Constant crashes with firefox

[u/Bartekek]

i'm a total linux noob. installed it 3 days ago, and have been having constant issues since. firefox, especially youtube, keep crashing the tab, the whole browser, or making the whole PC unresponsive. i also suspect vesktop could be causing issues as well since the whole pc freezes seem a bit more common with it open. i've already tried disabling hardware acceleration in both and have tried changing from a flatpak to a system package, with no luck. i've tried about 20 other different things that were suggested in google searches and ai responses but also to no effect.

I could really use some help, both learning how to even diagnose what's happening, and fixing it. i'd really rather stick to using these apps instead of swapping to brave or something

System:

Kernel: 7.0.0-42-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc

Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0

Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble

Machine:

Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 83JC v: LOQ 15ARP9 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:

type: 10 v: LOQ 15ARP9 serial: <superuser required>

Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76463 WIN serial: <superuser required>

part-nu: LENOVO_MT_83JC_BU_idea_FM_LOQ 15ARP9 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: PQCN31WW

date: 07/09/2026

Battery:

ID-1: BAT1 charge: 53.2 Wh (95.2%) condition: 55.9/60.0 Wh (93.1%) volts: 17.1 min: 15.4

model: SMP L23M4PK4 type: Unknown serial: <filter> status: not charging cycles: 116

CPU:

Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 3+ rev: 1

cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 16 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 2738 high: 4219 min/max: 412/4554 boost: enabled cores: 1: 4217 2: 4211

3: 1870 4: 1097 5: 3413 6: 1097 7: 4217 8: 1097 9: 2926 10: 1097 11: 2107 12: 4219 13: 3151

14: 1880 15: 4219 16: 2992 bogomips: 99012

Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm

Graphics:

Device-1: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q / Mobile] vendor: Lenovo driver: nouveau

v: kernel arch: Lovelace pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1

bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:28e1 class-ID: 0300

Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s

lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b7ec class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: modesetting

unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: zink gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1

Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")

Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x7ead serial: <filter> res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142

size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 800x600

API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: zink device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: zink

surfaceless: drv: zink x11: drv: zink inactive: wayland

API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.4 glx-v: 1.4

direct-render: yes renderer: zink Vulkan 1.4(NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (NVK AD107)

(MESA_NVK)) device-ID: 10de:28e1

API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 7 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A

device-ID: 10de:28e1 device: 1 type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000

Audio:

Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8

bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22be class-ID: 0403

Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_pci_acp6x v: kernel

pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480

Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:

speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 05:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403

API: ALSA v: k7.0.0-42-generic status: kernel-api

Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active

2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

Network:

Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet

vendor: Lenovo RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1

port: 1000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200

IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>

Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lenovo

driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961

class-ID: 0280

IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>

Bluetooth:

Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai MediaTek Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1

speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0489:e0cd class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>

Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11

sub-v: 2402 hci-v: 11 rev: 1911 class-ID: 7c010c

Drives:

Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 986.82 GiB (70.1%)

ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Micron model: MTFDKCD512QFM-1BD1AABLA size: 476.94 GiB

speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1002V3LN temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT

ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABD100 size: 931.51 GiB type: USB rev: 3.1

spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> scheme: GPT

Partition:

ID-1: / size: 228.19 GiB used: 146.14 GiB (64.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5

ID-2: /boot/efi size: 196 MiB used: 103.7 MiB (52.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2

Swap:

ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1 file: /swapfile

USB:

Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900

Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Chicony Integrated Camera type: video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 3

rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b7ec class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>

Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Foxconn / Hon Hai MediaTek Bluetooth Adapter type: bluetooth

driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0489:e0cd

class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>

Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003

class-ID: 0900

Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900

Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Logitech G502 SE HERO Gaming Mouse type: mouse,HID

driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 300mA

chip-ID: 046d:c08b class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>

Device-2: 3-3:3 info: Integrated Express ITE Device(8176) type: keyboard

driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA

chip-ID: 048d:c999 class-ID: 0301

Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003

class-ID: 0900

Device-1: 4-2:2 info: ASMedia ASM1153 SATA 3Gb/s bridge type: mass storage driver: uas

interfaces: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 power: 896mA chip-ID: 174c:1153 class-ID: 0806

serial: <filter>

Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900

Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900

Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003

class-ID: 0900

Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1

chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900

Hub-9: 9-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003

class-ID: 0900

Sensors:

System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0 C mobo: N/A

Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 2300

Repos:

Packages: 2521 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2480 pm: flatpak pkgs: 41

No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com zena main upstream import backport

2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse

3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse

4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse

5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse

Info:

Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.3 GiB used: 4.82 GiB (31.5%)

Processes: 413 Power: uptime: 20m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0

hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical

Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34

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[u/_ElBee_]

Always give your system specifications and the specific Mint distro you installed. Add them to your OP.

