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firefox 46 startup crash on powerpc (32bit)

Bug #1585778 reported by Daniel Vogelsang on 2016-05-25

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1583849: Firefox > 44 is broken on all big-endian architectures. Edit Remove

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This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	firefox (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

After updating from firefox 45 to version 46 crashes on startup without any gui.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: firefox 46.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-powerpc-smp 4.4.8
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-powerpc-smp ppc
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: powerpc
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
BuildID: 20160511224152
CRDA: N/A
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Wed May 25 21:47:05 2016
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-05 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release powerpc (20160420.1)
IpRoute:
default via 10.116.112.254 dev enP2p32s15f0 proto static metric 100
10.116.112.0/24 dev enP2p32s15f0 proto kernel scope link src 10.116.112.146 metric 100
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

enP2p32s15f0 no wireless extensions.
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
PrefSources: prefs.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=Safe Mode/Safe Mode (Out of date)
RfKill:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
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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Daniel Vogelsang (vogelsang) wrote on 2016-05-25:

#1

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (38.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IpAddr.txt Edit (977 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (9.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (7.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciNetwork.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Prefs.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (103 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (59.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Daniel Vogelsang (vogelsang) wrote on 2016-05-25:

#2

firefox core dump from /var/crash Edit (11.2 MiB, text/plain)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2016-05-26:

#3

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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K1773R (k1773r) wrote on 2016-05-26:

#4

anyone found a workaround?

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K1773R (k1773r) wrote on 2016-05-26:

#5

FF 45 has problems with performance, FF 46 just crashes.

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2016-05-27

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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geppo61 (icjtqr-gmail) wrote on 2016-06-07:

#6

I wish to post the same issue on Quad PowerPC G5 running Xenial Xerus with MATE Desktop.
It simply crash no matter if using .config or in the --safe-mode.

As soon as Firefox it is the ONLY usable browser in this system (I tried Qupzilla, Midori and another I do not recall the name) I wish to have as soon as possible a working browser.
Please fix.

If you need further assitance or debug log please tell me something: <email address hidden>

Best Regards,
Gianluca

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K1773R (k1773r) wrote on 2016-06-12:

#7

FF47 no longer crashes, time to upgrade.

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ernsteiswuerfel (erhard-f) wrote on 2016-06-18:

#8

I can confirm that Firefox 47 works again (on my PowerMac G5 7,3).

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