For my PPC machines I'm thinking Xenial is the "final destination" . . . on my 933 MHz iBook, everything loads very slowly . . . not even thinking about non-LTS options for them.
On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 10:36 AM, ernsteiswuerfel <erhar...@mailbox.org> wrote: > Yes, Firefox is in Xenial's repository but not in Yakkety's or Zesty's: > http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=zesty&arch= > powerpc&mode=exactfilename&searchon=contents&keywords=firefox > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1583849 > > Title: > Firefox > 44 is broken on all big-endian architectures > > Status in Mozilla Firefox: > Fix Released > Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > OK, the reason I'm posting back here, running Lu 16.04 on an PPC > iBook, and MATE/XFCE 16.04 on a PM ST. . . did a dist-upgrade today, > so it now running the new "22" kernel and saw in the list of upgrades > new updates to FF and T-bird . . . on both machines after reboot FF > window frame loads . . . and then crashes . . . no data is ever filled > into the browser window. > > The iBook error says it "doesn't have enough memory to report the > problem" . . . and on the PM . . . apparently it says the error report > was "corrupted" . . . no launchpad window opened in the browser when I > clicked on the "report the problem." > > Tried to revert to the old kernel in the iBook several times, > seemingly failed to boot the old one . . . shut it down. > > I went to the PM running 16.04 U-MATE and tried the same dist-upgrade > via console there, that upgrade was much larger than the Lu system, > but subsequently FF also then failed to launch w/o crashing . . . > installed Midori to make an apple user post, but when I tried to start > a new thread there Midori crashed as well. > > I ran "apt-get -f install" in both the iBook & the PM . . . nothing > showed up. No "comment" in the terminal during the upgrade asking any > questions or reporting "problems" . . . but FF is kaput!!!! > > I'm back in OSX 10.5 side until things cool down for the browsers in > 16.04 PPC Lu & U-MATE/XFCE. > > e... > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1583849/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1583849 Title: Firefox > 44 is broken on all big-endian architectures To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1583849/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
