Re: Firefox 133 test package for ppc64

On Mon, 12 May 2025 09:55:50 -0700
Ken Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote:

> I had never tried firefox 138 with the MATE desktop before, so can't
> know if removing the .mozilla directory was part of the magic or not,
> but easy to do.
> 
> I suspect removing the .mozilla directory was not the issue, as it
> still crashes with LXDE as below, but as the window now fills in with
> an image before the crash using the menus, cannot know with certainty.

For what it's worth, I've just installed 138 and initially a window
appeared but I couldn't interact with any menus or do anything. But
after removing .mozilla I was able to get it working. Based on this, it
seems clearing that directory is required.

I've not tried doing much beyond some basic browsing. There are some
graphical glitches, but nothing serious and no crashes. Performance is
better than I had expected, still pretty slow, but better than any dual
P4 system of the era would be, and not bad considering this machine (a
2004 G5) is over 20 years old.