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 ----- 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