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Firefox 44 freezes in ubuntu 14.04.1 after aprox 1 hour of use

Asked by jbrown1952

Running Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 64 bit on i5 powered computer with 4 GB Ram. Firefox recently updated to version 44. When I have two firefox windows open for a while (1 hour or so) the computer freezes. No add-ons installed. Adobe flash plugin is installed. Any suggestions?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Does it happen with Google Chrome?

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jbrown1952 (jbrown1952) said : 		#2

No, Chromium seems to work fine. Thanks for your time and expertise.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Have you tried closing the browser, renaming the ~/.mozilla folder then launching the browser (I assume you do not use Thunderbird as an email client).

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jbrown1952 (jbrown1952) said : 		#4

I don't know how to rename the file. I'm a long time ubuntu user, starting with releases in 2006, but I'm not "tech" savvy.
Thanks for your time and expertise.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Close the browser, open a terminal and run:

mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla_old

Been using Ubuntu since 2006 and never used the mv command.... Strange.

Once you run the command, open the browser. Is it stable?

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jbrown1952 (jbrown1952) said : 		#6

I opened a terminal:
user@user-ThinkPad-T420:~$
typed in: mv~/.mozilla~/mozilla_old (immediately following above line at blinking cursor)
response: bash: mv~/.mozilla~/.mozilla_old: No such file or directory

I've tried using a terminal numerous times and many more attempts failed than were successful.

Thank you for attempting to help but at this point I am going to give up. This is not the 1st time I've had issues with firefox freezing, but I prefer it over chromium. I readily admit that I'm not good with software and only slightly better working with hardware.

The problem isn't solved but to end this thread I will declare it solved.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

It didn't work because you didn't run the command I gave. You tried to retype it and botched it. You missed a space. Why do you think I give the exact command to run....