What can I do to get rid of the random buffering symbol?
Sometimes my tabs completely freeze up, displaying a white screen with a buffering symbol simultaneously. It usually happens when i open a new tab, but sometimes it just happens when I switch between already opened tabs. I have tried a lot of things, including refreshing firefox, but thus far nothing worked. (Not even on a similar case, which was solved by refreshing firefox, but it didn't work for me, so I figured, I might as well open my own question. Please help me out, it's kind of annoying. .-.
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Sometimes that means the computer CPU is being overworked.
Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the <Shift> (Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.
A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding
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Hey. It seems to be working in safe mode. Thus far at least. I don't know if that's prove though. (It's easier to find a problem than to rule it out if nothing happens) If it's about the CPU, would there be a way to relieve it?
You can try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.
- Options/Preferences -> Advanced -> General -> Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
You need to close and restart Firefox after toggling this setting.
You can check if there is an update for your graphics display driver and check for hardware acceleration related issues.
Try to disable multi-process windows in Firefox to see if that has effect.
You can disable multi-process windows in Firefox by setting these prefs to false on the about:config page.
- browser.tabs.remote.autostart = false
- browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2 = false
You can open the about:config page: via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.
Hey. I already did the first suggestion as response to another post on this topic. I changed my settings now (the autostart2 was set on true) so, hopefully it will work out. I'll get back to you, if the problem still occurs.
Yeah, the problem is still not solved.^^'
It could be the work of one of your add-ons. Type about:addons<enter> in the address bar to open your Add-ons Manager. Hot key; <Control> (Mac=<Command>) <Shift> A)
In the Add-ons Manager, on the left, select Extensions. Disable a few add-ons, then Restart Firefox.
Some added toolbar and anti-virus add-ons are known to cause Firefox issues. Disable All of them.
If the problem continues, disable some more (restarting FF). Continue until the problem is gone. After, you know what group is causing the issue. Re-enable the last group ONE AT A TIME (restarting FF) until the problem returns.
Once you think you found the problem, disable that and re-enable all the others, then restart again. Let us know who the suspect is, detective.
Hmm the suspect refused to reveal itself yet again. Our plans of finding it have been foiled. *sigh* (I only had one add-on to begin with, so the odds of that working, were rather low)
Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar. Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.
Type about:addons<enter> in the address bar to open the Add-ons Manager. Hot key; <Control> (Mac=<Command>) <Shift> A)
On the left side of the page, select Appearance. Then select Default.
Now restart Firefox.
Well, I got good and bad news. The issue appears to be solved. The buffering stopped. BUT now firefox occasionally freezes up completely (meaning I can click all my other applications just fine, but I can't do anything on the browser anymore, so it's not the laptop) and I end up having to re-start. ^^'
That is a sigh that the CPU is being overworked.
Start FF in Safe Mode. Is there still a freeze?
Yeah, it's still happening in safe mode. .-.
Start your Computer in safe mode. Then start Firefox. Try Safe websites. Is the problem still there?
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Linux+Safe+Mode Starting Any Computer In Safe Mode; Free Online Encyclopedia