[Bug 1711337] Re: Firefox crashes at start on armv7L after 55.0.1 update

[Lars Nyqvist]

I downloaded firefox_58.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1_armhf.deb and tried to
install but libraries in 17.10 are different
libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12) but 2.11.94-0ubuntu2 ....

On 2/25/18, James Donald <1711337 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> Thanks Chituc. That's spot-on with the identical error in Firefox.
> Specifically, it's not an illegal instruction so much as a misaligned
> (+2 bytes) instruction, plus at that point it's in Thumb mode when
> anything inside SkJumper should be in ARM mode.
>
> Technically both firefox and chromium-browser are cross-compiled because the
> Launchpad logs show the host system as aarch64 while the target is armhf:
> *
> https://launchpadlibrarian.net/356307711/buildlog_ubuntu-xenial-armhf.firefox_58.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_BUILDING.txt.gz
> *
> https://launchpadlibrarian.net/357154172/buildlog_ubuntu-xenial-armhf.chromium-browser_64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_BUILDING.txt.gz
>
> Chromium adds a few more flags that might affect NEON i.e. -mfloat-
> abi=hard -mtune=generic-armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mthumb, but as you've
> pointed out the biggest difference is compiling with clang. Apparently
> clang is actually supported for building Firefox on Linux, so maybe the
> Launchpad script could be augmented to just add two required lines to
> mozconfig.
>
> Looks like Firefox 58 for 18.04 Bionic armhf built successfully and uses gcc
> 7:
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/58.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1/+build/14326274
> Anyone able to try it out?
>
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> Title:
>   Firefox crashes at start on armv7L after 55.0.1 update
>
> Status in Mozilla Firefox:
>   Expired
> Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>   Firefox always crashes when launched after the 55.0.1 update on an
>   Orange Pi PC Plus (a single-board computer similar to a Raspberry Pi),
>   even in safe mode.
>
>   I did a fresh install of Armbian (a Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 re-spin for
>   ARM single-board computer) on a similar board (Orange Pi Plus 2e),
>   installed Firefox and experienced the same problem--it won't load
>   without crashing.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
>   Package: firefox 55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
>   Uname: Linux 3.4.113-sun8i armv7l
>   AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
>   AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25.
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
>   Architecture: armhf
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC1:  jim        1138 F.... pulseaudio
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  jim        1138 F.... pulseaudio
>   BuildID: 20170814194718
>   Card0.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:0 'audiocodec'/'audiocodec'
>      Mixer name	: ''
>      Components	: ''
>      Controls      : 12
>      Simple ctrls  : 12
>   Card1.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:1 'sndhdmi'/'sndhdmi'
>      Mixer name	: ''
>      Components	: ''
>      Controls      : 1
>      Simple ctrls  : 1
>   Card1.Amixer.values:
>    Simple mixer control 'hdmi audio format Function',0
>      Capabilities: enum
>      Items: 'null' 'pcm' 'AC3' 'MPEG1' 'MP3' 'MPEG2' 'AAC' 'DTS' 'ATRAC'
> 'ONE_BIT_AUDIO' 'DOLBY_DIGITAL_PLUS' 'DTS_HD' 'MAT' 'WMAPRO'
>      Item0: 'pcm'
>   Channel: Unavailable
>   CurrentDesktop: XFCE
>   Date: Thu Aug 17 05:37:00 2017
>   Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
>   ForcedLayersAccel: False
>   IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant
> compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
>   IpRoute:
>    default via 192.168.10.1 dev eth0
>    default via 192.168.10.1 dev wlan0  proto static  metric 600
>    169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000
>    192.168.10.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.10.107
>    192.168.10.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.10.108
> metric 600
>   Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
>   PciMultimedia:
>
>   PciNetwork:
>
>   Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=55.0.1/20170814194718
>   RfKill:
>    0: phy0: Wireless LAN
>    	Soft blocked: no
>    	Hard blocked: no
>   RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
>   SourcePackage: firefox
>   Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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