Firefox official releases

[RetroTechGuy]

If using the Firefox.sfs, it is recommended that you change /usr/local/bin/defaultbrowser to the following:

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#!/bin/sh
killall firefox
exec firefox "$@"

This will allow only one instance of Firefox to run at a time and you will no longer need to type killall firefox if it crashes.

Thanks Tman... I think that I'm going to try the .sfs (I'm assuming that will probably make it difficult for Firefox to update itself... )

[Tman]

No problem Retrotech,

Actually, you can still update Firefox with the sfs but, I have turned automatic updating off. Same goes with the pets. You can update by going to the 'Help' tab and click on About Firefox -> Check for Updates

[RetroTechGuy]

No problem Retrotech,

Actually, you can still update Firefox with the sfs but, I have turned automatic updating off. Same goes with the pets. You can update by going to the 'Help' tab and click on About Firefox -> Check for Updates

I've found that on some versions that didn't help (I use the default of "ask"). In at least one case, despite the "ask" option, when I checked the version number, it started downloading the newest Firefox (without asking)... Grrrrrr....

Do you know if your .sfs is compatible with 5.25?

My main 5.28 save file just took a dump, and I'm not convinced that the version is completely stable (I'm also not convinced that some of the Firefox problems aren't somehow involved).

I'm thinking about 5.25, which seems far less hardware intensive (even though this tower has a 2200 Athlon with 1GB RAM, it sometimes seems sluggish under 5.28 -- I had been running 5.20 prior to this, and it was very good...until a clean-up operation went rogue and wiped my icons out.. )

[Tman]

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Do you know if your .sfs is compatible with 5.25?

My main 5.28 save file just took a dump, and I'm not convinced that the version is completely stable (I'm also not convinced that some of the Firefox problems aren't somehow involved).

I'm thinking about 5.25, which seems far less hardware intensive (even though this tower has a 2200 Athlon with 1GB RAM, it sometimes seems sluggish under 5.28 -- I had been running 5.20 prior to this, and it was very good...until a clean-up operation went rogue and wiped my icons out.. )

The sfs works fine for me in Slickpup 5.2.5, which I still use occasionally for testing.
Before switching to Lucid 5.2.5, perhaps you might want to see if my Firefox.sfs works with a fresh Lucid 5.2.8 save file.

Edit: I removed some outdated info. libdbus and libdbus-glib files are fine the way I have set them up now. If they are found to be already present in the usr/lib folder, then the original libdbus files will be used. If they are found not to be present, then the ones I have included will be used. This should make Firefox compatible with all major versions of Puppy, so long as they are not other missing dependencies.

[Tman]

I have modified the Firefox packages. Changes are as follows:

- prepare-firefox.pet functions have been integrated
- firefox becomes the defaultbrowser upon the first run of the sfs
- if old saved settings are found on first run, you will have the option to remove them
- firefox-8 and firefox-9 packages have a few addons (extensions), while firefox-7 doesn't
- if libdbus-glib files are not found in /usr/lib folder, they will be put there
-- if they are already there, then the original files will not be overwritten

[Tman]

I was playing around with PupStudio today and found that Firefox-9 would often freeze up. I don't really know why. I tried resetting the network connection with the Network Wizard (not the simple one) but Firefox still crashed. Then I tried installing the recommended video driver (Xorg-High).
Firefox still loads slower for me than with smaller pups but so far it hasn't crashed. (fingers crossed).

UPDATE: I have reverted to using Firefox version 7.0.1 becuase I find it to be the more stable.

[darkcity]

I'm using puppy 5.28

Firefox 7 and 9 suffer with the fullscreen bug -

where you can't exit fullscreen mode - pressing F11 just reopens fullscreen.

updating JWM fixes bug - pet here
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02507

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I've come across another bug. When you right click to open a download or open its folder-

Instead of opening with default program or opening folder, mTpaint is loaded as says 'cannot open file' - even if it is an image file

any idea how to fix?

[Tman]

When you right click to open a download or open its folder-

Instead of opening with default program or opening folder, mTpaint is loaded as says 'cannot open file' - even if it is an image file

any idea how to fix?

I am not sure what you mean by this, can you provide a screenshot?
Also, does it happen in lucid 5.2.8 in openbox wm? I have lucid 5.2.8-004 with custom Icewm. Right-clicks are okay for me.

Are you talking about the Rox-Filer right-click options?

