Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Is there any chance info on this could be posted o the Wiki page? Suggest a new section (or whole new page?). Or post all together here and I'll upload it. That page is a bit out of date.
Wondering about...
- difference between versions 8 and 12.
- compiling source. I saw the post but wasn't sure if it's done on device or on pc, are there any other flags/optimisations or anything else one should be aware of?
- what happened with qt or gtk, for each version?
- ditto gst on/off? Did videos play, for anyone?

It would be really worthwhile to try to get this in the repos, once it's deemed stable enough for general use/testing. Has anyone tried to get in touch with Mozilla's ?council? What are they going to be like about it - is it likely to be another Iceweasel?

Looking further ahead, it would be useful to investigate how to improve microB by substituting the xul engine and other bits that have become out of date. Hopefully parts could be slid out from under the UI (that can't be tinkered with) and switched, thus making it more HTML5/CSS3 compliant.

@ch88xy
You could try to compile the desktop firefox for ARM/X11? If it works, it will run like a snail. Although, Fennec does have that desktop feature... mmm... might be more reliable to stick with Iceweasel while it still works.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Will somebody push Fennec to Extras-devel? I see that is still missing.
If nobody, I will try to create dsc package and then push last (7.0.1) version to Extras-devel.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Now version 7.0.1 is in Extras-devel. I created proper debian/* files for dsc, so if somebody want to push new version, it is possible to reuse dsc package.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Shouldn't be better to push 8.0?

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Don't know if it's worth checking the build config against that in microb's about: page. Might be some options omitted that could improve performance.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Problem:

The Fennec update showed up in the Update notifier.
I downloaded & installed it.

The Fennec icon replaced the Firefox icon on my desktop (I was running the last version of Firefox for Maemo available from the Firefox site).

When I try to start Fennec from the desktop icon, I get a black loading screen with the title "Fennec" and the whirly for several seconds, then it crashes back to the desktop.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

The same problem can fix it please Pali:D:D

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Me too.
Fennec replaced FF and bombs right back to desktop.

When starting from x-term it reports "Cannot read ini".

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Same problem. I do not know why. When I builded package in scratchbox (Yes, I downloaded virtual HDD for qemu) all was OK. But autobuilder for Extras repository builded non-working version...

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Finally :D:D:D

Pali, it could be the same problem as with modest in CSSU, could you check if there is something in build scripts(debian/rules, whatever) re thumb?

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

I hate scratchbox, it is slow, stupid and using slow non-working virtualization of armel binaries via qemu. Very very bad software. (Also need some hacks for kernel)

Madde using _only_ cross-compilers and using (some) host debian system programs. Only problem is that autotools is buggy in madde (libtool and pkg-config)

Now I found problem. Autobuilder doing auto optification and after that fennec not working. Fennec cannot follow symlinks, so showing errors...

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

None of the apps you get with easy debian are standalone. When you run them from the app menu ED is started in the background with no xfce, and closed when you close the app, but the app still runs in ED environment.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

I pushed new version to Extras-Devel. Hope that autobuilder create working deb package.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

The new update loads & seems to work fine.
Nicely done, & especially thanks for making later Fennec builds available via the repos!

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Very nice. 7.0.1-2 from extras-devel working fine.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Help me! I have a problem with fennec, I get this error.
Delete by mistake the folder in /home/user/.mozilla/fennec Can help me..-:(:(:(
I think it would be solved if someone share the fennec folder,of the directory /home/user/.mozilla/fennec.

Help please:D:D

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

make sure, you are not starting fennec as root...

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Latest update now works for me.
Having problems with using the volume toggle to zoom in though, seems to crash Fennec regularly, specially when using the inbuilt Facebook client. I'll post again next time I see the error.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

It is true that I can access the application from the x-terminal as root.

But from the shortcut I can not, but because the folder fennec of directory /home/user/.mozilla was removed, can please share the folder.:D

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Any Help Me Please:(

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Just want to say that after using the update for a day, it's worked well & is an impressively quick improvement over the last Firefox version available from their website.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Help Please!:(:D

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

ever tried reinstalling?

