From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id fBA8xDL24273 for linux-mips-outgoing; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:59:13 -0800 Received: from mx.mips.com (mx.mips.com [206.31.31.226]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id fBA8x3o24270 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:59:03 -0800 Received: from newman.mips.com (ns-dmz [206.31.31.225]) by mx.mips.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id XAA24953; Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:58:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from copfs01.mips.com (copfs01 [192.168.205.101]) by newman.mips.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id XAA28061; Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:58:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from mips.com (copsun17 [192.168.205.27]) by copfs01.mips.com (8.11.4/8.9.0) with ESMTP id fBA7wjA08572; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:58:48 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <3C146B3B.B20CAA4C@mips.com> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:58:51 +0100 From: Carsten Langgaard X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrick Evans CC: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Mozilla/Netscape on MIPS References: <3C0CDB7B.C13AE2B3@mips.com> <20011204161157.A9410@galadriel.physik.uni-konstanz.de> <3C10A5CB.FB92B3A@mips.com> <3C10C526.56F65E57@mips.com> <00a301c18073$5d29a810$6401a8c0@autodesk.com> <3C13B9C1.94C050DD@mips.com> <004301c180fa$8ff06400$6501a8c0@autodesk.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Garrick Evans wrote: > 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. > > 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carsten Langgaard" > To: "Garrick Evans" > Cc: "Guido Guenther" ; > Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 11:21 AM > Subject: Re: Mozilla/Netscape on MIPS > > > 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 > > > > Garrick Evans wrote: > > > > > this is a debug/test debug no? i mean it chews up RAM... got a thinner > > > version? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Carsten Langgaard" > > > To: "Guido Guenther" ; > > > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 5:33 AM > > > Subject: Re: Mozilla/Netscape on MIPS > > > > > > > Carsten Langgaard wrote: > > > > > > > > > Guido Guenther wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 03:19:39PM +0100, Carsten Langgaard wrote: > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > -- Guido > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- _ _ ____ ___ Carsten Langgaard Mailto:carstenl@mips.com |\ /|||___)(___ MIPS Denmark Direct: +45 4486 5527 | \/ ||| ____) Lautrupvang 4B Switch: +45 4486 5555 TECHNOLOGIES 2750 Ballerup Fax...: +45 4486 5556 Denmark http://www.mips.com