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Firefox crashes

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MJ1475
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Every few minutes when I'm on one of the tabs in Firefox, the screen goes completely black for several seconds, then comes back up. This happens too often to just try and ignore it, it's really often.

Also, since I installed Firefox, none of my desktop applications, or the desktop itself, display correctly. They have that "cartoon-y" look that happens when you're in safemode, and I can't figure out how to get rid of it. It makes navigating around almost impossible, since you can't see the 'X' boxes to get out of an app, or much of anything else.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Every few minutes when I'm on one of the tabs in Firefox, the screen goes completely black for several seconds, then comes back up. This happens too often to just try and ignore it, it's really often. Also, since I installed Firefox, none of my desktop applications, or the desktop itself, display correctly. They have that "cartoon-y" look that happens when you're in safemode, and I can't figure out how to get rid of it. It makes navigating around almost impossible, since you can't see the 'X' boxes to get out of an app, or much of anything else. Any suggestions? Thanks

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cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

You can try to disable OMTC and leave hardware acceleration in Firefox enabled.

  • about:config page: layers.offmainthreadcomposition.enabled = 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.