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Firefox cannot load any pages including "about:config"

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igwill
igwill
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Hi,

Firefox cannot load any pages for me, and gets stuck saying "Connecting..." in the tab label. Oddly, it does not get even this far with the initial "New Tab" - that tab is always totally unresponsive to even trying.

The problem can be alleviated for a single instance by refreshing Firefox, however it returns after closing/re-opening.

Safe mode, re-install, firewall off and checking the trusted programs list have been tried.

Any idea what the problem is?

Thanks!

Hi, Firefox cannot load any pages for me, and gets stuck saying "Connecting..." in the tab label. Oddly, it does not get even this far with the initial "New Tab" - that tab is always totally unresponsive to even trying. The problem can be alleviated for a single instance by refreshing Firefox, however it returns after closing/re-opening. Safe mode, re-install, firewall off and checking the trusted programs list have been tried. Any idea what the problem is? Thanks!

Réiteach roghnaithe

hi, this sounds like a problem that may be caused by the new multi-process architecture in firefox (codename "e10s"): https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2016/08/02/whats-next-for-multi-process-firefox/

please try disabling e10s like this: enter about:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2. double-click it and change its value to false and restart the browser.

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philipp
philipp
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Réiteach Roghnaithe

hi, this sounds like a problem that may be caused by the new multi-process architecture in firefox (codename "e10s"): https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2016/08/02/whats-next-for-multi-process-firefox/

please try disabling e10s like this: enter about:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2. double-click it and change its value to false and restart the browser.

igwill
igwill Úinéir na ceiste
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Hi,

That works, thank you for the fast reply too!

I'm not sure why trying to enter about:config didn't work before, but I'm certainly glad I was able to get in this time.