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Ubuntu Build of Prism 1.0b3pre

Matthew Gertner — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:10:56 +0000

Succumbing to overwhelming pressure from the Linux community, I’ve built Prism 1.0b3pre on Ubuntu.

Download the standalone version or Firefox extension.

I’m very pleased to say that (for whatever reason) I was able to reproduce the infamous Ubuntu crash experienced by some users of Prism 1.0b2. Some research led me to a bug in Bugzilla concerning a similar crash. I applied the patch from the bug to my tree, and the problem now appears to be fixed.

I’m not sure what the deal is with the extension. It wasn’t working before because Firefox on Linux is based on XULRunner and didn’t support the -app command-line option properly. I understand that has been fixed, but I’m not sure whether the fixed version of Firefox is now available to users. If someone could clarify that would be great.

Debug version of Prism 1.0b2 for Ubuntu

Matthew Gertner — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:35:06 +0000

A number of people have reported crashes when using the Prism 1.0b2 build on Ubuntu. I haven’t been able to reproduce this problem, so I’ve created a debug build for further testing. The first person to get me a usable backtrace of the crash will win: a new car!

Okay, maybe not. But you will surely win the gratitude of scores of Ubuntu Prism fans.

Ubuntu version of Prism 1.0b2

Matthew Gertner — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:19:28 +0000

I’ve build a candidate version of Prism 1.0b2 (based on the latest Gecko 1.9.1 sources) for Ubuntu. Please let me know if you encounter any difficulties with it. I’ll try to get it onto the official site by the end of the week.