[lubuntu-users] Using Pentium 3 Machines on Lubuntu

[Aere Greenway]

On 05/13/2017 03:28 PM, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I, too, am chasing down a problem with Firefox on Lubuntu problem. It 
> keeps on crashing with SIGILL (illegal instruction). Now it is late, 
> I'm off to bed but I do have a couple of insights.
>
> * If you are running a GUI based programme and it fails to start 
> correctly, fire up a terminal and run it from there. You might see 
> some useful error messages.
>
> * If you are left without a functioning web-browser, do a "sudo 
> apt-get install lynx" in a terminal (removing the quote marks) and 
> then use lynx, a text based web browser, to access the Internet.
>
> * If Firefox is giving problems, start it in a terminal with the 
> command "firefox --debug" (again, removing the quotes). This starts it 
> in a debugger. I'm going to explore this further tomorrow and will try 
> to provide more helpful info about this.
>
> BW,
>
>
> Ian
>
>
>
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>
>

Ian:

The Windows version of Firefox, running on Lubuntu using wine, installed 
using winetricks, works well enough for what I need.  This version of 
Firefox does not crash on Pentium 3 machines.

-- 
Sincerely,
Aere

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