Re: firefox broken on arm64 ; about:config WebGL Disable
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:18:27 UTC
On 04.12.2023 23.50, Fred G. Finster wrote: > >> From: Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen <jsm_at_FreeBSD.org> >> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2023 07:34:21 UTC >> >> On 25.11.2023 00.00, Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> Tabs crashes with signal 4 on arm64 not firefox 115 esr but >>> librewolf 117 dies as well as firefox 119 and 120. Hve not tested 116. >>> example https://gist.github.com/jsm222/e6199a03142f5716921c82c3d2f3ddc5 >>> >>> /Jsm >> >> Just build firefox-esr-115.5.0_1,1 and firefox-116.0.3_1,2 the first >> runs with aslr disabled, the latter signals 4. >> >> Any suggestions on what is going on are appreciated. >> >> /jsm > > JSM, Void, other fellow FreeBSD-ARM users > See if from inside FireFox, you open URL about:config > find webgl.disabled and set it to value TRUE. > > See if this fixes crashes in versions 115 , 116 or later, Firefox-esr > version. Report back your findings. > > webgl.disabled true > Did not work for me on rpi4 with 4GB ram with firefox 119 from stock packages.. Perhaps it is just a masked OOM problem.. Thanks! /jsm > Robonuggie Youtube video shows this solution as working on Arm64 > FreeBSD operating system > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > FireFox broswer keeps crashing in FreeBSD 14.0 Release on aarch64 > Raspberry Pi 400 > > WebGL disable in FireFox web browser (about:config) WebGL.disable TRUE > for aarch64 Raspberry Pi 400 Keyboard. FireFox crashing > > Hello a short note, with a RoboNuggie Video at 16:23 start time to see > the problem in action. > https://youtu.be/thxnemnprPg?si=Nhm1EtUE4Aptcjx0&t=979 > https://www.youtube.com/@RoboNuggie YouTube Channel for RoboNuggie > > I will test myself on a Raspberry Pi 4B with 8GB dram running FreeBSD > 15.0-CURRENT building Firefox 120.0_2,2 version > > > This is from booting up the FreeBSD 14.0 RELEASE Snapshot image > https://Freebsd.org/where > https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm64/aarch64/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/ > https://download.freebsd.org/releases/arm64/aarch64/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img.xz > > > Thank you, Gecko for maintaining the FireFox Browser for FreeBSD. > Will see about making a bug report in bugzilla, after I test the > FireFox 120.0_2,2 build version > I see the FireFox version has increased to 121 > > > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/121.0beta/releasenotes/ > > Version 121.0beta, first offered to Beta channel users on November 21, > 2023 > > Firefox Beta gets updated 3 times a week and as a consequence, the > release notes for the Beta channel are updated continuously to reflect > features that have reached sufficient maturity to benefit from > community feedback and bug reports. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >