Re: Iceweasel hangs

From	Brett Gilio <brettg@gnu.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Iceweasel hangs
Date	2020-10-16 21:30 +0200
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Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> writes:

> On Fri, 2020-10-16 at 19:56 +0300, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
> [...]
>> Debian Jessie is not supported even as LTS anymore. If I was you then I
>> would try to use FireFox binaries provided by mozilla.org.
>
> I would second that, or upgrade to a newer version of Debian.
> Personally I wouldn't go anywhere near the public internet with a web
> browser that has a couple of years of unfixed security vulnerabilities.

Agreed.

However, if you are pining to keep using this browser for some reason, I
would run `strace` on the process and see what information is shown where the freeze occurs.

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Iceweasel hangs Mick Ab <recoverymail123890@gmail.com> - 2020-10-16 17:30 +0200
  Re: Iceweasel hangs Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz> - 2020-10-16 19:10 +0200
    Re: Iceweasel hangs Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-10-16 19:40 +0200
      Re: Iceweasel hangs Brett Gilio <brettg@gnu.org> - 2020-10-16 21:30 +0200

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