Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 14:50:32 -0800 From: "Fred G. Finster" <fred@thegalacticzoo.com> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Cc: jsm@FreeBSD.org, void@f-m.fm Subject: Re: firefox broken on arm64 ; about:config WebGL Disable Message-ID: <330d85af-0db3-d517-d2ee-6fe58228335e@thegalacticzoo.com>
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> 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 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Fred Finster GhostBSD-Arm64.blogspot.com t.me/ghostbsd Telegram Channel GhostBSD.org website
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