V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 So, I haven't been able to use Google Chrome or Chromium for about 6 or so weeks in my Slackware 14.1 installation on my main system. This all started when Google Chrome and Chromium both went from the last 52.xx version to the newer 53.xx version. I use the SlackBuild script provided by Pat V. in the Slackware repos/extras directory to build a compatible .txz installer for my Slackware using a .deb Google Chrome download. I use Alien Bob's (Eric Hameleers) already built .txz from his repos for Chromium. In both cases, building/installing goes fine. The problem is that when the apps are started, they stay running for about 5-10 seconds and then crash giving me a "segmentation fault" in the command line. Somewhere between the 52.xx and 53.xx some coding changes were made that just do not like my 14.1 installation. I know it's a glibc or lib issue of some sort, but I'll be dashed if I can track it down. I figured I've spent enough time on this so far; I'll just install the newer versions of these browsers when I install Slackware 14.2 one of these days. I've been using Firefox for about a month now. I have it set up just the way my Chrome/Chromiums were set up. The only problem is that Firefox just does not render webpages as quickly as Chrome/Chromium; plus, FF has some herky-jerky scrolling issues. Myeh... oh, well. I've reinstalled the older 52.xx versions of Chrome/Chromium. I'm just going to set Google Chrome as my default browser and leave it like that for a while. Here's a screenie with them all dressed in their fall colors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Crow Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 FF.45.4.0 is glitchy on slack 14.2. and Deb.8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 Well, let me make a quick amendment to the above... I'm running Chromium as my default, not Google Chrome; the reason being I cannot get Chrome to display my custom avatar in the profile when I'm signed in, so phooey on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Looks nice man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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