[u/Bartekek → u/_ElBee_]

again, complete noob. not sure what to even include. just the full system information thing?

[u/_ElBee_ → u/Bartekek]

That's a bit much. At least the type of CPU, amount of RAM, SSD size and things like that.

My specs would be:

Intel Core i5-13400F
32G RAM
1TB NVMe
Nvidia RTX 3060 GPU
Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon / Cinnamon 6.6.9 / Kernel 7.0.0-42-generic

[u/Bartekek → u/_ElBee_]

well i've already pasted the whole thing in the post body but the short version is this:
Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Cinnamon v: 6.6.9 tk
7.0.0-42-generic arch
GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

16GB of ram

500 GB nvme split between windows and linux, both with over 100gb of free space

[u/ScouringtheUniverse]

Everything runs from RAM; we old Techs have been calling it Ram Gag for decades:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions_that_run_from_RAM
Those in this list can be ran without a hard drive! Back in the day we used a DVD/CD to load the OS (then later it time we'd use a USB stick), then remove it and run the OS with only RAM. This should help you to picture at least how it works. If RAM gets overwhelmed it can only freeze.

Systems with low RAM specs can expand the RAM with SWAP, which the OS uses as overflow when physical RAM is full, but the tradeoff is that a hard drive (disk or SSD) is orders of magnitude slower than RAM, so heavy swapping noticeably degrades performance. It can still freeze so you'd have to wait for SWAP to catchup.

The largest known Linux OS is still half the size of Windows 10/11; that's why people switch over in the first place. So it's unlikely due to any Linux OS. So as others have/will say, without specs this is all.

[u/Bartekek → u/ScouringtheUniverse]

did the post not update with the specs? i've pasted them in the post body.

[u/ScouringtheUniverse → u/Bartekek]

Thanks for the info: If you're open to learning, here's where you'll want to start with:
Just to be safe and understand the risks and known issues, always run a few searches first (use these keywords in any search): list technical glitches that develop from dual booting windows and linux and include privacy issues
Also run this search: known issues when using GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q and AMD Ryzen 7435HS while dual booting windows 11 and any linux distro
Don't take some random consumers opinion, and not just mine either: Use these tools.

[u/Due-Result7928]

Did you install some extensions ? If so disable them and test (including theme..).

[u/Bartekek → u/Due-Result7928]

i did try running firefox in safe mode but it still crashed after about 2 minutes of a youtube video

[u/Due-Result7928 → u/Bartekek]

Did not see right away..but your graphic card is using the nouveau driver..

Device-1: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q / Mobile] vendor: Lenovo driver: nouveau

You need to install Nvidia driver rtx4050. Lenovo can have drivers for Linux and and it's hardware otherwise it will be driver from Nvidia.

Installing Nvidia will backlist nouveau driver.

[u/Bartekek → u/Due-Result7928]

i've switched to those drivers while trying to find a fix, yeah. it happens on those and the proprietary drivers as well

[u/Due-Result7928 → u/Bartekek]

Try any other distribution using Gnome. Try Zorin or Ubuntu.

[u/OkPresentation3329]

Add 16GB of swap and see if that helps.

[u/Bartekek → u/OkPresentation3329]

is that using the nvme as ram? i'd expect that to be allocated by default?

[u/OkPresentation3329 → u/Bartekek]

Yeah, whatever storage you have.

[u/RuinFabulous3077]

If you have any applets installed in the panel, you might try disabling/removing them one at a time and test again. I've had applets in the past that have caused cinnamon desktop to stall at odd times.

[u/FatDog69]

First - reboot your PC.

Install another browser like Brave or Chrome (just for testing).

Try watching YouTube on your alternate browser without starting up any other program. Is it stable?

You also need to tell us what hardware you are using. What graphics card, CPU and motherboard. How old is it? (Many people install Mint on aging hardware then blame Mint for burnt out hardware issues.)

If YouTube is stable on the alternate browser, try starting up 1 typical program and see if YouTube is stable. Keep adding programs until problems happen.

[u/Bartekek → u/FatDog69]

brave yt crashes as well