Re: firefox broken on arm64 ; about:config WebGL Disable
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 21:00:15 UTC
On 05.12.2023 00.18, Jesper Schmitz Mouridsen wrote: > > 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.. > So perhpaps it is just lack of memory for > 115-esr.. (I have at most 4GB arm sbcs) With kern.elf64.allow_wx: 0 I do get a OOM condition #0 0x0000189a88aaf298 in NS_ABORT_OOM(unsigned long) () from /usr/local/lib/firefox/libxul.so [Current thread is 1 (LWP 102755)] (gdb) bt #0 0x0000189a88aaf298 in NS_ABORT_OOM(unsigned long) () at /usr/local/lib/firefox/libxul.so #1 0x0000189a89190614 in XPCJSContext::Initialize() () at /usr/local/lib/firefox/libxul.so #2 0x0000189a89190a58 in XPCJSContext::NewXPCJSContext() () at /usr/local/lib/firefox/libxul.so #3 0x0000189a891ba3d4 in xpc::InitializeJSContext() () at /usr/local/lib/firefox/libxul.so #4 0x0000189a88b8c2b4 in NS_InitXPCOM () at /usr/local/lib/firefox/libxul.so #5 0x0000189a8b224584 in mozilla::dom::ContentProcess::Init(int, char**) () at /usr/local/lib/firefox/libxul.so #6 0x0000189a8c53912c in XRE_InitChildProcess(int, char**, XREChildData const*) () at /usr/local/lib/firefox/libxul.so #7 0x00001899d60a2574 in main () > 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. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >