Here is a working Firefox 59 deb package cross-compiled for 18.04 armhf:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/17ypog6btdq4wj7/firefox_59.0.1%2Bbuild1-0ubuntu1_armhf.deb?dl=0
I have installed and tested on RaspEX (Bionic armhf). I can also confirm
it works sandboxed on Ubuntu MATE Xenial and Raspbian Stretch. One way
to run on older systems is to unpack locally using ar + tar, download
libc6 and libstdc++6 bionic armhf debfiles and untar them as well, then
do:
cd path/to/usr/lib/firefox
LD_PRELOAD=path/to/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6:path/to/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libm.so.6
\
./firefox
Cross-compiling via dpkg-buildpackage is fraught of issues, and similar
to what Chituc experienced the most difficult part was getting rustc to
properly cross-compile in all cases. I posted my main workaround for a
host/target header bug here: https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-
bindgen/issues/1229
To prevent the Skia misaligned instruction crash, I ended up editing
gfx/skia/generate_mozbuild.py to force SK_JUMPER_USE_ASSEMBLY to False.
However, there's stubborn code at the top of SkJumper.cpp that ends up
turning it on again so I had to override that too. Telling Skia to use
its non-asm fallback mode should be better than disabling Skia
altogether as we had for Firefox 57.
I tested some of our earlier theories too, and so far building Skia with
clang, everything with -thumb, -fstack-protector-strong, --enable-rust-
simd or other suggestions above do not seem to help at all with the Skia
SIGILL nor the strd r2, r3, [r1] SIGSEGV.
As for that strd r2, r3, [r1] crash, not much progress there aside from
our theory that it's in the XPCOM armhf-specific code. I'm merely
avoiding it by building in a 18.04 Docker container, but still no idea
why that works.
** Bug watch added: github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-bindgen/issues #1229
https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-bindgen/issues/1229
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711337
Title:
Firefox crashes at start on armv7L after 55.0.1 update
Status in Mozilla Firefox:
Expired
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Firefox always crashes when launched after the 55.0.1 update on an
Orange Pi PC Plus (a single-board computer similar to a Raspberry Pi),
even in safe mode.
I did a fresh install of Armbian (a Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 re-spin for
ARM single-board computer) on a similar board (Orange Pi Plus 2e),
installed Firefox and experienced the same problem--it won't load
without crashing.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: firefox 55.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Uname: Linux 3.4.113-sun8i armv7l
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25.
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: armhf
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: jim 1138 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: jim 1138 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20170814194718
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'audiocodec'/'audiocodec'
Mixer name : ''
Components : ''
Controls : 12
Simple ctrls : 12
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'sndhdmi'/'sndhdmi'
Mixer name : ''
Components : ''
Controls : 1
Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
Simple mixer control 'hdmi audio format Function',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'null' 'pcm' 'AC3' 'MPEG1' 'MP3' 'MPEG2' 'AAC' 'DTS' 'ATRAC'
'ONE_BIT_AUDIO' 'DOLBY_DIGITAL_PLUS' 'DTS_HD' 'MAT' 'WMAPRO'
Item0: 'pcm'
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Aug 17 05:37:00 2017
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant
compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.10.1 dev eth0
default via 192.168.10.1 dev wlan0 proto static metric 600
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.10.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.10.107
192.168.10.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.10.108
metric 600
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
PciMultimedia:
PciNetwork:
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=55.0.1/20170814194718
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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