On Mon, 2025-05-12 at 08:33 -0700, Ken Cunningham wrote: > I reinstalled Firefox 138, and removed the “.mozilla” directory, > and launched it from a terminal. > > Using the MATE desktop, it launches and works (slowly).
As I expected. And, yes, Firefox consumes quite some CPU power. > Using LXDE, this time I see content in the windows. But as soon as > I click on a menu I get a hard desktop lockup, my remote ssh session > disconnects, and the windfarm fans go to 100%. > > No messages in the terminal window. > > So then I power cycle. > > > I like MATE anyway — it’s just a bit slower in use that LXDE I find. > But better than crashing. I wouldn't really expect the window manager to have any impact on how Firefox behaves. Did you try tweaking the settings (GPU acceleration etc)? Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913