Extremely slow Firefox ESR

[Bruce Irving]

Friday, I ran the update from the orange graphic by the clock and then shut
down the computer.
This morning I started the computer and it restored the Firefox session as
it has in the past. Attempted to forward an email - didn't show any thing
so I opened another email and started to reply. About half way through my
message, a pop-up said something about unable to open the contacts (for
the forward. Was unable to close the window.
Restarted the computer, gain Firefox opened but gmail seemed to take
forever to show the messages.

 bruce@darterpro:~$ inxi -Fxz
 System:
   Kernel: 5.10.0-16-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop:
 Xfce 4.16.0
   Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
 Machine:
   Type: Laptop System: System76 product: Darter Pro v: darp6 serial:
 <filter>
   Mobo: System76 model: Darter Pro v: darp6 serial: <filter> UEFI:
 coreboot
   v: 2020-05-20_de5eab8 date: 05/13/2020
 Battery:
   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.0 Wh condition: 49.5/53.2 Wh (93%) model: Notebook
 BAT
   status: Discharging
   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325
   charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging
 CPU:
   Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-10210U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch:
 Kaby Lake
   note: check rev: C L2 cache: 6 MiB
   flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
 bogomips: 33599
   Speed: 500 MHz min/max: 400/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 500 2: 500 3:
 500 4: 500
   5: 500 6: 500 7: 500 8: 501
 Graphics:
   Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
   bus ID: 00:02.0
   Device-2: Chicony Chicony USB2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus
 ID: 1-7:3
   Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded:
 fbdev,vesa
   resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
   OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5
   direct render: Yes
 Audio:
   Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
   bus ID: 00:1f.3
   Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-16-amd64
 Network:
   Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
 port: 5000
   bus ID: 00:14.3
   IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
   Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor:
 CLEVO/KAPOK
   driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 bus ID: 26:00.1
   IF: enp38s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
 Bluetooth:
   Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus ID: 1-10:4
   Report: ID: hci0 state: up running bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2 address:
 <filter>
 Drives:
   Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 15.26 GiB (6.8%)
   ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 size:
 223.57 GiB
 Partition:
   ID-1: / size: 30.63 GiB used: 12.94 GiB (42.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
   ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 316.7 MiB (62.0%) fs: vfat dev:
 /dev/sda1
 Swap:
   ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev:
 /dev/sda4
 Sensors:
   System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A
   Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 210 Uptime: 44m Memory: 7.65 GiB used: 1.71 GiB (22.3%) Init:
 systemd
   runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 2034 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4
 inxi: 3.3.01

Should I reinstall?
Bruce

Addendum by cavy, reformatted your terminal printout using the code button.

[Anonymous]

Hi Bruce,

It is back to basics, and have you any stage tweaked your Firefox browser? Also how do you run your browser, for example "remember all history", "keep cookies", "loads of add-on extensions", save all your passwords etc etc. Personally find it becomes lardy and like it is wadding through syrup, when trying load a page.

Open a terminal run this command: sudo xDaily this will clean up your caches, trim your M.2 SSD, clean up Firefox, update and upgrade your system if upgrades are available. As the name suggests run this daily and it keeps your system up to date and clean.

The other important Update Tool is Pephub found Menu -> Settings -> Pephub , launch then click Hardware & Software -> Update Manager then run System Updates and Update Pep Tools. This a GUI version but is very useful to update and upgrade the Pep Tools.

Firefox tweaks: https://sourceforge.net/p/peppermintos/pepwiki/Firefox%20Tweaks/

This will keep your browser lean and slim with a smooth and agile feel to it. I only use two extensions for my browser, DuckDuckGo and Adnauseam. Both increase security along with hblock a Peppermint tool I'm able to block 94% of ads and trackers.

regards cavy :)

[OldTon]

Thanks for the info.
Will be useful to me
Regards OldTon

[Peppermint OS]

Hmmmm... maybe we should add xdaily to the pephub what do you guys think? make it easier to run

[OldTon]

Yes , add it. It's a choice the user has.
((( note : So is ddCopy ))) :-)

Greetings

[alynur]

Hi cavy, I don't have an "Update Pep Tools" option anywhere in Pep Hub.

[Peppermint OS]

@alynur checkout this ref:
https://sourceforge.net/p/peppermintos/pepos/announcements/thread/e866723c44/

[alynur]

@Peppermint OS, the way I read cavy's explanation, I understood there will be a "System Update" and a "Pep Tools Update" option individually. So if there are two separate options, that's what I'm talking about. I did install Update Manager when the instructions first came out.

[Anonymous]

@alynur It should look like this.

[KsWoodsMan]

@Alynur The wording may have been confusing .
Update Pep Tools is a part of "Update Manager".
It is Update Manager that is in the PepHub .
Update Pep Tools is one of the Update Manager options .

It isn't automated until you set a schedule for it .
Or you can run it manually from time to time, when it suits you.
We try to leave the choice of when and how to run it up to the end-user.

I hope that helps
KsW

[alynur]

Hmm, big difference, maybe my system isn't updated to the latest version?

[KsWoodsMan]

Alynur, You won't have to reinstall to get the latest updates.

Here in the SF Community for PeppermintOS, search here for "pepbit.sh" this is an update patch for recent versions of PeppermintOS that didn't have the Update Manager included in the PepHub, yet.
It was written to bring the previous releases from 2022 (and betas from late 2021 and early 2022) up to date.

When you find the announcement for pepbit.sh follow the instructions there and it should run its course from start to finish giving some output about what it is doing.
It does reinstall or update a few base packages required for the PepTools and the Update Manager. This is expected.
It should bring your PepTools folder up to date giving you the newest PepHub as well as the new Update manager and a couple of extras to go along with it. From thene on , the Update Manager will take care of keeping the PepTools updated and should include any additional features and tools added at a later date.

If needed , I can point you to the announcement link with the instructions.

Thanks !
KsWoodsMan

[alynur]

Memory flash, a while back, when I first tried to follow the directions of the post about installing Memory Updater, I kept getting an error, got it again today when trying it again, about ./pepbit.sh not being a command. Anyway, today, I did finally get it to install and all is good now. Thanks guys

[KsWoodsMan]

Congratulations !

Thanks for following up with your success .
I'm glad you got it !
I hope you enjoy the newest updates.

KsWoodsMan