On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:32:47PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > >Following the discussion in august 2015 there are two ways to fix Firefox 40 > >from crashing. > > > >The first one creates a config file to disable offmainthreadcomposition for > >all users. Individual users can also set this is in about:config as an > >alternative. To script this after installing firefox: > > > >echo -e "pref(\"general.config.obscure_value\", > >0);\npref(\"general.config.filename\", \"mozilla.cfg\");" > > >/usr/lib/firefox-40.0.3/defaults/pref/local-settings.js > >echo '// > >pref("layers.offmainthreadcomposition.enabled", false); > >' > /usr/lib/firefox-40.0.3/mozilla.cfg > > > >The alternative might be simpler and more elegant for a new BLFS release, > >simply disable system cairo for now, by commenting the relevant rule out in > >mozconfig: > >#ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo > > > >I'm not sure everyone is experiencing the Firefox crashes. For me, one of the > >two changes above fix all crashes after two weeks of testing. > > > >Thoughts about adding one of these to the book? > > It sounds like it is suitable, but I have not been using FF and cannot > confirm. > > Ken? Fernando? What do you think? > > -- Bruce > I've seen a couple of crashes on my previous build (from the beginning of the month). On my 7.8-rc1 build it has *so far* been solid, but I doubt that I have used firefox for more than 16 or 18 hours. These are all with turning off the option in about:config.
At the moment, it is not enough of a problem to make me want to disable system cairo. ĸen -- Il Porcupino Nil Sodomy Est! (if you will excuse my latatian) aka "The hedgehog song" -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
