@Chituc I don't know if this is a helpful idea, or not, but here goes. The problems are: 1 knowledge/expertise re compiling and linking specific to Firefox (sadly I can't help there - no experience) 2 Long compile times to iterate - you've asked if anyone has arm64 that could help.
Re 2, would using arm64 in the cloud help? https://www.scaleway.com/ appears to offer an ARM64 server with 8 armv8 cores, 8GB memory, 200GB ssd on a pay-as-you-go basis (12euro a month). They have ubuntu images, but I'd expect it would require uploading your armhf build environment & some configuring.. Not sure how much RAM you actually need, but they appear to have larger RAM configurations, with more cores, at higher cost of course. Looking at their faq/servers page, it looks like the default ubuntu image is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, but they also offer Ubuntu LTS 16.04 (Xenial) & Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesti) Performance isn't guaranteed though, as this is shared infrastructure, which is probably really designed for web services.. If this looks like it would make the difference in iteration times, I'd be happy to contribute. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1711337/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
