Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox crashes on some www-pages on a newer Gentoo system

[Mick]

On Sunday, 16 September 2018 12:32:53 BST gevisz wrote:
> вс, 16 сент. 2018 г. в 11:09, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>:
> > Mick wrote:
> > > On Sunday, 16 September 2018 08:19:30 BST gevisz wrote:
> > >> пт, 7 сент. 2018 г. в 19:05, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>:
> > >>> On Friday, 7 September 2018 16:32:40 BST gevisz wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Something else I came across causing FF crashes here, was a bug with
> > >>> profile- sync-daemon (recent thread of mine refers).  I don't know if
> > >>> you
> > >>> use psd, but I wasn't aware of this psd bug when you posted about your
> > >>> problems.  I only mention it now as another thing to check next time
> > >>> you
> > >>> have FF crashing on you.
> > >>
> > >> Thank you for additional information.
> > >>
> > >> I have read in this mailing list (may be it was your thread) that using
> > >> profiles in firefox is another source of crashes. So, I do not use
> > >> profiles, and now hope that it means that I do not use psd as well. :)
> > >
> > > Ah! No, they are too different things.
> > >
> > > I have not read anywhere that the use of multiple user profiles causes
> > > FF to crash.  Perhaps some addons may do.
> > > <<SNIP>>
> >
> > I have nine Firefox profiles here.  Any problems I have had have turned
> > out to be a bad add on.  Sometimes I turn off auto update and new
> > Firefox doesn't like old add on.
>
> Probably, you meant that problems with old add ons arise when firefox
> auto update is turned on. If so, I do agree.
>
> > It is rare that I have Firefox crash.
>
> Unfortunately, even a rare Firefox crash has long standing consequences. :(
>
> > It may get slow at times but it keeps chugging along.  Generally I have
> > four or five profiles running and sometimes even more.  I use different
> > profiles for different tasks with different add ons.  I've noticed that
> > the more add ons one has, the slower it tends to get.  I sort of spread
> > them out a bit.
>
> If multiple Firefox profiles do not increase the probability of its crash
> any more, than it is a good news because they are really useful.
>
> Anyway, I still afraid to use them so far.

I also have more than one profiles, with different/no addons and 
configurations and have not experienced any crashes on my PC.

-- 
Regards,
Mick