I can't update the 32bit firefox v72.01 to v73 on my 32bit slacko57 npae system.
The update seems to work but clicking the restart button at the end gives an apologetic message & no working firefox
I am using a Dell Latitude D630 computer grub-booted and shared with Windows XP. The system has worked well for many years
Is my 32bit system at end of life?
Anybody else have similar issues?
I believe my intel core-2 Duo CPU supports 64bit operation. If so, what are my best 64bit options.
32bit firefox update v72.01 to v73 wont work (Solved)
32bit firefox update v72.01 to v73 wont work (Solved)
Last edited by r__hughes on Thu 27 Feb 2020, 18:08, edited 1 time in total.
--- quad booting Slacko57NPAE, Slacko56NPAE, Slacko55PAE (with OO4, devx, Gimp) & WXP on DELL Dimension 2400 PC & DELL Latitude 630 Laptop using grub.
---USB-Flash booting same on Samsung N110 WXP Netbook and Lenovo q100 WXP netPC.
---USB-Flash booting same on Samsung N110 WXP Netbook and Lenovo q100 WXP netPC.
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This was mentioned in this thread here:-
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=118084
There does seem to be an issue with Firefox 73 in older Puppies
Could be a bug which they might fix, meantime, revert or use the esr Firefox.
Consider using a more recent Puppy if possible, could still be 32bit or use 64bit if you want to be more future-proof, especially with regard to browsers.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=118084
There does seem to be an issue with Firefox 73 in older Puppies
Could be a bug which they might fix, meantime, revert or use the esr Firefox.
Consider using a more recent Puppy if possible, could still be 32bit or use 64bit if you want to be more future-proof, especially with regard to browsers.
Oscar in England
Re: 32bit firefox update v72.01 to v73 wont work
I ran into the same problem with Precise-light. I had to use upgrades from tahrpup-6.0.5:r__hughes wrote:I can't update the 32bit firefox v72.01 to v73 on my 32bit slacko57 npae system.
The update seems to work but clicking the restart button at the end gives an apologetic message & no working firefox
I am using a Dell Latitude D630 computer grub-booted and shared with Windows XP. The system has worked well for many years
Is my 32bit system at end of life?
Anybody else have similar issues?
I believe my intel core-2 Duo CPU supports 64bit operation. If so, what are my best 64bit options.
- atk
at-spi2-atk
cairo
glib
gnutls
gtk+3
libtasn1
libxkbcommon
nss
wayland
I recently posted Tahr64-light for older ram limited machines and all the latest browsers seem to be working in it..
Best of Luck, J
Thank you all for your replies.
I am now checking out Oscartalk's suggestion of Firefox-esr which has got me up and running again
I downloaded it from the link given by jrb:
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/rel ... inux-i686/
I am now checking out Oscartalk's suggestion of Firefox-esr which has got me up and running again
I downloaded it from the link given by jrb:
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/rel ... inux-i686/
--- quad booting Slacko57NPAE, Slacko56NPAE, Slacko55PAE (with OO4, devx, Gimp) & WXP on DELL Dimension 2400 PC & DELL Latitude 630 Laptop using grub.
---USB-Flash booting same on Samsung N110 WXP Netbook and Lenovo q100 WXP netPC.
---USB-Flash booting same on Samsung N110 WXP Netbook and Lenovo q100 WXP netPC.