CentOS - Dec 2016 - firefox-45.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 crashing... unusable

On 12/20/2016 06:08 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On 2016-12-19, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote:
>> Last night installed the latest, firefox-45.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.  
>> Fired it up this morning and within the first hour it's crashed
three
>> times.  That comes to it being usable for about five minutes before it 
>> crashes.
>>
>> Anyone else getting this?
> 
> No such problems here.
> 
> I suggest you try testing firefox with any plugins and extensions
> disabled. Failing that, try "refreshing" firefox[1].
> 
> Have you installed any packages from non-standard repos? I've had some
> problems in the past with ffmpeg from the nux repo following a firefox
> upgrade (problems which were promptly fixed by the maintainer of that
> repo.)
>
WRT ffmpeg, we now have a centosplus version of firefox for CentOS-6 and
CentOS-7 with ffmpeg enabled.
> 1:
>
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings
> 


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> Am 20.12.2016 um 14:36 schrieb Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>:
> 
> On 12/20/2016 06:08 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>> On 2016-12-19, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote:
>>> Last night installed the latest,
firefox-45.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.
>>> Fired it up this morning and within the first hour it's crashed
three
>>> times.  That comes to it being usable for about five minutes before
it
>>> crashes.
>>> 
>>> Anyone else getting this?
>> 
>> No such problems here.
>> 
>> I suggest you try testing firefox with any plugins and extensions
>> disabled. Failing that, try "refreshing" firefox[1].
>> 
>> Have you installed any packages from non-standard repos? I've had
some
>> problems in the past with ffmpeg from the nux repo following a firefox
>> upgrade (problems which were promptly fixed by the maintainer of that
>> repo.)
>> 
> 
> WRT ffmpeg, we now have a centosplus version of firefox for CentOS-6 and
> CentOS-7 with ffmpeg enabled.
just out of curiosity; this ffmpeg support is statically build into firefox
and depends not on any library outside, right?

?
Thank,
LF

On 12/20/2016 03:40 PM, Leon Fauster wrote:
> 
>> Am 20.12.2016 um 14:36 schrieb Johnny Hughes <johnny at
centos.org>:
>>
>> On 12/20/2016 06:08 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>>> On 2016-12-19, ken <gebser at mousecar.com> wrote:
>>>> Last night installed the latest,
firefox-45.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.
>>>> Fired it up this morning and within the first hour it's
crashed three
>>>> times.  That comes to it being usable for about five minutes
before it
>>>> crashes.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone else getting this?
>>>
>>> No such problems here.
>>>
>>> I suggest you try testing firefox with any plugins and extensions
>>> disabled. Failing that, try "refreshing" firefox[1].
>>>
>>> Have you installed any packages from non-standard repos? I've
had some
>>> problems in the past with ffmpeg from the nux repo following a
firefox
>>> upgrade (problems which were promptly fixed by the maintainer of
that
>>> repo.)
>>>
>>
>> WRT ffmpeg, we now have a centosplus version of firefox for CentOS-6
and
>> CentOS-7 with ffmpeg enabled.
> 
> just out of curiosity; this ffmpeg support is statically build into firefox
> and depends not on any library outside, right?
No, it enables Firefox to use ffmpeg that exists on the system.  I use
the rpms from Nux! Dextop on CentOS-7.  He also has rpms for CentOS-6.

https://li.nux.ro/repos.html

The default firefox shipped by RHEL (so also in the main CentOS repos)
has ffmpeg disabled for the last several releases.


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