From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Apr 20 03:04:28 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 925D7F96B41 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:04:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from va6bmj@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x241.google.com (mail-vk0-x241.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::241]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 38781852D3 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:04:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from va6bmj@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x241.google.com with SMTP id g6so4442881vkb.9 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:04:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=xdBP4PnWI/CRAIFDEKDR7mAHGuyqMVB7dJjCfcRvlSw=; b=XaeWzBDZXmhZbVBPIoOqIbK159Zmcm9c6Z71t6fHkI11ghkQgUlFCmY9PWfEgYWCNI UDIlDPE3zz73aKbjLAeT6bfh1GStYaliVsseIYfQUFrxsZBle2ecgbOTgl1WlyKV/k5J MrwhEavFrOHKDe+PQmU+JxPFeEm+IM/J1RafNrJSCYD8KPzGaEDuL34PgTQaLLEM7AcO /1Mp88vkNRM4je8bxEKefKXSkNt2QNH301CPtoVj1jg2bdkQn4d09KRZML3B5/ntX3PK W3VLKHxxS5HIRZMZyUagVcWtJeP7VJnE5uUX/ckRh1Y1KXNS8Ncwl8N+bJcOKp4Ij3fH guDw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=xdBP4PnWI/CRAIFDEKDR7mAHGuyqMVB7dJjCfcRvlSw=; b=rOFG68d1qgalxwKf8116rbVtU2ug67CtpBLnG28Fe/dBgfB1Nt7q3H/uMc1YFzdYlz QdWDOPtnHv7ckW9AK0HkLz+E0q6x2u+nn6fXwO6vV9sbYegmnulM3vEQ83z1b69sXWKD OkIZkrpJgCrpPAIRhOLk83YRS6QNsOytZC5oqIFn11qqgunE3ufWFcN1F9+YAUDGtA28 ufoiYqAkxCeci/vntjutb/89r8yNwiBITid/5aLXnnsMdZOKX24IpHFGOEfp5MhX/BWV UBD+ewd6EULdxSdYkQ+qKdqnxbxRfraEtYsL+UedPSDa7d+1B54LsgKB6WkQqNSGAJ+6 SvuQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tBshFcPkM78l5wTYbZZdSASbIRBh2lbU9fcp1IN/Agz2OWZkklo qP4k7qRaZopmNhNl4eyWvmgg4hhdBQPOqCG4ojo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4/dVBg7Wa8XKjMYOBdrGYl9o5qQd5Whe9ALiHN8js/EqM3RjWZca3SC4k4VBycdGTg1nuq0EcioSN+3zdNGr+U= X-Received: by 10.31.180.17 with SMTP id d17mr6158923vkf.37.1524193467133; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:04:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.159.53.107 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:04:26 -0700 (PDT) From: B J Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:04:26 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Problems With Running Firefox Under Xfce To: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:04:28 -0000 I've got the current version of Xfce installed on an older HP laptop. Unfortunately, the latest version of Firefox is proving to be a major headache. Ever since the "new and improved" FF was introduced, I've been unimpressed with its performance. Tabs often crash, if they even load at all. On top of that, every time I open a new tab or window, I end up with several FF processes running simultaneously. The final straw came this morning when I had problems with accessing the Internet. The cause, it seemed, was a router on its last legs. I obtained a Cisco DPC3825 modem/router from the Internet service and I've been having a terrible time with it. It seems that the Internet service has been dropping out about every hour or so today, which isn't entirely surprising. We've been having some spring weather for the past few days and it seems that each year at this time, the Internet service becomes wobbly. (That also happens whenever there's a major downpour during the summer.) Whenever that happened, I switch off the power to the modem/router, let it set for a minute or so, and then switch it on again. It often takes several minutes for access to be restored. The only problem is that my laptop can't make a connection while my older iMac can. I've run bsdconfig each time and it appears that the network interface is enabled, but that doesn't help with the laptop. It seems that the only way I can restore access is to reboot the machine and that is rather a nuisance. When I had a separate modem and router, that never happened. Does anyone have any suggestions to resolve this? Thank you. B. M. Jatzeck