[Tman]

Firefox 10.01 official appears to be unstable on this old Pentium 4.
I think I will stick to version 7... Namoroka seems good as well.

I've modified my older pets. The install method is better and the fonts are bigger.

[Tman]

I tried version Firefox-7.0.1-2.sfs in Xprimo and it didn't work, although the pet of the same version did work.
I was confused as to why at first, but I figured it out.

Uploaded Firefox-7.0.1-3.sfs..now works in dpup exprimo, and should work now in any pups that come with Firefox preinstalled.

** warning the sfs will remove the old firefox files if they exist in /usr/lib/firefox

[ilanrab]

...
I think I will stick to version 7...

I tried many of the versions between firefox 4.x and 9.x . The only one that
proved stable was firefox 7.x . I am running it on top of Lucid 5.2.5 .
Cheers,

[Tman]

New versions for Firefox-7.0.1 pet and sfs have been uploaded.

I must have changed the pet over ten times, but I think I finally got them the way I like them.
Versions 8 and 9 are still the old versions.

[jodother]

I installed FF 9.0.1 pet on Lucid 5.2.8 with xfce. Update within FF to version "10.0.0" seemed to work (just like any former updates) but after update to 10.0.2 FF didn't start. So I uninstalled this version and re-installed the original 9.0.1 pet.

Guess I have to wait for the next pet or hope that this issue will be fixed in one of the next FF internal updates?

[RetroTechGuy]

I installed FF 9.0.1 pet on Lucid 5.2.8 with xfce. Update within FF to version "10.0.0" seemed to work (just like any former updates) but after update to 10.0.2 FF didn't start. So I uninstalled this version and re-installed the original 9.0.1 pet.

Guess I have to wait for the next pet or hope that this issue will be fixed in one of the next FF internal updates?

Did you run out of lupusave space during the upgrade? That is a common cause this crashing during upgrade.

BTW, I've been running the patched 9.01 .pet for some weeks now, and have had no issues...

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 178#594178

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... ges-lucid/

I see that there is a Firefox 10 .pet in the collection now.

[Tman]

The reason why I didn't make up a Firefox-10 pet, is becuase it was unusable on my Pentium 4 test computer. It would freeze up doing simple tasks like surfing through the murga forum. I had some freezing problems with Firefox-9 as well, although not as bad. Firefox 10 ran okay on my dual-core, but it seemed to be laggy when loading web-pages. If Firefox 11 is more stable, then I will make a pet for it, but I didn't want to put out a pet that I know is buggy, ( EDIT - very buggy and unstable ) - thus avoiding complaints from forum members and explanations from me. (kind of).

[jodother]

Hi RetroTechGuy,

I have 418 M free space on my lupusave file, so I don't think the issue is due to that.

On another PC I had the same issues as Tman with FF 10 and this forum. It seemed to freeze but after 30 or 60 seconds it opened the forum page. It really seems to be a problem of FF 10.

So let's wait for FF 11...

[Tman]

Firefox-11.0 has been uploaded for testing. I have not tested it thouroughly, but so far it appears to be much more stable than version 10. Also, Firefox-9 has been removed, as it was also somewhat prone to crashing.

[Tman]

I re-uploaded Firefox-11.0-official, with a few tweaks:

- Fixed a problem with the icon not showing in Icewm
- added "killall firefox" to /usr/bin/run_firefox

[darkstrike]

Just wanted to post and thank you folks for the hard work - just did a fresh install of Puppy on my tinker box a few weeks ago and had installed the FF7 package and then let it update itself - ran into that "hangs for awhile on loading pages" bug and it was driving me crazy. Read another thread on how to fix it and that eventually led me here.

Uninstalled the FF7 package, installed your FF11 package and bam...issue solved!

Cheers!

EDIT: ...and apparently I lied. Just went to use the machine again and it is still doing the "hanging on loading pages" issue

[Tman]

Just went to use the machine again and it is still doing the "hanging on loading pages" issue

Darkstrike, trying uninstalling the Firefox 11 pet and remove the saved settings when it asks you to. Then reinstall the pet. This should give a clean install.
Firefox 11 has been stable for me on my system builds, but I am interested to know what websites the "hanging" problems occur for you on your system, and with which version of puppy.
Also, changing some of the preference settings may improve performance for you. I always disable the crashreporter, history, and automatic updates in Firefox.