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#1 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 08:50 PM

I have tried to use the Flash 9 plugin under Firefox 2.0.0.* in
Slackware 10.2, and it systematically crashes on any page with Flash
contents? Anybody know if there is a way around this? Also, is this still
happening in Slackware 11?

#2 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 08:50 PM

K. Jennings wrote:
> I have tried to use the Flash 9 plugin under Firefox 2.0.0.* in
> Slackware 10.2, and it systematically crashes on any page with Flash
> contents? Anybody know if there is a way around this? Also, is this still
> happening in Slackware 11?

Firefox 2/Flash 9 working fine on my slack 11 (-current). I always had
trouble configuring the sound with the old version of Flash; the new
version simply worked.

- DH

#3 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 08:50 PM

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K. Jennings wrote:
> I have tried to use the Flash 9 plugin under Firefox 2.0.0.* in
> Slackware 10.2, and it systematically crashes on any page with Flash
> contents? Anybody know if there is a way around this? Also, is this still
> happening in Slackware 11?

I'm using FF2+Flash9 on 10.2 (with nVidia 8762), it's not perfect but
I'm able to use it most the time without issue on Flash heavy sites.
Occasionally get an issue where a certain web site crashes FF repeatedly
and suddenly starts working a while later, presumably some ad on the
site that upsets things.

Blumf

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#4 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 08:50 PM

On 2007-04-28, K. Jennings <kjennings@resurgence.net> wrote:
> I have tried to use the Flash 9 plugin under Firefox 2.0.0.* in
> Slackware 10.2....

I use Flash 9 on 10.2 and it seems to work ok. OTOH, I've always had
probs with mozilla degrading over time when heavily used. Crashing and
failure to load images are typical after long use in one slack ver
install. This has occured in the last 3 vers I've installed, always
full install. It's doing it again, but only to one user account.
Mozzy seems susceptible to corruption over time. I don't know if it's
rogue java scripts or what, but it appears to be inevitable.

nb

#5 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 08:50 PM

K. Jennings <kjennings@resurgence.net> wrote:
> I have tried to use the Flash 9 plugin under Firefox 2.0.0.* in
>Slackware 10.2, and it systematically crashes on any page with Flash
>contents?

It still happens to me from time to time (flash 9.0d55), but it is much
better since I installed the AdblockPlus Firefox plugin.

-Beej

#6 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 08:50 PM

blumf@hotspammail.com wrote :

> Occasionally get an issue where a certain web site crashes FF repeatedly
> and suddenly starts working a while later, presumably some ad on the
> site that upsets things.

I can recommend an Firefox extension named Flashblock.

By default all flash is blocked and replaced by an icon, if you click
here the flash is played, and if you rightclick you can whitelist the
sites you use the most so you don't have to start the flash here.
--
Thomas O.

This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.

#7 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 08:50 PM

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:55:06 +0200, Thomas Overgaard
<thover@post2.tele.dk> wrote:

>
>blumf@hotspammail.com wrote :
>
>> Occasionally get an issue where a certain web site crashes FF repeatedly
>> and suddenly starts working a while later, presumably some ad on the
>> site that upsets things.
>
>I can recommend an Firefox extension named Flashblock.
>
>By default all flash is blocked and replaced by an icon, if you click
>here the flash is played, and if you rightclick you can whitelist the
>sites you use the most so you don't have to start the flash here.

Or an other really tiny Firefox extension: Plugin Manager

http://www.gozer.org/mozilla/extensions/

Loads/inloads plugins on the fly.

Quote from that page:

" Background / How it works:
Firefox can use multiple plugin paths, which commonly include
the installation (/usr/local/firefox/plugins) and a per-user
(~/.mozilla/plugins) directories. Since there is currently no
interface for (un)loading plugins, the next best thing is to simply
move the plugin out of it's respective directory (into a disabled
subdirectory) and ask Firefox to rescan for changes."

I surf with plugins disabled by default, on enable Flash when I think
its usefull.

#8 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 08:50 PM

> It still happens to me from time to time (flash 9.0d55), but it is much
> better since I installed the AdblockPlus Firefox plugin.

Where did you find that version 9.0d55?
The only one I can find is 9.0.31.0 on
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/downl...ShockwaveFlash

--
damjan

#9 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 08:51 PM

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:26:08 +0000, K. Jennings wrote:

> I have tried to use the Flash 9 plugin under Firefox 2.0.0.* in
> Slackware 10.2, and it systematically crashes on any page with Flash
> contents? Anybody know if there is a way around this? Also, is this
> still happening in Slackware 11?

Hello,
if you launch firefox from a terminal, when firefox crashes, is there any
message printed ?
Does the following command (if the flash player plugin is installed in /
usr/lib/firefox):
ldd /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
shows 'not found' entries ?

Regard,
Thierry

#10 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 08:51 PM

In newsgroup alt.os.linux.slackware, Damjan wrote:

> Where did you find that version 9.0d55?
> The only one I can find is 9.0.31.0 on
>

As such, I presume it to be the first beta of version 9. I still have it
here and its full version number is 9.0.21.55_beta.

Joe

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