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Using Radeon HD 5450 and Firefox ESR (128.10.1esr - 64-bit) on Debian 12. Javascript pop-ups appear very slowly (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 4 weeks ago by KickassWomen@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world
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Is this issue related to my ancient 15-year-old graphics card, my browser, or something else?

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[-] GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

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 points 4 weeks ago

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 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] KickassWomen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] KickassWomen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I changed it via Debian's Settings app.

I'm using X11 and Gnome.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Have you tried switching to Wayland?

Log out and select the Wayland

[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 1 points 4 weeks ago

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

[-] KickassWomen@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

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

[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 5 points 4 weeks ago

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

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