Hi again,
has anyone of you tested building iceweasel with the info below?
If not I'd be glad to test, but I need some help with how to build it.


I also installed the OS on my spare computer, so I can test things there
too.

On 20.08.2015 21:21, Stig Atle Steffensen wrote:
> Hi,
> After chatting with Marcus I built libvpx by follwing these steps:
> http://paste.awesom.eu/eiGL
>
> The next thing to do was:
> /Rebuild iceweasel with --with-system-libvpx in order to use this
> version./
> Sam - do you have the steps needed to do so?
>
> I will be away from Friday until Sunday, so I might not reply quick
> over the weekend.
> However I will build\test things as soon as possible.
>
>
> On 20.08.2015 08:06, Marcus Moeller wrote:
>> Am 19.08.2015 um 23:11 schrieb Sam Geeraerts:
>>> Thanks for the feedback. I still need to patch
>>> xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion. Iceweasel bugginess is because of a
>>> patch I did for mipsel, but the exact cause is still a mystery. I could
>>> go for a working x86 build and no Iceweasel on mipsel, but I'd hate to
>>> do that because it's the only stable browser there.
>> What was the exact patch you have applied? From our last observations,
>> compiling --with-system-libvpx could be a workaround when you backport
>> libvpx. This failed till now. Have you already tried libvpx_1.4.0-4.dsc?
>>
>> Also afair GCC needs to be patched:
>>
>> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50380
>>
>> So the next steps would be to try to build latest libvpx to check if gcc
>> patches are still required. If they are required, we need to apply them
>> and rebuild the whole stuff.
>>
>> Greets
>> Marcus
>>
>>> Op Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:43:05 +0200
>>> schreef Stig Atle Steffensen <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>>> First of all I want to say 'hi', and that I really appreciate all the
>>>> work you all put into gNewSense.
>>>>
>>>> Today after talking on Gnusocial with Marcus I decided to install the
>>>> latest gNewSense on my lemote.
>>>> I figured I could share what I did:
>>>>
>>>> I loaded the setup over tftp.
>>>> The installer image I used was this:
>>>> http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense/dists/ucclia/main/installer-mipsel/4.0-alpha1/images/loongson-2f/netboot/
>>>>
>>>> A couple of things during setup:
>>>> 1) Not able to start wifi during setup of network during install.
>>>> 2) Full disk encryption works now (it did not work in previous release
>>>> on mipsel).
>>>> 3) selected : debian desktop environment, ssh server, laptop and
>>>> standard system utilities.
>>>>
>>>> First boot after install -- blinking cursor, removed this package:
>>>> 'apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion'
>>>> reboot the machine,
>>>> boots up fine.
>>>>
>>>> Desktop works with classic mode during login.
>>>> Wifi works fine when on desktop has been started
>>>>
>>>> Iceweasel has the same issues on mipsel as on x64\i386, tab issue,
>>>> context menu etc.
>>>>
>>>> https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45772
>>>> https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45148
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