Mozilla/Netscape on MIPS

DISCUSSION Carsten Langgaard 3 participants 8 messages Dec 4, 2001 – Dec 10, 2001 MIPS

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Carsten Langgaard

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2001-12-04 15:19 UTC #0 lore raw

There has previous been some request about running Mozilla on a MIPS system.
We have put a bigendian and a littleendian image on our FTP site.

It runs on the current RedHat7.1 distribution with some minor updates. The needed RPMs is also available on our FTP site:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/

For those who likes to play games, we also have Doom available.
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/doom/

Happy shooting and browsing.

/Carsten

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Guido Guenther

2001-12-04 16:13 UTC #1 lore raw

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There has previous been some request about running Mozilla on a MIPS system.
We have put a bigendian and a littleendian image on our FTP site.
It runs on the current RedHat7.1 distribution with some minor updates. The needed RPMs is also available on our FTP site:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/

Were any special patches needed? Could you please also put the source rpms there?
Regards,
-- Guido

Carsten Langgaard

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2001-12-07 12:16 UTC #2 lore raw

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There has previous been some request about running Mozilla on a MIPS system.
We have put a bigendian and a littleendian image on our FTP site.
It runs on the current RedHat7.1 distribution with some minor updates. The needed RPMs is also available on our FTP site:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/
Were any special patches needed? Could you please also put the source rpms there?

Ok, I will put the sources on our FTP.
Inorder to build the sources you also need to install some extra RPMs and rebuild crtbeginS.o, crti.o and libc_nonshared.a with the -Wa,-xgot option.

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Regards,
-- Guido

Carsten Langgaard

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2001-12-07 14:29 UTC #3 lore raw

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There has previous been some request about running Mozilla on a MIPS system.
We have put a bigendian and a littleendian image on our FTP site.
It runs on the current RedHat7.1 distribution with some minor updates. The needed RPMs is also available on our FTP site:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/

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Were any special patches needed? Could you please also put the source rpms there?
Ok, I will put the sources on our FTP.
Inorder to build the sources you also need to install some extra RPMs and rebuild crtbeginS.o, crti.o and libc_nonshared.a with the -Wa,-xgot option.

It now on FTP, you will also find precompiled version of crtbeginS.o, crti.o and libc_nonshared.a (compiled with -Wa,-xgot).
Please read the README.build file for howto build the sources.

The link are:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/src/

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Regards,
-- Guido

Garrick Evans

2001-12-09 05:35 UTC #4 lore raw

this is a debug/test debug no? i mean it chews up RAM... got a thinner version?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten Langgaard" <[email protected]>
To: "Guido Guenther" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: Mozilla/Netscape on MIPS

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There has previous been some request about running Mozilla on a MIPS system.
We have put a bigendian and a littleendian image on our FTP site.
It runs on the current RedHat7.1 distribution with some minor

updates.

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The needed RPMs is also available on our FTP site:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/
Were any special patches needed? Could you please also put the source rpms there?
Ok, I will put the sources on our FTP.
Inorder to build the sources you also need to install some extra RPMs

and

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rebuild crtbeginS.o, crti.o and libc_nonshared.a with the -Wa,-xgot

option.

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It now on FTP, you will also find precompiled version of crtbeginS.o,

crti.o

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and libc_nonshared.a (compiled with -Wa,-xgot). Please read the README.build file for howto build the sources.
The link are:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/src/
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Regards,
-- Guido

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Carsten Langgaard

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2001-12-09 20:18 UTC #5 lore raw

No it's not a debug/test version, that would chew even more memory, but you should be able to build a less "hungry" version yourself.
Just grip the sources and disable whatever you don't need.

