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Firefox 129.0.2 (musl) freezing while loading about:support page without working Pipewire daemon
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Description
Is this a new report?
Yes
System Info
Void 6.6.43_1 x86_64-musl GenuineIntel notuptodate hold rrnFFF
Package(s) Affected
firefox-129.0_1
Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?
I dont know, but i found nothing on the problem
Expected behaviour
Show the about:support page.
Actual behaviour
Freezes the Firefox process (no cpu activity visibile via btop after crash) and prints:
JavaScript warning: resource://gre/modules/Troubleshoot.sys.mjs, line 766: WebGL context was lost.
to the stdout
Steps to reproduce
Open the browser (settings dosent matter still freezes when creating new .mozilla direcotry)
Navigate to about:support
Firefox freezes
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the freeze by opening Firefox's about:support page without a working PipeWire daemon, using the reported Void Linux package and the Troubleshoot.sys.mjs line 766 warning as starting points. Trace why the WebGL context is lost and confirm that about:support loads successfully in the affected setup without freezing Firefox.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100