Firefox not working with video cards and NVIDIA drivers
by mfoley from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5759E)
I am running Slackware 15 (current), kernel 5.4.58, and KDE 4.14.3x. I have two GeForce GT 730 video cards and 4 monitors. I am running the NVIDIA driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.132, and have a /etc/X11/xorg.conf created by the nvidia-settings program.
I have been having a problem with Firefox ESR since version 52.9.0. If I have Firefox open with multiple tabs, and I go to move one of those tabs, Firefox crashes all windows and sessions on all monitors, including VirtualBox sessions. All screens go dark and soon thereafter I get a KDE login screen.
I don't have to move a Firefox tab much at all. Simply grabbing it and moving a fraction of an inch causes the crash. This does not happen with version 52.9.0 and I am stuck at that revision. The problem with that is I get "no longer supported" messages from Firefox, my bank, etc.
I don't believe this is a Slackware-only problem as I upgraded to the 'current' version with a much newer kernel than 14.2. Somehow, I think this is a problem with the nvidia driver, KDE and the newer Firefox versions.
Has anyone experienced this? Any ideas on fixes? I've posted this issue several time to the Firefox bug site, but no response from them at all.
I like Firefox, but may have to move to a different browser so I don't keep getting these "not supported" messages.
I have been having a problem with Firefox ESR since version 52.9.0. If I have Firefox open with multiple tabs, and I go to move one of those tabs, Firefox crashes all windows and sessions on all monitors, including VirtualBox sessions. All screens go dark and soon thereafter I get a KDE login screen.
I don't have to move a Firefox tab much at all. Simply grabbing it and moving a fraction of an inch causes the crash. This does not happen with version 52.9.0 and I am stuck at that revision. The problem with that is I get "no longer supported" messages from Firefox, my bank, etc.
I don't believe this is a Slackware-only problem as I upgraded to the 'current' version with a much newer kernel than 14.2. Somehow, I think this is a problem with the nvidia driver, KDE and the newer Firefox versions.
Has anyone experienced this? Any ideas on fixes? I've posted this issue several time to the Firefox bug site, but no response from them at all.
I like Firefox, but may have to move to a different browser so I don't keep getting these "not supported" messages.