Re: Firefox 133 test package for ppc64

Is there any update on fixing Firefox for 32-bit PowerPC?

On Sun, 2025-07-06 at 21:37 +0100, James Madgwick wrote:
> 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.