I think the problem is Firefox but..........
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I think the problem is Firefox but..........
I have an interesting problem which has shown up several times in the last few days. While using Firefox on Linux Mint I am finding that it stops getting a connection to websites in a number of open tabs. Any that have been streaming video stay working but all other pages fail to reload existing page or fetch new pages. If I open another Firefox window it fails to fetch any pages. The lockout clears if I close all of Firefox down and open it again, access to websites is restored.
As restarting Firefox clears the problem I am assuming that Firefox is the culprit but it may not be. I looked to see if a later version of Firefox is available but failed to find one. The machine has been stable and trouble free for over a year before this started a few days ago. As far as I know there has not been any software updates or new stuff installed for a long time.
Anyone, please?
Rans6....................
As restarting Firefox clears the problem I am assuming that Firefox is the culprit but it may not be. I looked to see if a later version of Firefox is available but failed to find one. The machine has been stable and trouble free for over a year before this started a few days ago. As far as I know there has not been any software updates or new stuff installed for a long time.
Anyone, please?
Rans6....................
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Originally Posted by rans6andrew
I have an interesting problem which has shown up several times in the last few days. While using Firefox on Linux Mint I am finding that it stops getting a connection to websites in a number of open tabs. Any that have been streaming video stay working but all other pages fail to reload existing page or fetch new pages. If I open another Firefox window it fails to fetch any pages. The lockout clears if I close all of Firefox down and open it again, access to websites is restored.
As restarting Firefox clears the problem I am assuming that Firefox is the culprit but it may not be. I looked to see if a later version of Firefox is available but failed to find one. The machine has been stable and trouble free for over a year before this started a few days ago. As far as I know there has not been any software updates or new stuff installed for a long time.
Anyone, please?
Rans6....................
As restarting Firefox clears the problem I am assuming that Firefox is the culprit but it may not be. I looked to see if a later version of Firefox is available but failed to find one. The machine has been stable and trouble free for over a year before this started a few days ago. As far as I know there has not been any software updates or new stuff installed for a long time.
Anyone, please?
Rans6....................
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Depending upon whether the page you are requesting has been fetched in the current session or a new tab requests the page the failure is either a timeout after much spinning of the hourglass equivalent or page not found message. It is like the DNS entry gets messed up somehow. I don't know if anything else fails to connect as I don't knowingly do anything else that accesses the internet outside of Firefox on that machine.
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ps I don't have the machine to hand, it got left 250 miles away when we left last evening. We were trying to travel light.
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ps I don't have the machine to hand, it got left 250 miles away when we left last evening. We were trying to travel light.
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I can't comment on private mode, but I run Firefox 101.0.1 on Linux Mint 20.3 cinnamon without any problems or noticeable lock ups. I assume you routinely apply all the Mint updates - usually at least once a day! - which will include the Firefox update. A very few web sites don't work properly with Firefox so I have a Chromium on my machine as an alternate. Also for a few weeks the Simple Flying web site was blocked as being insecure even though it was https, but whatever it was is now sorted
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Since you use Private mode you will have no stored cookies (passwords).
Maybe try upgrading it first. There is probably an update a week or something so you are likely a bit behind:-)
If that fails - save your bookmarks, note any extensions you have and maybe save configs there, and re-install it. e.g. I have a configuration in my ad blocker that is important to me.
Maybe try upgrading it first. There is probably an update a week or something so you are likely a bit behind:-)
If that fails - save your bookmarks, note any extensions you have and maybe save configs there, and re-install it. e.g. I have a configuration in my ad blocker that is important to me.
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I remember when I installed Mint on this machine that Firefox 84.0.2 was the latest version available as the machine is only 32 bit. I don't think there are any updates to be had......
I am back in front of the machine, have been for a few days now, and the locking out issue seems to have gone away. The only change I have seen in anything is that the streaming video I usually keep an eye on has changed it's Youtube page. Previously, the live stream of the webcams at both Grosmont and Goathland stations (North Yorks Moors Railway) was a page that loaded the last 2 hours video when launched. Once loaded it then kept a 2 hour rolling buffer and allowed the viewer to click back and forth to watch any part that you want to replay. The link for that broke a few days ago and the page that is called up now doesn't allow user to rewind at all. If you miss anything it is gone for good. Perhaps there is something in the more user friendly page that is incompatible with the Firefox browser or inherently faulty.
Rans6..............
I am back in front of the machine, have been for a few days now, and the locking out issue seems to have gone away. The only change I have seen in anything is that the streaming video I usually keep an eye on has changed it's Youtube page. Previously, the live stream of the webcams at both Grosmont and Goathland stations (North Yorks Moors Railway) was a page that loaded the last 2 hours video when launched. Once loaded it then kept a 2 hour rolling buffer and allowed the viewer to click back and forth to watch any part that you want to replay. The link for that broke a few days ago and the page that is called up now doesn't allow user to rewind at all. If you miss anything it is gone for good. Perhaps there is something in the more user friendly page that is incompatible with the Firefox browser or inherently faulty.
Rans6..............
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Originally Posted by rans6andrew
the live stream of the webcams at both Grosmont and Goathland stations (North Yorks Moors Railway)
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Originally Posted by rans6andrew
Previously, the live stream of the webcams at both Grosmont and Goathland stations (North Yorks Moors Railway) was a page that loaded the last 2 hours video when launched. Once loaded it then kept a 2 hour rolling buffer and allowed the viewer to click back and forth to watch any part that you want to replay. The link for that broke a few days ago and the page that is called up now doesn't allow user to rewind at all. If you miss anything it is gone for good. Perhaps there is something in the more user friendly page that is incompatible with the Firefox browser or inherently faulty.
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I can't post a link to the previous live stream of either of the webcams at present, I replaced my bookmarks with the new ones as soon as the old became "private link" (or some similar error) when I loaded my tabs for the day. If you really want to try the old page URL's they will still be bookmarked on my other machine, which I will be in front of on 15th July.
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