GNU bug report logs - #26565
IceCat hangs when entering certain websites

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Quiliro <quiliro <at> riseup.net>

Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: unreproducible

Done: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Catonano <catonano <at> gmail.com>
To: Quiliro <quiliro <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 26565 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26565: IceCat hangs when entering certain websites
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 21:56:42 +0200

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2017-04-18 3:03 GMT+02:00 Quiliro <quiliro <at> riseup.net>:

> IceCat hangs when entering web pages such as instructables.com. I
> supposed it was because it has a lot of Javascript. Nevertheless, the
> problem occurs even when these plugins are activated:
> Disconnect
> GNU LibreJS
> SpyBlock
> uBlock Origin
>
>
There's a workaround for Icecat hangs. You have to set the skia rendering

Something like

gfx.canvas.azure.backends = skia
gfx.content.azure.backends = skia


This has been discussed in the past, see here
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-02/msg00972.html

There are more mentions of skia, just search the mailing list archive

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