Pu7o Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Here's a more stable build of Firefox, from the latest CVS and with a useragent fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 It doesn't work for me. FF starts, but then closes itself imediatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu7o Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 That happened to me too, the first time I ran it. But when I ran it again, it worked flawlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 That happened to me too, the first time I ran it. But when I ran it again, it worked flawlessly. Thank you, man! I gave up to quick. No I tried it a second time and it works very well! I've used Deer Park Alpha 2 until now. Someone in this forum said, that it is very complicated to build firefox for x86, so you get my full respect! Please make a x86 version of FF 1.5 final when it's available. Thank you very much! urig-herb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu7o Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 It's actually very easy, exactly the same as how I did it on Linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zfire89 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 thanx works great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Tested on vmware. Worked off the first start. Going to native and I'm sue it'll work. Thanks for another port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myzar Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 this is a trunk build you should build a branch build if you want something good and stable. The trunk atm is very buggy and unstable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu7o Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 well, I tried a branch build back when I compiled seamonkey, and it wouldn't run. So, I decided to just go with the trunk for everything. It seems to run well, even if it's based on pre-alpha code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu7o Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 Also, if you want something more stable, you can always try the X11 GTK-based Firefox 1.0.4 build for Darwin x86 available here (Not compiled by me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ut2211 Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Thank you Pu7o! It seems to work well. Is this version equivalent to Firefox 1.5 for windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Thank you Pu7o! It seems to work well. Is this version equivalent to Firefox 1.5 for windows? this version equivalent to Firefox 1.0.4 for windows: http://www.gnu-darwin.org/firefox/i386/gd-...x-x11-1.0.4.tgz this version is build with CVS code (pre-1.5): http://kernel.ws/~puto.hosting/MacFirefox-x86.tar.bz2 1.5 is not released yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu7o Posted October 18, 2005 Author Share Posted October 18, 2005 The MacFirefox-x86 one is pre-alpha code, for what will, in a year or so, become Firefox 1.6. Not 1.5 code at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 The MacFirefox-x86 one is pre-alpha code, for what will, in a year or so, become Firefox 1.6. Not 1.5 code at all. One big problem is the compatibility with extensions. Your 1.6a version works well, no crashes so far (besides the one at the first startup). But there are only a few compatible extensions available. When v1.5 final is there , we need someone to make a x86 version of this. It is more important to have extensions working than the few new firefox features in the 1.6a version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu7o Posted October 18, 2005 Author Share Posted October 18, 2005 If I'm still using Mac OS X X86 when 1.5 final is there, I'll probably make a x86 build. No promises though The only reason why I haven't build it based on 1.5b code, is that current gecko 1.8 does NOT run on OS X x86 AT ALL! I tried it, believe me, but it does not work! As an alternative, you can try setting the extension compatibility version to 1.4.1 so that extensions are compatible. (about:config ; go to extensions.lastAppVersion and put in 1.4 or whatever version you need) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ut2211 Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 I've been using this port extensively all day long and I had only one crash (when I tried to edit a post of mine in Mac OSX 86 forum). Otherwise this port rocks and now Firefox is my default browser. Great work Pu7o!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuruu Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 I've found this build to excellent over previous ones. Nicely done! however... changing the LastAppVersion string does not fool the plugins i tested... When you say gecko 8 will not run, does t mean the ppc releases are being built with an older gecko? thanks, you seem highly informed. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOleg Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 If I'm still using Mac OS X X86 when 1.5 final is there, I'll probably make a x86 build. No promises though The only reason why I haven't build it based on 1.5b code, is that current gecko 1.8 does NOT run on OS X x86 AT ALL! I tried it, believe me, but it does not work! As an alternative, you can try setting the extension compatibility version to 1.4.1 so that extensions are compatible. (about:config ; go to extensions.lastAppVersion and put in 1.4 or whatever version you need) Hi!!! May be you explain howto compile Firefox from sources under OS X x86? Whats patches needed? GCC version - 3.3 or 4.0? etc. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu7o Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 I can't seem to make big posts here, so I created a free phpbb forum just for the sake of explaining how to build firefox: http://www.hostingphpbb.com/forum/viewtopi...2&mforum=htbs#2 If an admin/mod could paste what I put in that thing in here instead, I'd appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I can't seem to make big posts here, so I created a free phpbb forum just for the sake of explaining how to build firefox: http://www.hostingphpbb.com/forum/viewtopi...2&mforum=htbs#2 If an admin/mod could paste what I put in that thing in here instead, I'd appreciate it Wow, this is great! Maybe you can post it in the wiki? And what exactly goes wrong with the 1.5 branch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu7o Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 Well, the last time I tried it, it didn't work. I don't know if it will work at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid_Burn Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Well, the last time I tried it, it didn't work. I don't know if it will work at the moment. My Firefox 1.6a1 x86 crash´s by opening the "chose" Folder in Rapidshare. The System freeze total.... RESET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 My Firefox 1.6a1 x86 crash´s by opening the "chose" Folder in Rapidshare. The System freeze total.... RESET What do you mean with "chose Folder"? I successfully up- and downloaded from rapidshare without any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pu7o Posted October 20, 2005 Author Share Posted October 20, 2005 There are some websites that make my builds of Gecko browsers crash, since Gecko isn't stable on Mac OS X x86 yet, but fortunately, that doesn't happen very often now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixShot Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 All I am doing for FireFox is just downloading the OS X binary from the Mozilla site and running it. Works like a charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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