Comment 31 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

firefox 57.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 still fails.

On 12/30/17, James Donald <email address hidden> wrote:
> That fix was:
>> * Hopefully fix LP: #1711337 by building the armhf build with
>> -fno-schedule-insns to work around a compiler bug
> ?
>
> According to
> https://launchpadlibrarian.net/351233449/buildlog_ubuntu-xenial-armhf.firefox_57.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_BUILDING.txt.gz
> it's building with:
>> --enable-optimize=-g -O2 -fno-schedule-insns
>
> So it looks like the fix was indeed ported, but given the word
> "hopefully", but was it ever confirmed?
>
> Just like Adam Smith with version 55, arm64 appears to be fine. And just
> like herrtimson with version 55, even armv7 works on Arch Linux but
> still crashes on Debian/Ubuntu:
> https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=150438&start=50
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711337
>
> Title:
> Firefox crashes at start on armv7L after 55.0.1 update
>
> Status in Mozilla Firefox:
> Confirmed
> 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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