[tor-qa] Windows builds for TBB3.5 (FF24-esr) need testing (esp on WinXP)

[Sherief Alaa]

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Georg Koppen <georg at getfoxyproxy.org> wrote:

> Sherief Alaa:
> > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Mike Perry <mikeperry at torproject.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >> If anyone has access to a Windows XP install, could you please try
> >> running the builds from ticket
> >> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10252?
> >>
> >> Specifically:
> >>
> >>
> https://people.torproject.org/~gk/testbuilds/torbrowser-install-3.5-alpha-1pre_en-US.exe
> >>
> >>
> https://people.torproject.org/~gk/testbuilds/torbrowser-install-3.5-alpha-1pre_en-US.exe.asc
> >>
> >>
> >> Any reports from other versions of Windows is also useful, of course.
> >>
> >
> > Windows 7 64-bit: Crashes on start, no useful output given.
>
> Hmm... This might actually happen due to "layers.acceleration.disabled"
> set to "false" which caused considerable issues in TBBs based on ESR 17
> and got therefore set to "true" there (although only blank Tor Network
> Settings were reported IIRC). Does the bundle work if you right click on
> 'Start Tor Browser' and select "Properties->Compatibility->Run in
> Windows XP Compatibility mode" and if so, does it work without compat
> mode if you set that pref to "true" and start as usual?
>

I tested using Windows XP compatibility mode (service pack 2, 3) and it
still crashes.

I added user_pref("layers.acceleration.disabled", true); and the results
were:

-Windows 7 64-bit: works.
-Windows XP compatibility mode (service pack 2, 3): works.



-- 
Sherief Alaa
pgp 0x8623B882
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