From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 15 06:07:39 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B7F816A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:07:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (joel.tallye.com [216.99.199.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E50C43D31 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:07:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lorenl@alzatex.com) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (hosea.tallye.com [127.0.0.1]) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1F67VGf011629 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:07:33 -0800 Received: (from sttng359@localhost) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10/Submit) id j1F67Vbd011627; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:07:31 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: hosea.tallye.com: sttng359 set sender to lorenl@alzatex.com using -f Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:07:30 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" To: Benjamin Dover Message-ID: <20050215060730.GB31198@alzatex.com> References: <5ae9cd55050213174867bd0271@mail.gmail.com> <20050214092050.GA31198@alzatex.com> <5ae9cd550502140126a8d4bfd@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5ae9cd550502140126a8d4bfd@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc X-GPG-Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C cc: "Loren M. Lang" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash causes Firefox to core dump, which ports should I have installed? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:07:39 -0000 On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 04:26:12AM -0500, Benjamin Dover wrote: > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:20:50 -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 08:48:18PM -0500, Ben Dover wrote: > > > Firefox is my browser of choice but every time I view a web page with > > > a Flash object Firefox core dumps. The error is as follows: Feb 13 > > > 18:57:53 w00f kernel: pid 27652 (firefox-bin), uid 0: exited on signal > > > 6 (core dumped). I have installed the following relevant ports: > > > /usr/ports/www/firefox > > > /usr/ports/www/flashplugin-firefox > > > > Do you have flash 6 or 7 installed. I never have 6 crash, but 7 is > > horrible. > > cd /usr/ports/www/flashplugin-firefox/ > w00f# cat distinfo > MD5 (gplflash-0.4.12.tar.bz2) = 7d53803486b255665a80cd834ee3c463 > SIZE (gplflash-0.4.12.tar.bz2) = 378727 > w00f# cat pkg-descr > This is GPL standalone Flash (TM) Plugin, that comes with FlashLib > (libflash) distribution. I'd definetly recommend uninstalling gplflash and installing one of the official versions of flash by macromedia, go with flash 6 as it's more stable. > > Author: Olivier Debon > WWW: http://gplflash.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > > > > > I'm confused if I should install the linux-firefox port or the other > > > flash port. What is the combination everyone has been having good > > > luck with? > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > > I sense much NT in you. > > NT leads to Bluescreen. > > Bluescreen leads to downtime. > > Downtime leads to suffering. > > NT is the path to the darkside. > > Powerful Unix is. > > > > Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc > > Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C > > > > -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C