Public bug reported: After upgrading to 21.04 Firefox randomly becomes unresponsive without freezing. If you have any video or audio files playing they will continue but you cannot pause them or do anything with Firefox but quit it. Keyboard shortcuts don't work either. It seems that html5 media create this issue.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04 Package: firefox 87.0+build3-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-16.17-generic 5.11.12 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-16-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: spyros 4464 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20210318103112 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown Channel: Unavailable Date: Sun Apr 25 13:48:29 2021 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-18 (827 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlp2s0 proto dhcp metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp2s0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.189 metric 600 NoProfiles: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to hirsute on 2021-04-23 (2 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2015 dmi.bios.release: 5.6 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: X751MA.403 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: X751MA dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrX751MA.403:bd08/10/2015:br5.6:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnX751MA:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX751MA:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.family: X dmi.product.name: X751MA dmi.product.sku: ASUS-NotebookSKU dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug hirsute -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1926076 Title: Firefox becomes unresponsive without freezing after upgrading to 21.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1926076/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs