Comment 133 for bug 1711337

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Lars Nyqvist (ulos) wrote : Re: [Bug 1711337] Re: Firefox crashes at start on armv7L after 55.0.1 update

James,
Sorry, I had to report that the bug appeared only when starting
Firefox the first time since then everything is ok.

Regards Lars

On 5/6/18, James Donald <email address hidden> wrote:
> Lars, I went to sites like Gmail or Youtube that I thought had a chance
> of using optional NaCl, but I haven't been able to reproduce those error
> messages. I don't think Firefox supports NaCl, even with a plugin. Is it
> possible you imported browser settings from Chromium and it happened to
> include their NaCl extension? You could rule this out by moving or
> deleting ~/.mozilla/firefox then trying again.
>
> herrtimson, an illegal instruction would indicate your system lacks NEON
> or ARMv7 altogether, the same reason Firefox does not run on ARMv6
> boards like Raspberry Pi B+ or Pi Zero. To check, cat /proc/cpuinfo
>
> There's also a chance that ungültiger maschienenbefehl means bad
> interpreter or not in executable format / File format not recognized.
> You can troubleshoot this with the ldd and file commands. Compare
> properties of /usr/lib/firefox/firefox to any working command under
> /usr/bin
>
>> Oh, and how do I revert this to the ubuntu one? *_*
>
> sudo apt-get purge firefox
> sudo apt-get install firefox
>
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> duplicate bug report (1733340).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711337
>
> 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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