/Carsten

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this is a debug/test debug no? i mean it chews up RAM... got a thinner version?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten Langgaard" <[email protected]>
To: "Guido Guenther" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: Mozilla/Netscape on MIPS
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There has previous been some request about running Mozilla on a MIPS system.
We have put a bigendian and a littleendian image on our FTP site.
It runs on the current RedHat7.1 distribution with some minor
updates.
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The needed RPMs is also available on our FTP site:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/
Were any special patches needed? Could you please also put the source rpms there?
Ok, I will put the sources on our FTP.
Inorder to build the sources you also need to install some extra RPMs
and
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rebuild crtbeginS.o, crti.o and libc_nonshared.a with the -Wa,-xgot
option.
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It now on FTP, you will also find precompiled version of crtbeginS.o,
crti.o
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and libc_nonshared.a (compiled with -Wa,-xgot). Please read the README.build file for howto build the sources.
The link are:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/src/
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Regards,
-- Guido
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Garrick Evans

2001-12-09 21:40 UTC #6 lore raw

really? while the browser display works, there are only 2 menus "Debug" and "QA" and no text anywhere and none of the buttons work - in addition to consuming about 100+ mb of RAM

anyway, i've been trying to build moz for a while now and it always crashes out when it hits the content/build dir

thoughts?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten Langgaard" <[email protected]>
To: "Garrick Evans" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Guido Guenther" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Mozilla/Netscape on MIPS

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No it's not a debug/test version, that would chew even more memory, but

you

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should be able to build a less "hungry" version yourself. Just grip the sources and disable whatever you don't need.
/Carsten
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this is a debug/test debug no? i mean it chews up RAM... got a thinner version?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten Langgaard" <[email protected]>
To: "Guido Guenther" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: Mozilla/Netscape on MIPS
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There has previous been some request about running Mozilla on a

MIPS

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system.
We have put a bigendian and a littleendian image on our FTP

site.

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It runs on the current RedHat7.1 distribution with some minor
updates.
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The needed RPMs is also available on our FTP site:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/
Were any special patches needed? Could you please also put the

source

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rpms there?
Ok, I will put the sources on our FTP.
Inorder to build the sources you also need to install some extra

RPMs

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rebuild crtbeginS.o, crti.o and libc_nonshared.a with the -Wa,-xgot
option.
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It now on FTP, you will also find precompiled version of crtbeginS.o,
crti.o
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and libc_nonshared.a (compiled with -Wa,-xgot). Please read the README.build file for howto build the sources.
The link are:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/src/
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Regards,
-- Guido
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Carsten Langgaard

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2001-12-10 08:59 UTC #7 lore raw

Quoted 3 lines · Garrick Evans

really? while the browser display works, there are only 2 menus "Debug" and "QA" and no text anywhere and none of the buttons work - in addition to consuming about 100+ mb of RAM

Strange, that doesn't happen to me.

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anyway, i've been trying to build moz for a while now and it always crashes out when it hits the content/build dir
thoughts?

Just read the README.build from our FTP site.
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/src/README.build

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten Langgaard" <[email protected]>
To: "Garrick Evans" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Guido Guenther" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Mozilla/Netscape on MIPS
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No it's not a debug/test version, that would chew even more memory, but
you
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should be able to build a less "hungry" version yourself. Just grip the sources and disable whatever you don't need.
/Carsten
Quoted 15 lines · Garrick Evans
this is a debug/test debug no? i mean it chews up RAM... got a thinner version?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten Langgaard" <[email protected]>
To: "Guido Guenther" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: Mozilla/Netscape on MIPS
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There has previous been some request about running Mozilla on a
MIPS
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system.
We have put a bigendian and a littleendian image on our FTP
site.
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It runs on the current RedHat7.1 distribution with some minor
updates.
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The needed RPMs is also available on our FTP site:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/
Were any special patches needed? Could you please also put the
source
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rpms there?
Ok, I will put the sources on our FTP.
Inorder to build the sources you also need to install some extra
RPMs
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and
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rebuild crtbeginS.o, crti.o and libc_nonshared.a with the -Wa,-xgot
option.
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It now on FTP, you will also find precompiled version of crtbeginS.o,
crti.o
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and libc_nonshared.a (compiled with -Wa,-xgot). Please read the README.build file for howto build the sources.
The link are:
ftp://ftp.mips.com/pub/linux/mips/installation/apps/mozilla/src/
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Regards,
-- Guido

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