Firefox 14 - Can't disable "plugin-container" anymore

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  1. Tyrizian

    Tyrizian Registered Member

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    I was in the process of writing up a personal Firefox tweak guide and couldn't help but notice, that in version 14 you can no longer disable the "plugin-container" under about:config.

    I have searched all over the internet for a new work around, but I've had no luck finding anything. Have any of you successfully disabled the "plugin-container" in Firefox 14?

    If so, please share your solution

    Thanks
     
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  3. Tyrizian

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    I just got through installing Firefox 15 beta (Latest) and the problem hasn't been fixed.
     
  4. elapsed

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    You'd want to disable this because..?
     
  5. clubhouse

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    I've had no problem since 14 final nor have I with the 15 beta's, sorry I can't offer any more than that other than to say it does actually work.
     
  6. Tyrizian

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    I don't like the extra process, plus it's too resource hungry.
     
  7. Tyrizian

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    It's all good:thumb:
     
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    Personally I disable it because I think something in Firefox causes random BSODs (once a day). A BSOD always starts when Firefox is running by FF freezes for a while, and after that the whole desktop freezez and after 30-40 seconds the BSOD appears. When I disabled plugincontainer the BSODs (with no explanation except the usual F4x004000000 or so in the BSOD) occur less often. But still always when Im using Firefox, and often when something with flash is involved. Really annoying tbh. I think a reformat is the only solution I guess :/
     
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    Much the same happening here, but no BSOD.
     
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    The ss shows a comparison betwen the CPU cycles used in Firefox and Chrome Flash processes (using Pepper Flash in Chrome), launched within seconds of one another and both open, sitting idle for ~ 5 minutes, at tsn.ca (lots of Flash content). Firefox is running in a Win7x64 vm guest, chrome in a Win7x64 host. This is not the most accurate experiment, of course, because one's a virtual environment, but I've seen similar results - high CPU cycles - with Firefox running in a non-virtual environment. It's one of the reasons I've recently switched to Chrome.
     

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    Bummer, I've held off updating to FF14 hoping they'd get this bug fixed. It seems only Vista/Win7 users are affected, XP users can disable the process through about:config just fine.


    Came across this suggested fix, but haven't tested it out.
    http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/933481
     
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    I just ran chrome vs firefox vs ie10 and ALL of the browsers use the same amount on that site, they just blame the usage on different processes. Not only is your VM analysis flawed, I don't see what it has to do with this thread/plugin-container. Not too mention that all of them are below 1% usage, not even worth mentioning.
     
  13. luciddream

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    I never even realized you could kill it altogether via about:config. Where exactly is it? as simple as "plugin-container" ...?

    I always just blocked it in my FW, HIPS, and in Sandboxie. And I do it because I don't want anything running/connecting out that I don't need. And I see no need for plugin-container whatsoever. My videos play just fine without it. Everything works just fine without it. So why have it using resources or connecting to god knows what?
     
  14. Tyrizian

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    Hmmm, I'll have to check that out...Thanks, I appreciate it:thumb:
     
  15. Tyrizian

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    Normally, these would be the values that would need to be changed

    dom.ipc.plugins.enabled - Set value to True
    dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npctrl.dll - Set Value to False
    dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npqtplugin.dll - Set Value to False
    dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll - Set value to False

    Version 14 and 15 don't show these values anymore.
     
  16. RedDawn

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    For the last few versions, up to and including FF13, setting dom.ipc.plugins.enabled to false, disables it. I think it's the same for FF14 (only works on XP though).

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  17. luciddream

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    So should: dom.ipc.plugins.enabled ... be set to true, or false? The last 2 people to chime in here are showing conflicting testimony.

    I just looked (v 14.0.1 here), and the only one of those values showing is: dom.ipc.plugins.enabled. Setting it to false does indeed seem to disable plugin-container. So that one setting alone seems sufficient, no?

    Setting it to false isn't screwing anything else up in the process though, is it?
     
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