[ale] Firefox Keeps Freezing After Flash Upgrade

[Marc Ferguson]

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Marc F.

"..Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come.."
-Rev1:4


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:01 AM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Marc F.
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> "..Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come.."
> -Rev1:4
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> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Joey Rutledge <joey at joeyrutledge.com>wrote:
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>>> Marc Ferguson wrote, On 10/22/2008 06:12 AM:
>>> > Hi Fellas,
>>> >
>>> > I need a bit of help with figuring out why my Firefox keeps crashing.
>>> > I did a "strace firefox" and the results are posted here:
>>> > http://rafb.net/p/G6lnpk54.html
>>> >
>>> > I originally wanted to figure out why Fedora's audio seemed to be
>>> > single-threaded.  I can play one audio device at a time.  If I had
>>> > Banshee playing, I could watch any YouTube videos (well I could, but
>>> > there would be no sound).  So; I asked someone from the #fedora IRC
>>> > and they told me to install "libflashsupport.i386" because Flash 9
>>> > doesn't support pulseaudio too well.  So; I installed it and it
>>> > worked.  Very soon after it played on Flash file, I tried to play
>>> > another and my browser froze.  Since then I've copied and pasted the
>>> > latest Flash 10.so into my firefox plugin's directory and the same
>>> > thing happens?
>>> >
>>> > I saw in the output (on line 67, 368, 369, etc) that it's referencing
>>> > my download folder for flash 10, why?
>>> >
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>>> > Marc F.
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>>> > "..Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to
>>> > come.." -Rev1:4
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>>> This seems really similar to an issue I had recently.  Depending on what
>>> version of Firefox you are using there is a known bug for version 3.0.1
>>> (maybe others?) and windowless mode SWF files.  For me my browser would
>>> crash anytime I went to a site that had flash ads, such as
>>> wunderground.com or cnn.com.
>>>
>>> I am not necessarily saying that your issue is the same but it might be
>>> worth an investigation.  Basically in /etc/adobe/mms.cfg (create it if
>>> you don't have one) you set "WindowlessDisable = 1"
>>>
>>> Here is the page that talks about the bug:
>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2008/08/windowless_mode_fix.html
>>>
>>> Joey
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>> Thanks Joey.  I'll give it a try when I get home today.
>>
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> I didn't find that file on my system.  I then went to #fedora to ask and
> they lead me to this site,
> http://fedorasolved.org/browser-solutions/flash/?searchterm=flash.  As of
> date I haven't fixed the problem yet and I'm even more confused now than
> ever.  All of this crashing happened after I installed
> "libflashsupport.i386".  Damn, I wish I didn't.  Is there a way to go back
> to status quo?  I already removed libflashsupport - how about my firefox
> config files?  Thanks.
>

So; just to give an update.  I removed "flash-player" through my package
manager (flash version 10) and then installed it again.  My firefox still
crashes, but it seems to crash only after I leave a site that flash was
playing on.  Before; it would crash after playing 1 flash movie - now (for
example: YouTube) I can watch multiple flash movies, but if I go to another
web site it'll crash.

Is there a way to reset this craziness.  I've already uninstalled
"libflashsupport", but that's where it all started going south!  Thanks for
any help.
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