Re: PPC64 Illegal Instruction
Hi Adrian,
I fully understand that. I've got another PPC64 install now, so when I
have time, I can start trying to bug test everything and at least find
some leads as to why some packages do not want to function.
Perhaps I can also get around to dealing with that Arctic Fox problem,
as can others, I hope...
Noah
On Tue, 2019-03-05 at 08:45 +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hello Noah!
>
> On 3/5/19 12:09 AM, Noah Wolfe wrote:
> > I already wiped my ppc64 installation a few days ago in favor of
> > the
> > powerpc variant. On top of the applications not opening, I had a
> > problem with Arctic Fox where no matter what I did, or what version
> > I
> > tried, it would crash every time it encountered a slightly heavy
> > website (most websites) or tried to install an addon. So
> > considering AF
> > is one of the only fully functioning browsers to use at the moment
> > (Epiphany has problems, and so does Midori, Firefox ESR won't even
> > launch), I didn't have much of a choice.
>
> The point is that if we want to improve the port, we actually need
> people
> using it and report bugs. I wasn't aware of this particular issue
> with
> x265, for example, as I am currently not running Debian ppc64 on a
> desktop
> machine.
>
> The more testing and the more bug reports we get, the more rough
> edges
> can be smoothed out.
>
> Adrian
>
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