Re: Firefox 133 test package for ppc64
Hello Kevin,
On Sun, 2025-05-11 at 17:48 -0700, Ken Cunningham wrote:
> Some feedback for others who might try this...
>
> I started off by upgrading to firefox 138, which is the current default
> when you install or upgrade firefox, on my DualG5 with 3.5G Ram.
>
> It opened, but there was no content in the windows, and none of the
> firefox menus would respond after a long time.
Did you check on the CPU activity?
> I uninstalled it, purged it, and reinstalled it, and same outcome.
>
> So I purged that, and installed the recently-fixed version of firefox 133
> from the latest snapshot.
>
> That opened, and then when I clicked on the interface anywhere (menus, etc)
> the system hard crashed and needed to be power cycled. That happened twice
> further, after rebooting each time..
>
> Then I rebooted and launched X with MATE instead of my usual LXDE, for no
> particular reason. Whether that had anything to do with anything, firefox
> 133 then opened, and so far is working (albeit slowly) without crashing or
> bringing down the system.
>
> I'll leave it like this for a while, and then eventually will try firefox 138
> again. I don't have any explanation for the above observations as yet, just
> observations.
>
> As far as I can tell, all the other applications I have installed (cherrytree,
> many others) are working normally.
Can you run Firefox from the command line and observe the output?
FWIW, I tested it remotely and it worked for me. I ran it on a ppc64 machine
with the X output forwarded to my local machine and Firefox worked normally,
I could browse the web without any problems.
Adrian
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