Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.
And fwiw, I haven't had this problem with building from source either. And just recently switched to clang too, though Firefox was plenty speedy before so I'm not really noticing the gains that were advertised. -d On January 1, 2019 9:32:38 AM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 01/01/2019 06:45, Dale wrote: [...] [ebuild R ~] www-client/firefox-64.0::gentoo For what it's worth, I never had that problem with the official Mozilla build of Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin). Might be worth trying that instead. Don't forget to "quickpkg firefox" and back up your ~/.mozilla directory first.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.
Davyd McColl wrote: > And fwiw, I haven't had this problem with building from source either. > And just recently switched to clang too, though Firefox was plenty > speedy before so I'm not really noticing the gains that were advertised. > > -d > > I changed some USE flags. I figure that is one thing that would make Firefox different from say the average user who just downloads Firefox from the website. I'm not sure my googling skills are correct but I don't see anyone else having this issue, if I'm looking for the right things. This is the current flag settings. [ebuild R ~] www-client/firefox-64.0::gentoo USE="dbus gmp-autoupdate screenshot startup-notification system-harfbuzz system-jpeg system-sqlite -bindist -clang -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -debug -eme-free -geckodriver -hardened -hwaccel -jack -lto (-neon) -pulseaudio (-selinux) -system-icu -system-libevent -system-libvpx -test -wifi" L10N="-ach -af -an -ar -as -ast -az -bg -bn-BD -bn-IN -br -bs -ca -cak -cs -cy -da -de -dsb -el -en-GB -en-ZA -eo -es-AR -es-CL -es-ES -es-MX -et -eu -fa -ff -fi -fr -fy -ga -gd -gl -gn -gu -he -hi -hr -hsb -hu -hy -id -is -it -ja -ka -kab -kk -km -kn -ko -lij -lt -lv -mai -mk -ml -mr -ms -nb -nl -nn -or -pa -pl -pt-BR -pt-PT -rm -ro -ru -si -sk -sl -son -sq -sr -sv -ta -te -th -tr -uk -uz -vi -xh -zh-CN -zh-TW" I disabled system-icu, system-libevent, system-libvpx and may change some others before it is over. I used the info from euse -i to try to pick ones that might affect this. Thing is, it just did it again a minute ago with two files. That is another thing that is odd, when it does it, it does it a good bit until it stops. It may affect several downloads before I can get it working again. Then it works again for a good while. I might add, pausing and resuming made it work, this time. Thing is, the next download may or may not work right. I won't know until I start another set. This is a interesting issue. I'm not sure what to do to narrow it down really. Trying these USE flags is all I can come up with. It seems like others are stumped as well. :/ Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 02/01/2019 22:45, Dale wrote: >> I changed some USE flags. I figure that is one thing that would make >> Firefox different from say the average user who just downloads Firefox >> from the website. > Is there a reason you don't want to try the firefox-bin package I > meantion in my previous post? > > > That will be if I can't get a source build to work. Thing is, I won't be surprised if it does the same thing. I suspect this is a bug related to some permission issue or something related to it within Firefox itself. I've wondered if I should allow Firefox to store the files in its own download directory and then move them after it is completed. I may try that as well. Long term tho, I do prefer building from source. It's sort of why I like Gentoo. ;-) It's on the list of options tho. It would eliminate any local build configs too. It is a good idea to at least test it. I may try that next. If it still does it, it isn't me for sure. It's Firefox itself. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.
On January 3, 2019 12:29:34 AM Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 02/01/2019 22:45, Dale wrote: I changed some USE flags. I figure that is one thing that would make Firefox different from say the average user who just downloads Firefox from the website. Is there a reason you don't want to try the firefox-bin package I meantion in my previous post? That will be if I can't get a source build to work. Thing is, I won't be surprised if it does the same thing. I suspect this is a bug related to some permission issue or something related to it within Firefox itself. I've wondered if I should allow Firefox to store the files in its own download directory and then move them after it is completed. I may try that as well. Long term tho, I do prefer building from source. It's sort of why I like Gentoo. ;-) It's on the list of options tho. It would eliminate any local build configs too. It is a good idea to at least test it. I may try that next. If it still does it, it isn't me for sure. It's Firefox itself. I agree it's a good idea to try the bin. Also perhaps to try to to back to as vanilla USE flags as possible. IIRC, my only deviances from the default USE flags are to disable pulseaudio and enable clang (though that was only recently after the announcement about how it was supposed to improve performance so much, and was to become the mozilla-preferred method). Fortunately, at least Firefox builds relatively quickly, unlike chromium (~40 min vs ~2.5h on my machine). Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.
