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Posted: Mon 19 Feb 2018, 10:31
by kuman11
It worked right away, on the first click, with gtk3!
Many thanks mikeslr & fredx181 !
Posted: Sat 24 Feb 2018, 22:44
by kuman11
Today, after rebooting & running Firefox w/o a save file, somehow I couldn't unmount sda1. Got this -
"Error umounting volume sda1: Script exited with exitcode 1
Output:
umount: can't umount /mnt/sda1: Device or resource busy"
It's possible it's from gtk3 file or else?
Posted: Sun 25 Feb 2018, 10:11
by fredx181
kuman11 wrote:Today, after rebooting & running Firefox w/o a save file, somehow I couldn't unmount sda1. Got this -
"Error umounting volume sda1: Script exited with exitcode 1
Output:
umount: can't umount /mnt/sda1: Device or resource busy"
It's possible it's from gtk3 file or else?
If the gtk3 sfs is loaded and located on sda1, yes, then sda1 can't be unmounted, that's normal, I guess.
Fred
Posted: Sun 25 Feb 2018, 12:01
by kuman11
Apparently it's s/t linked to plugging in of the stick.
Another issue, when I created a shortcut of the 'ff' file on the D/top it couldn't start Firefox ... Any clues?
Posted: Sun 25 Feb 2018, 12:42
by fredx181
Hi kuman11,
Another issue, when I created a shortcut of the 'ff' file on the D/top it couldn't start Firefox ... Any clues?
A symlink, I guess ?
Yes, then it changes directory to ~/Desktop and can't find the files in the firefox folder.
Changing the first line in the script to: LAUNCHDIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")" will fix that, so open "ff" with texteditor and make it:
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#!/bin/sh
# LAUNCHDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)" # old
LAUNCHDIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")" # new
mkdir "$LAUNCHDIR/profile" 2> /dev/null
"$LAUNCHDIR/apulse" "$LAUNCHDIR/firefox" "$@" -profile "$LAUNCHDIR/profile"
EDIT: Works for me with symlink on Desktop, not sure though if it works on all systems.
Fred
Posted: Tue 27 Feb 2018, 20:58
by kuman11
After a reboot in RAM I copied the FFox32 folder back to /root and gtk+3-3.8.2 seems gone from it even though it's in it b4 the crash ... Very wicked!
Then couldn't install it from PPM ...
A detail, I'd unplugged the stick after the reboot.
Posted: Thu 15 Mar 2018, 04:53
by lost3.1
wrong place
Posted: Wed 25 Apr 2018, 15:35
by Mike Walsh
Hiya, Fred.
Thanks for this portable Quantum. I'm not normally a Firefox man as you doubtless know by now, but I have to admit to recovering some of the respect for Firefox that I lost many years ago. This Quantum is almost identical to Chrome in behaviour, etc; not sure whether that's a good thing, or bad...
Currently running at
59.02 in Slacko
5.7.0. Extracted in Downloads, then the resulting '
firefox32' directory placed in /opt (my favourite 'catch-all' for everything, really). I already had
gtk-3.0 installed from a previous exploit, so didn't need that.
Built a .desktop entry for Quantum in
/usr/share/applications (pointing to
/opt/firefox32/ff), stuck an appropriate icon in
/usr/share/pixmaps, ran '
fixmenus', restarted 'X'.....and she fired straight up, good as gold.
Thanks again. Cheers!
Mike.
Posted: Wed 25 Apr 2018, 18:18
by fredx181
Hi Mike, good to know it has your approval, I know indeed you're a "Chrome man"
Fred
Posted: Wed 25 Apr 2018, 20:44
by Mike Walsh
@ Fred:-
Actually, now I think about it, I thought I may as well also make available the GTK3 'upgrade' I used for 570. It was in fact a .pet package put together (so I believe) originally for Precise 571. I forget the thread where I acquired it, but I
do remember credit should go to
perdido for giving me the link to it.
