Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-18 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
Mick schrieb am 18.09.19 um 11:47: > On Monday, 16 September 2019 17:55:45 BST Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > >> What fixed the issue for me was deleting the files addons.json and >> addonStartup.json.lz4. As well as addons.sqlite which is superseded by >> addons.json anyway. >> >> After this firefox

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-18 Thread Mick
On Monday, 16 September 2019 17:55:45 BST Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > What fixed the issue for me was deleting the files addons.json and > addonStartup.json.lz4. As well as addons.sqlite which is superseded by > addons.json anyway. > > After this firefox started fine. Having had problems with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-17 Thread james
On 9/17/19 2:23 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 01:20:40AM -0400, james wrote So I want a newer verision of Palemoon, but do not find any sort of discussion on why we (gentoo) are back at 28.3.0? Is there an overlay with more recent palemoon releases for gentoo, that I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-17 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 01:20:40AM -0400, james wrote > So I want a newer verision of Palemoon, but do not find any sort of > discussion on why we (gentoo) are back at 28.3.0? Is there an overlay > with more recent palemoon releases for gentoo, that I'm missing? I don't use the overlay. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-17 Thread Dale
james wrote: > On 9/16/19 3:49 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > >>    It'll be interesting to see if any stability issues come up.  I run >> homebrew builds of Pale Moon, so I won't be affected. >> > > Hello Walter, > > I currently run palemoon-28.3.0 > > There has been quite a few releases (tweeks) since

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-16 Thread james
On 9/16/19 3:49 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: It'll be interesting to see if any stability issues come up. I run homebrew builds of Pale Moon, so I won't be affected. Hello Walter, I currently run palemoon-28.3.0 There has been quite a few releases (tweeks) since then, just not updated to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-16 Thread Mick
On Monday, 16 September 2019 17:55:45 BST Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > On my system firefox started fine for the first time after the update > but I was only able to get it running in safe mode for subsequent starts. > > As the error message indicates as well as the fact that firefox is > starting

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-16 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 03:43:19PM +0100, Mick wrote > I don't mind recompiling it if this is what must happen, is there any > particular system-* USE flag which I should disable? BTW, in previous > versions I have these FF USE flags set in a corresponding package.use file: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-16 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
Peter Humphrey schrieb am 16.09.19 um 09:47: > > In my case, building with all those system libraries causes firefox to fail > on > startup: it complains thus: > > $ firefox > 1568619005920 addons.manager ERROR Exception calling provider > GMPProvider.startup: [Exception... "Component

[gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-16 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2019-09-16 15:43, Mick wrote: > Actually, on two systems FF 68 has been a disaster: > > As reported by Peter, it crashes when launched. I rebuilt with the default flags (ie. with the system libraries) and so far it is working ok. > I have found three approaches to allow it to launch. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-16 Thread Mick
On Monday, 16 September 2019 14:03:37 BST Mick wrote: > On Monday, 16 September 2019 08:47:33 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > 1568619006132 Marionette FATAL> ^ > > JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/AutoCompletePopup.jsm, line 113: > > NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE: Component returned

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-16 Thread Mick
On Monday, 16 September 2019 08:47:33 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 15 September 2019 22:35:05 BST Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > On 2019-09-15 16:21, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 09:08:24AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote > > > > > > > Is this for real or is it a mistake to be

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-16 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 02:35:05PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote > On 2019-09-15 16:21, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 09:08:24AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote > > > > > Is this for real or is it a mistake to be reverted soon? I do not > > > enjoy the thought of rebuilding firefox

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-16 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday, 15 September 2019 22:35:05 BST Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2019-09-15 16:21, Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 09:08:24AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote > > > > > Is this for real or is it a mistake to be reverted soon? I do not > > > enjoy the thought of rebuilding firefox

[gentoo-user] Re: firefox 68

2019-09-15 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2019-09-15 16:21, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 09:08:24AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote > > > Is this for real or is it a mistake to be reverted soon? I do not > > enjoy the thought of rebuilding firefox twice in a row. > > The USE flags seem to have been around for a while.