Davyd McColl wrote: > > > On January 3, 2019 12:29:34 AM Dale wrote: > >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> On 02/01/2019 22:45, Dale wrote: I changed some USE flags. I figure that is one thing that would make Firefox different from say the average user who just downloads Firefox from the website. >>> Is there a reason you don't want to try the firefox-bin package I >>> meantion in my previous post? >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> That will be if I can't get a source build to work. Thing is, I won't >> be surprised if it does the same thing. I suspect this is a bug related >> to some permission issue or something related to it within Firefox >> itself. I've wondered if I should allow Firefox to store the files in >> its own download directory and then move them after it is completed. I >> may try that as well. >> >> Long term tho, I do prefer building from source. It's sort of why I >> like Gentoo. ;-) It's on the list of options tho. It would eliminate >> any local build configs too. It is a good idea to at least test it. I >> may try that next. If it still does it, it isn't me for sure. It's >> Firefox itself. > I agree it's a good idea to try the bin. Also perhaps to try to to > back to as vanilla USE flags as possible. IIRC, my only deviances from > the default USE flags are to disable pulseaudio and enable clang > (though that was only recently after the announcement about how it was > supposed to improve performance so much, and was to become the > mozilla-preferred method). > > Fortunately, at least Firefox builds relatively quickly, unlike > chromium (~40 min vs ~2.5h on my machine). Yea, it is a good idea. Thing is, my network is busy right now. I'm on a video download binge again. -_O Question. Just what is clang? I did a eix for it but its description is minimal and not to informative, if one doesn't already know what it is. If you know, what does it add to Firefox and briefly how does it do it? The reason I ask, could that help with my current issue? I'm all for Firefox being faster, even on this pretty fast rig, but I'd also give it a try as well if it would fix this issue and as a bonus make Firefox work better/faster/whatever as well. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.
On January 3, 2019 8:59:09 AM Dale wrote: Davyd McColl wrote: On January 3, 2019 12:29:34 AM Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 02/01/2019 22:45, Dale wrote: I changed some USE flags. I figure that is one thing that would make Firefox different from say the average user who just downloads Firefox from the website. Is there a reason you don't want to try the firefox-bin package I meantion in my previous post? That will be if I can't get a source build to work. Thing is, I won't be surprised if it does the same thing. I suspect this is a bug related to some permission issue or something related to it within Firefox itself. I've wondered if I should allow Firefox to store the files in its own download directory and then move them after it is completed. I may try that as well. Long term tho, I do prefer building from source. It's sort of why I like Gentoo. ;-) It's on the list of options tho. It would eliminate any local build configs too. It is a good idea to at least test it. I may try that next. If it still does it, it isn't me for sure. It's Firefox itself. I agree it's a good idea to try the bin. Also perhaps to try to to back to as vanilla USE flags as possible. IIRC, my only deviances from the default USE flags are to disable pulseaudio and enable clang (though that was only recently after the announcement about how it was supposed to improve performance so much, and was to become the mozilla-preferred method). Fortunately, at least Firefox builds relatively quickly, unlike chromium (~40 min vs ~2.5h on my machine). Yea, it is a good idea. Thing is, my network is busy right now. I'm on a video download binge again. -_O Question. Just what is clang? I did a eix for it but its description is minimal and not to informative, if one doesn't already know what it is. If you know, what does it add to Firefox and briefly how does it do it? The reason I ask, could that help with my current issue? I'm all for Firefox being faster, even on this pretty fast rig, but I'd also give it a try as well if it would fix this issue and as a bonus make Firefox work better/faster/whatever as well. It's a front-end for llvm (a kind of generic compiler) - bascially a compiler replacement for gcc which has shown good compile times and the Mozilla team is claiming fairly reasonable performance gains when compiled with clang. It's been around a while, so it's not like you're taking a huge chance or anything. It's just not quite as venerable as gcc. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.
Davyd McColl wrote: > > > On January 3, 2019 8:59:09 AM Dale wrote: > >> Davyd McColl wrote: >>> >>> >>> On January 3, 2019 12:29:34 AM Dale wrote: >>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 02/01/2019 22:45, Dale wrote: >> I changed some USE flags. I figure that is one thing that would >> make >> Firefox different from say the average user who just downloads >> Firefox >> from the website. > Is there a reason you don't want to try the firefox-bin package I > meantion in my previous post? > > > That will be if I can't get a source build to work. Thing is, I won't be surprised if it does the same thing. I suspect this is a bug related to some permission issue or something related to it within Firefox itself. I've wondered if I should allow Firefox to store the files in its own download directory and then move them after it is completed. I may try that as well. Long term tho, I do prefer building from source. It's sort of why I like Gentoo. ;-) It's on the list of options tho. It would eliminate any local build configs too. It is a good idea to at least test it. I may try that next. If it still does it, it isn't me for sure. It's Firefox itself. >>> I agree it's a good idea to try the bin. Also perhaps to try to to >>> back to as vanilla USE flags as possible. IIRC, my only deviances from >>> the default USE flags are to disable pulseaudio and enable clang >>> (though that was only recently after the announcement about how it was >>> supposed to improve performance so much, and was to become the >>> mozilla-preferred method). >>> >>> Fortunately, at least Firefox builds relatively quickly, unlike >>> chromium (~40 min vs ~2.5h on my machine). >> >> Yea, it is a good idea. Thing is, my network is busy right now. I'm on >> a video download binge again. -_O >> >> Question. Just what is clang? I did a eix for it but its description >> is minimal and not to informative, if one doesn't already know what it >> is. If you know, what does it add to Firefox and briefly how does it do >> it? The reason I ask, could that help with my current issue? I'm all >> for Firefox being faster, even on this pretty fast rig, but I'd also >> give it a try as well if it would fix this issue and as a bonus make >> Firefox work better/faster/whatever as well. > It's a front-end for llvm (a kind of generic compiler) - bascially a > compiler replacement for gcc which has shown good compile times and > the Mozilla team is claiming fairly reasonable performance gains when > compiled with clang. It's been around a while, so it's not like you're > taking a huge chance or anything. It's just not quite as venerable as > gcc. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) When I read the info from eix, I was thinking it might be something like that. Doubt it would fix my current issue so I'll save that for later, when I get this issue sorted out. Thanks for the info. Dale :-) :-)