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Or just start MicroB and the folder will be recreated automatically for you?
Don't touch terminal, especially 'rm', before learning some linux commands.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

I had to remove the folder fennec, because the nightly version 9.0 was not optimized for maemo 5.:(
So would appreciate someone to share the folder fennec in /home/user/.mozilla/fennec:D

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Has anyone tried copying items like XUL from Fennec's folders to microB's? Would be quite good to get microB more HTML5-versed.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

i want to try Firefox mobile based on qt libraries, but the ftp link from mozilla is not working http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.o.../binary-armel/

any solutions?

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

I tested between Firefox 6.0.1 and the nightly build, and I think 6.0.1 has better loading speed than Fennec 8.0.1.

Another problem on Fennec 8.0.1 was flash-contents display. I downloaded "libflashplayer.so" and put it in my mozilla plugins directory, and Firefox 6.0.1 can display flash contents with a small red bar on the top (I don't know how I can get rid of it though.). But, flash contents on Fennec 8.0.1 are black-out and doesn't display flash contents at all. I even tried different versions of flash player, and that doesn't work neither; I extracted APK (Android Flash player) file using 7-ZIP, extracted only the flash player library file, and put it in my plugin directory, and it worked on Firefox 6.0.1 though.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Hello, i/we need a stable version of Fennec/Firefox 12.
Thank you for your support in compile and convert this package to maemo.

PS: if you make an "how to" for compile next fennec release we can compile and serve for community with our server and hardware.

Let me know.
Thank You

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Is there any fennec that is able to show the Amazon Kindle online reader?

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Have the ff Nightly 14.0a1 running on my N9 , works like a charm.;)

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Version 15.0 is even faster. You should try it.

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

faced this while uninstalling this: Nokia-N900:~# apt-get --purge --auto-remove remove fennec
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
fennec*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
After this operation, 39.1MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 37092 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fennec ...
dpkg: error processing fennec (--purge):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
fennec
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Nokia-N900:~#

help plzzzzz

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

@MOHAMMED MUID
try this one :apt-get remove fennec

./sifo

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Nokia-N900:~# apt-get remove fennec
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
fennec
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
After this operation, 39.1MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 37092 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fennec ...
dpkg: error processing fennec (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
fennec
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Nokia-N900:~#

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

Mohammed try this im not sure if it will solve it :

sudo gainroot
rm /usr/bin/fennec

then :
apt-get remove fennec

hope this is it.

./sifo

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

BusyBox v1.20.0 (Debian 1.20.0power1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

Nokia-N900:~# rm /usr/bin/fennec
rm: can't remove '/usr/bin/fennec': No such file or directory
Nokia-N900:~#

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

and this is your problem ! how did you install fennec and which version ??

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

@Mohammed Muid
do this if you installed fennec from the first post (V.8)

extract this archive in /home/user/ then in x-terminal :
1- sudo gainroot
2- cp fennec /usr/bin/
3- apt-get remove fennec

hope this help

./sifo

Re: Fennec 8.0.1 and 12.0a build (Nightly)
 

i had v8 installed but today i again installed the v12 nightly because i thought then i could remove it. it overrited the v8 to nightly. so i gess i hav got v12 now. but then i faced problem. this is the new problem after i tried ur method::



BusyBox v1.20.0 (Debian 1.20.0power1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ root


BusyBox v1.20.0 (Debian 1.20.0power1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

Nokia-N900:~# cd /home/user/
Nokia-N900:/home/user# tar -xzvf /home/us
user/ usr/
Nokia-N900:/home/user# tar -xzvf /home/user/MyDocs/fennec
fennec.tar.gz fennec_12.0~a1_armel.deb
Nokia-N900:/home/user# tar -xzvf /home/user/MyDocs/fennec.tar.gz
fennec
Nokia-N900:/home/user# cp fennec /usr/bin/
Nokia-N900:/home/user# apt-get remove fennec
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
fennec
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
After this operation, 40.1MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 37109 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fennec ...
dpkg: error processing fennec (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
fennec
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Nokia-N900:/home/user#