Tabs in Firefox 74.0 crash on some websites: [GFX1-]: DrawTargetCairo::Snapshot with bad surface (when gfx.canvas.azure.backends has been modified to "cairo")
Bug #1870161 reported by
Ary Moonc
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Ubuntu: 19.10
Firefox: 74.0+build3-
Since 2020.03.31 tabs in Firefox started to crash regularly on some websites (mainly Vbulletin and phpBB forums).
This happens also in --safe-mode.
stderr output (just this one line):
[GFX1-]: DrawTargetCairo
When trying to reload tabs they keep crashing, but after like 10-20 retries they display properly and continue to work fine.
Example of a website that regularly crashes Firefox:
https:/
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Can you open "about:crashes" in a new tab, and check whether there are reports corresponding to the timestamps when you experienced the problem? Have they been submitted?
Did the problem start happening just after installing a firefox update? (i.e. were you using an older version before yesterday?)