On 7/20/19 9:04 AM, Mahmood Naderan wrote:
However, I am not sure if the tracer logs *the process that fetches data
from web* or not.
Using the definite article ("the") there, is fundamentally wrong.
When you load a web page in Firefox, there are at least 2 processes
involved in "fetching
Mike,
I even tried that. The command
/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox www.google.com
will spawn multiple processes. As I tried with my tracer, I see that the
above process executes instructions even after the firefox window is opened
and google page is fetched.
However, I am not sure if the tracer
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 06:44:36AM +0430, Mahmood Naderan wrote:
> OK I will try the source compilation. Please let me know if I have use
> specific options for my purpose or not.
I'm not sure how you jumped from my response to building from source, but
what I'm saying is that you probably can
OK I will try the source compilation. Please let me know if I have use
specific options for my purpose or not.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 02:20 Mike Hommey wrote:
>
> It looks like your Linux distro has set their own wrapper for Firefox.
> That's not something that comes from Firefox itself. So
>Is just "the main firefox" enough for the tracing you want to do?
I am looking for way to run "firefox www.google.com" and then see firefox opens
that shows google web page.
>Note
>that all the website rendering happens in separate processes, not the
>Firefox UI process.
Maybe that is
Hi,
I want to analyze firefox by tracing instruction footprints as I am working
with that. Problem is that when I pass /usr/bin/firefox (or simply firefox)
to the tracer, it stops logging as soon as the main window opens.
As I looked further, I have noticed that another process is launched and
OK I will try the source compilation. Please let me know if I have use specific
options for my purpose or not.
If I build from source, can I do what I want?
> It looks like your Linux distro has set their own wrapper for Firefox.
> That's not something that comes from Firefox itself. So
Hi,
I want to analyze firefox by tracing instruction footprints as I am working
with that. Problem is that when I pass /usr/bin/firefox (or simply firefox) to
the tracer, it stops logging as soon as the main window opens.
As I looked further, I have noticed that another process is launched and
On Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 12:51:28 AM UTC+9, Mahmood Naderan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to analyze firefox by tracing instruction footprints as I am
> working with that. Problem is that when I pass /usr/bin/firefox (or simply
> firefox) to the tracer, it stops logging as soon as the main
On 7/15/19 11:51 AM, Mahmood Naderan wrote:
Overall, firefox command is a wrapper and I am seeking for a way to access the
main firefox.
Is just "the main firefox" enough for the tracing you want to do? Note
that all the website rendering happens in separate processes, not the
Firefox UI
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