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c/linux · by KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 1y

Using Radeon HD 5450 and Firefox ESR (128.10.1esr - 64-bit) on Debian 12. Javascript pop-ups appear very slowly

https://files.catbox.moe/hrn6gf.mp4

Is this issue related to my ancient 15-year-old graphics card, my browser, or something else?

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MRLimcon@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y (14 replies)
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KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (13 replies)

Making those changes didn't resolve the problem

MRLimcon@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y (12 replies)
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KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (11 replies)

This is apparently the latest version of Firefox ESR that's available in Debian's repository.

I used these commands to update Debian:

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove

Here's the output:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
MRLimcon@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y (8 replies)
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KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (6 replies)

I opened Firefox 134.0.2 (64-bit) that I installed via Flatpak—got the same slow pop-up issues.

MRLimcon@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

What's the system resource usable look like?

KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks but I want to stick with the ESR version. It's nice n' stable.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

https://flatpak.org/setup/Debian

Once you have Flatpak setup you can run sudo flatpak install firefox

Also, is there a reason you are using Debian? If that's what you want then that is fine but it isn't something people use for the new packages.

KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Once you have Flatpak setup you can run sudo flatpak install firefox

I already have Flatpak installed and it has the same problem as Firefox ESR (which comes with Debian by default, if my memory serves me correctly)

Also, is there a reason you are using Debian? If that’s what you want then that is fine but it isn’t something people use for the new packages.

I have used Debian-based distros in the past like Mint and Ubuntu so I wanted to use Debian itself out of curiosity.

GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 1y

It's most likely the CPU or less likely a browser bug.

infeeeee@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Just my troubleshooting tips:

Can you run a benchmark, maybe this one, so we can see it it's really a general thing not just something on that website? Also we can compare it to other computers, or you can see if changing a setting helps at all.

Can you see something strange in about:processes? Shift+Esc is its keyboard shortcut.

Can you try it in other browsers? Something Chrome like (Chromium, Brave, Vivaldi). Does this happen there as well?

KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Can you run a benchmark, maybe this one

Can you see something strange in about:processes?

I can't find anything suspicious but here's a snippet of it:

Can you try it in other browsers?

I used Ungoogled Chromium and it opens the pop-ups smoothly (so Firefox is causing the problem):

Clip

infeeeee@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Why the benchmark is at 90fps? What happens if you lower your monitor refresh rate to 60?

KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Lowered my monitor's refresh rate to 60 Hz and it didn't resolve the issue

infeeeee@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Also lower it in the DE settings. Are you on wayland?

KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I changed it via Debian's Settings app.

I'm using X11 and Gnome.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Why are you using the ESR version?

I would either add the Mozilla repo or install the Flatpak

Edit: I saw your other comments

What desktop are you on?

KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I have Flatpak Firefox and it's giving me the same issue as Firefox ESR.

I'm using Firefox ESR because Flatpak Firefox started freezing after a couple of updates and ESR is super stable.

As for my desktop: Gnome - X11

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Have you tried switching to Wayland?

Log out and select the Wayland

KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I can't find that option in my login screen's gear icon menu. I think that the reason why I can't use Wayland is because I have a Radeon HD5450 graphics card that is 15 years old.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

Wayland doesn't care much about underlying hardware as that's abstracted away by the kernel level stuff.

Are you using GDM?

Edit: https://wiki.debian.org/Wayland#GNOME_.28supported_since_3.20.2B-.29

It looks like Wayland is the default

Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

What's the rest of the hardware? Tried disabling hardware acceleration and see if it makes a difference?

KickassWomen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I disabled recommended performance settings and hardware acceleration in Firefox and I'm still experiencing this issue:

Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me · 5 pts · 1y

Then it's not the GPU, as it doesn't appear to be using it in the first place.