Re: Firefox 133 test package for ppc64
I found Luakit (in the repo) works very well. It plays YouTube better
on my iBook G4 than Firefox does on my PowerMac G5. Yet it has only
been mentioned twice ever in this mailing list.
Cedar
On Tue, 2025-07-22 at 23:33 +1000, Damien Stewart wrote:
> On 7/7/25 6:37 am, James Madgwick wrote:
> > For what it's worth, I've just installed 138 and initially a window
> > appeared but I couldn't interact with any menus or do anything. But
> > after removing .mozilla I was able to get it working. Based on
> > this, it
> > seems clearing that directory is required.
>
>
> That's what I found as well. I recall I found a way to reset profile
> and
> then it worked. The only obvious flaw is a random looking blue
> rectangle
> appearing over tabs. If you are patient speedtest.net can actually
> work.
> What I don't understand is why the profile needs removing or
> resetting
> since I installed it on a fairly fresh Debian install with a default
> FireFox installed. But, given the FireFox I had before crashed on
> startup, may have corrupted the default profile.
>
>
> Also, as a bonus, if you still have an older Linux like Ubuntu Xenial
> you still like using you can run the latest FireFox! :-P It's not too
> hard. So all you need to do is mount your modern Debian Linux or
> compatible. Do a chroot to it from terminal. And run firefox as your
> user from sudo or logging in. Doesn't need any settings for X and
> amazingly opens up a window right on your desktop. One caveat is
> downloads will go to the mounted volume. But if you have a shared
> home
> setup it will make it easier. It's possible it could be automated
> with a
> nice desktop icon and script or even package, but I was to lazy to do
> that yet. :-D
>
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