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

[Lars Nyqvist]

Fine!!!!!!
I installed this to my new tinkerboard ubuntu 16.04, Armbian kernel 4.4.120.
Seems to work fine.

Best regards Lars Nyqvist

On 5/4/18, James Donald <1711337 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> @herrtimson
>
> Here's a 14.04 Trusty build:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/977vzb3mu8bf34z/firefox_59.0.2%2Bbuild1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4_armhf.deb?dl=0
>
> I used the same approach with clang + gcc headers inside a Trusty
> (gcc-4.8) container. Initially I got errors about ::gets() and Stack
> Overflow sent me down some rabbit holes of attempting to use gcc-4.9
> headers or libc++ armhf. Ultimately the workaround was to comment out
> the offending line in gcc headers, and also fix a constexpr bug in the
> <complex> header. These kinds of hacks are something one can be more
> comfortable doing inside a Docker container.
>
> I don't have a 14.04 armhf setup but I did test this on Raspbian
> Stretch. Would be great if you could try it out on your system. Note
> initially it used up all my Pi's RAM so I had to add 1 GB of swap.
>
> For others, here is a 16.04 Xenial build:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ogdut56m2i0k0t9/firefox_59.0.2%2Bbuild1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3_armhf.deb?dl=0
>
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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:
>   Confirmed
>
> 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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