iced-tea) >> >> Right, well I can't do that at work. And I just had to downgrade firefox >> from 45, because I was *trying* to do my annual required privacy and >> security refresher, and it opened, it has, I think, flash audio, and >> firefox crashed, fired it up again, restored, and started and it crashed >> *again*, and a third time, and that was it: I downgraded, didn't have to >> (also couldn't) downgrade flash-plugin, but had no trouble at all >> completing the training. Note that I *could* play streaming media and >> youtube with 45, but... and, no, you've *got* to be joking to think I'm >> going to convince upper management to ban flash.... >> >> mark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- Liam
On Sat, 7 May 2016, Liam O'Toole wrote:> On 2016-05-06, Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro> wrote: >> Guys if you are using my repo on CentOS 6 then the new Firefox might >> not like the old ffmpeg I ship. >> >> There is new and apparently working stuff in my testing repo; try to >> upgrade and see if that solves the problem. Feedback welcome so I can >> move the testing packages in the main repo sooner, rather than later. >> >> yum --enablerepo=nux-dextop-testing update ffmpeg >> >> -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >> >> Nux! www.nux.ro > > That fixed it for me. Many thanks.My Firefox ESR 45.1.0 on CentOS 6 crashes a lot, usually while I am scrolling. So far as I can tell, I'm not using ffmpeg lately. Is this still likely to help? -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards
On Sat, 7 May 2016, Michael Hennebry wrote:> On Sat, 7 May 2016, Liam O'Toole wrote: > >> On 2016-05-06, Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro> wrote: >>> Guys if you are using my repo on CentOS 6 then the new Firefox might >>> not like the old ffmpeg I ship. >>> >>> There is new and apparently working stuff in my testing repo; try to >>> upgrade and see if that solves the problem. Feedback welcome so I can >>> move the testing packages in the main repo sooner, rather than later. >>> >>> yum --enablerepo=nux-dextop-testing update ffmpeg >>> >>> -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >>> >>> Nux! www.nux.ro >> >> That fixed it for me. Many thanks. > > My Firefox ESR 45.1.0 on CentOS 6 crashes a lot, > usually while I am scrolling. > So far as I can tell, I'm not using ffmpeg lately. > Is this still likely to help?This time it crashed when I tried to close a tab. Don't know if it worked. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards
On 2016-05-07, Michael Hennebry <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote:> On Sat, 7 May 2016, Liam O'Toole wrote: > >> On 2016-05-06, Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro> >> wrote: >>> Guys if you are using my repo on CentOS 6 then the new Firefox might >>> not like the old ffmpeg I ship. >>> >>> There is new and apparently working stuff in my testing repo; try to >>> upgrade and see if that solves the problem. Feedback welcome so I >>> can move the testing packages in the main repo sooner, rather than >>> later. >>> >>> yum --enablerepo=nux-dextop-testing update ffmpeg >>> >>> -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >>> >>> Nux! www.nux.ro >> >> That fixed it for me. Many thanks. > > My Firefox ESR 45.1.0 on CentOS 6 crashes a lot, usually while I am > scrolling. So far as I can tell, I'm not using ffmpeg lately. Is > this still likely to help? >It will help if ffmpeg is installed. But ffmpeg is not in the official repository, so it will not be installed unless you went of your way to get it. What you can try is to refresh your FF profile[1]. I found that FF 45 was crashing on gmail (so no video involved) until I did that. 1: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings -- Liam