On Sun, 13-Mar-2005 at 17:18:13 +0000, Chris Hodgins wrote: > Andre Albsmeier wrote: > >On Sat, 12-Mar-2005 at 22:21:35 -0800, Joshua Tinnin wrote: > > > >>On Saturday 12 March 2005 05:42 am, James McNaughton > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>>The Problem: > >>> > >>>Using native Mozilla and > >>>linuxpluginwrapper/linux-flashplugin (on 4.10-stable > >>>et al) to view flash content results in no sound and > >>>occasional Mozilla freezes. > >>> > >>>The Solution: > >>> > >>>Run esd. > >>> > >>>How: > >>> > >>>I was searching the web for the solution, and got > >>>nowhere. There didn't seem to be anyone who had gotten > >>>it to work. Linux mailing lists noted a problem with > >>>file permissions on /dev/snd or /dev/pcm* depending on > >>>the sound system drivers installed. My /dev/pcm* file > >>>permissions were all rw to begin with, so this didn't > >>>help. > >>> > >>>I wondered what device the plugin was actually trying > >>>to access, so I did "strings > >>>/usr/local/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so" > >>>and found /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer. Nearby in the list > >>>I noticed a few lines relating to esd. From a command > >>>line I started esd and went back to view some content > >>>that had previously frozen Mozilla, and there was > >>>sound coming out my speakers and the browser did not > >>>hang. > >>> > >>>I had long suspected the browser hangs were related to > >>>sound in the flash content. My results seem to confirm > >>>that suspicion. > >> > >>Do you have an example (or two or more) of a page that causes the crash? > >>I'd like to test this on 5.3-R. I know I used to have an email around > >>here somewhere with examples ... > > > > > >Speaking of flashplugin crashes: There is some flash content > >out there which makes my firefox crash (not due to sound but > >for some other reasons). One example is: > > > >http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5961030392 > > > >I'd like to know if other people also experience crashes > >when viewing this page. The flash content isn't obvious > >to find: When the page has opened search for the string > >"Setzen Sie die Andale Gallery". Directly above is the > >flash part. I can only view this page when disabling > >the linux-flashplugin :-( > > > >Thanks, > > > > -Andre > > That worked ok for me without crashing. One site that I know always
Hmm, I think the ebay stuff is very dynamic. Maybe there are some local browser settings which influence the output. Did you find the flash content in the page? > crashes my browser is this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ > > Just click on any of the photos there and the new page will load up and > crash. If anyone cares I have attached the backtrace from the crash below. Same here :-(. -Andre _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
