From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Aug 12 20:11:13 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68DE5C07B1 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2019 20:11:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lee@adminart.net) Received: from mo6-p01-ob.smtp.rzone.de (mo6-p01-ob.smtp.rzone.de [IPv6:2a01:238:20a:202:5301::10]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "*.smtp.rzone.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 466n6S2pY7z3yHK for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2019 20:11:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lee@adminart.net) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1565640669; s=strato-dkim-0002; d=adminart.net; h=References:Message-ID:Date:In-Reply-To:Subject:To:From: X-RZG-CLASS-ID:X-RZG-AUTH:From:Subject:Sender; bh=xrTwvBVyo+JJHwMkiNP/xHKMp9o38/pLob2ha5Gh8X0=; b=ZkF/xU1A6DgkIWvL5wNfYtx6me3rD3n6sSm8B/3r/WBsj6n8hPNMh1crnZvj5T/rV9 RCxxVa9u7PtN/e9pRm/JuQOuKnQsWqcD+xGqrDauHDW20P9o0WXcbUer4Fzu4FzmOjMP 1lxBAXMoZpvRORkni0gZluuhdXXU7e/9RMry94azk932o7sOydqDJMq4T0mHkFgoWPAJ DPkiPDNdOC5SDr9lkYfY6vC8QrGUWvMR62zldaPgzzOQEH/rsyHtlfJLaCkIADBVf8AS QdAAoAFk1rLqj1OFzbwBxjePMaYtYOpcUjKw/bGg+1av2Ec9rN3iCgRs45eTsxu0ViP/ +VwQ== X-RZG-AUTH: ":O2kGeEG7b/pS1FS4THaxjVF9w0vVgfQ9xGcjwO5WMRo5c+h5ceMqQWZ3yrBp+ARdaXvxIDf7nlw=" X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from himinbjorg.adminart.net by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 44.24 DYNA|AUTH) with ESMTPSA id e0059dv7CKB93dT (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (curve secp521r1 with 521 ECDH bits, eq. 15360 bits RSA)) (Client did not present a certificate) for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2019 22:11:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from toy.adminart.net ([192.168.3.55]) by himinbjorg.adminart.net with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hxGeq-00010q-Cm for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2019 22:11:08 +0200 Received: from lee by toy.adminart.net with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hxGeq-00025C-B9 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2019 22:11:08 +0200 From: hw To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox or what? In-Reply-To: <20190812160212.GB13685@bastion.zyxst.net> (tech-lists@zyxst.net's message of "Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:02:12 +0100") Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 21:57:10 +0200 Organization: my virtual residence Message-ID: <87wofi17jd.fsf@toy.adminart.net> References: <20190812173754.9bbd34f75885d616ae5d074a@gc-24.de> <20190812160212.GB13685@bastion.zyxst.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 466n6S2pY7z3yHK X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=adminart.net header.s=strato-dkim-0002 header.b=ZkF/xU1A; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of lee@adminart.net has no SPF policy when checking 2a01:238:20a:202:5301::10) smtp.mailfrom=lee@adminart.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.80 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[adminart.net:s=strato-dkim-0002]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[adminart.net:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.93)[-0.935,0]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[adminart.net]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[hw@adminart.net,lee@adminart.net]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.3.5.2.0.2.0.a.0.2.0.8.3.2.0.1.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6724, ipnet:2a01:238::/32, country:DE]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[hw@adminart.net,lee@adminart.net]; IP_SCORE(-0.77)[ipnet: 2a01:238::/32(-3.37), asn: 6724(-0.46), country: DE(-0.01)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 20:11:13 -0000 tech-lists writes: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 05:37:54PM +0200, hw wrote: >>Hi, >> >>does any of the Firefox versions that can be installed with pkg >>actually work? Firefix continues to freeze, crash, being unable to >>remember its settings, to not show up at all when starting it other >>than in the process list, and it usually can't be killed even with >>kill -9. >> >>If Firefox is incompatible with FreeBSD, what's the alternative? > > The version I'm using is 68.0.1 and freebsd is 12-stable r350717 and I have no > firefox issues. > > I'm using pkg but I build my own packages with poudriere-devel. > > Need more information from you regarding the issue before even guessing what > might be wrong. What version of firefox is installed? if installed from > packages, what does pkg info | grep firefox say? What freebsd version? > Anything in /var/log/messages that might indicate a firefox problem? What's > the spec of the machine? > > Saying all that, have a look at the last suggestion (dated 2019-08-03 14:48:49 > UTC) on this thread it might be useful: > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=228855#c11 Well, see my previous posts --- and this is like the next issue as I was afraid of ... All this tells me that FreeBSD is a bad choice for the purpose.