Re: Firefox crashes all the time on the RaspBerry Pi Zero 2W
- In reply to: Mario Marietto : "Re: Firefox crashes all the time on the RaspBerry Pi Zero 2W"
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Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 22:44:21 UTC
--> I haven't checked recently, but one of the issues I've seen preventing a fully-functioning Zero 2 W on FreeBSD is the lack of the wireless driver... Sorry I don't have the proper knowledge for porting a wireless driver to FreeBSD. Actually I'm using an adapter,from USB to ETH.... On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote: > ->I've no clue what the minimum RAM might be for firefox use > ->in your context. For all I know, 512 MiBytes might be too > ->little. How little may well depend on which graphics > ->environment you are using, as it all competes for RAM+SWAP . > > by default,the FreeBSD image that I've installed on the sd card has the > SWAP memory already configured like this : > > # swapinfo > > Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity > > /dev/label/growfs_swap 872444 13024 859420 1% > > but I suspect that these values are wrong. Can someone help me to fix them > ? thanks... > > Mario. > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> ->14.2-RELEASE does not officially support any RPi* but what is listed... >> >> Why isn't there a specific version of FreeBSD for the raspberry pi zero >> 2W ? I see that there is another image that I can install,this one : >> FreeBSD-14.2-STABLE-arm64-aarch64-RPI-20250320-84ca9ab010dc-270791.img. Is >> there any chance that it works better than this one ? ---> FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img >> ? >> >> ->I've no clue what the minimum RAM might be for firefox use >> ->in your context. For all I know, 512 MiBytes might be too >> ->little. How little may well depend on which graphics >> ->environment you are using, as it all competes for RAM+SWAP . >> >> I can setup the swap space following this tutorial : >> >> https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-add-swap-memory-on-freebsd-14-0 >> >> How many GB of swap do you suggest to add ? >> >> On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> On Apr 13, 2025, at 12:37, Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > I don't know if it is relevant or not,but this is the image file that >>> I've installed on the sd card of my raspberry pi zero 2W >>> > >>> > FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-RPI.img >>> >>> It brings up a very good point, in part based on your earlier: >>> >>> QUOTE >>> Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> escreveu (sábado, 29/03/2025 >>> à(s) 22:32): >>> Hello to everyone. >>> >>> I've installed FreeBSD 14.2 on my Raspberry Pi Zero 2W. >>> The problem that I'm having is that Firefox crashes all the time. . . . >>> END QUOTE >>> >>> 14.2-RELEASE does not officially support any RPi* but what is listed >>> in: >>> >>> https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/release/arm64/RPI.conf?h=releng/14.2 >>> >>> as having support files that it supplies for the release media, >>> such as the *.dtb files copied from the RPi* firmware. What is >>> listed for the DTBs is: >>> >>> DTB="bcm2710-rpi-2-b.dtb bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dtb bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plus.dtb >>> bcm2710-rpi-cm3.dtb bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dtb" >>> >>> The file bcm2710-rpi-zero-2-w.dtb is not listed. >>> >>> There is also no FreeBSD port for a U-boot that is explicitly >>> for the RPi Zero 2 W: >>> >>> # ls -dC1 /usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi* >>> /usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi >>> /usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi-0-w >>> /usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi-arm64 >>> /usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi2 >>> /usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi3 >>> /usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi3-32 >>> /usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi4 >>> >>> I've no clue if /usr/ports/sysutils/u-boot-rpi-arm64 would >>> support the RPi0-2-W or not. sysutils/u-boot-rpi-arm64 was >>> used to supply U-Boot for arm64 for 14.2-RELEASE. >>> >>> It seems you likely have a non-standard/adjusted >>> configuration in order to use the RPi0-2-W with the >>> correct RPi* firmware-related files (and possibly >>> more). >>> >>> Separately, you do not mention any configuration of swap >>> space. With so little RAM you may well need RAM+SWAP. >>> >>> I've no clue what the minimum RAM might be for firefox use >>> in your context. For all I know, 512 MiBytes might be too >>> little. How little may well depend on which graphics >>> environment you are using, as it all competes for RAM+SWAP . >>> >>> === >>> Mark Millard >>> marklmi at yahoo.com >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Mario. >> > > > -- > Mario. > -- Mario.