It's not as comprehensive, new, or large as your X-Slacko GTK3 SFS; probably because the 'buntu-based Pups tend to have quite a bit of this stuff included as standard. As I'm sure you're well aware, with Slackware being so much more conservative with what they include in the OS, you often need to track down everything
including the 'Out house sink' in order to get many things working.
However, this Precise package was good enough to get things working for me in 570 back when FireFox first moved to GTK3. Which being the case, it can't hurt to make this also available for download; 'choice in all things' being my motto!
For anybody who'd like to make use of it, you can find it here:-
http://www.mediafire.com/file/z9p65cgf9 ... recise.pet
Mike.
Posted: Wed 25 Apr 2018, 22:25
by Mike Walsh
Hi again, Fred.
Just FYI, I've turned this into a .pet, complete with the created /profile directory, a .desktop entry and icon (made for a whopping big package, admittedly), and installed it into Precise 571. Fired straight up, with everything set-up ready. Ace!
Thanks again.
(
EDIT:-) ....and ditto Slacko 560. Nice one.
(
EDIT_2:-) ....
and ETP's 'Chromebook Pup' (based on 571). Excellent!
Mike.
Posted: Thu 26 Apr 2018, 10:02
by fredx181
Thanks Mike !!
I've added a link (last EDIT) to first post, pointing to your gtk3 precise pet post.
Fred
crashing tabs
Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2018, 17:47
by kuman11
fred, I have the latest Firefox installed though my tabs keep crashing on some sites, Do u have some idea what could the reason be?
Re: crashing tabs
Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2018, 18:28
by fredx181
kuman11 wrote:fred, I have the latest Firefox installed though my tabs keep crashing on some sites, Do u have some idea what could the reason be?
No idea yet. I use this Firefox all the time and didn't experience something like that.
Can you give one or more url address of the sites when this happens ? So I can test that?
Fred
Re: crashing tabs
Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2018, 19:48
by dancytron
kuman11 wrote:fred, I have the latest Firefox installed though my tabs keep crashing on some sites, Do u have some idea what could the reason be?
How much RAM do you have? How about swap or zram?
Some websites just suck down RAM and will cause firefox (or Chrome) to freeze. Is that what is happening?
Re: crashing tabs
Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2018, 21:53
by kuman11
dancytron wrote:kuman11 wrote:fred, I have the latest Firefox installed though my tabs keep crashing on some sites, Do u have some idea what could the reason be?
How much RAM do you have? How about swap or zram?
Some websites just suck down RAM and will cause firefox (or Chrome) to freeze. Is that what is happening?
It's 1.5 G, don't have swap now.
Yep, it slows down at first then I get the message, 'tab crashed'. More often it can't recover it. Mostly SM sites.
Re: crashing tabs
Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2018, 22:35
by dancytron
kuman11 wrote:dancytron wrote:kuman11 wrote:fred, I have the latest Firefox installed though my tabs keep crashing on some sites, Do u have some idea what could the reason be?
How much RAM do you have? How about swap or zram?
Some websites just suck down RAM and will cause firefox (or Chrome) to freeze. Is that what is happening?
It's 1.5 G, don't have swap now.
Yep, it slows down at first then I get the message, 'tab crashed'. More often it can't recover it. Mostly SM sites.
SM, you mean like facebook and twitter?
I bet you are just running out of RAM. So you run an adblocker. If not, ublock origin will block at least some of the crap.
You are in Debian Dog?? Create a swap partition for sure. Might try some zram too.
Even with 3 Gig of RAM, swap and zram, sometimes a page will just start sucking down the RAM and crash. Bad webpages are just the way it is sometimes.
Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2018, 20:49
by fredx181
Upgraded to version 59.02 now, updated download links at first post.
Fred
Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2018, 21:32
by rufwoof
Working fine in a EasyOS Pyro 64 container running as rover (restricted userid) with a knackered root userid (useless if escaped to). Even if sandbox level 3 set sound (youtubes etc.) is still heard fine.
SM
Posted: Mon 30 Apr 2018, 19:55
by kuman11
'No idea yet. I use this Firefox all the time and didn't experience something like that.'
fred, mainly Social media sites, Twitter, FB.
I guess Dancytron suggested the cause, I observe the same symptoms.