From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 12 15:24:10 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E25D6106564A for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:24:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6950E8FC1B for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:24:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so571183bwz.13 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:24:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=QzEy+xXtQnGm5NzOYH9wfkm8HAxl1FtZTX025KYUNfA=; b=q8ppYf0HtaY8io3TR61BNfY4XlKXGEVZC98rsNthWICeEfzcOuZ0YgG1XkHz+yx3fv oR2u9HfcII7zUbgiv2IIwb0BFzjcmc6O6SCYwjtZEKW+ufGhtTOpfzuWaDg+nW/zn8Su 0peNFMjRnGdM+Z6vQwaYH8zLqFodVgOzm8VL0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Wf0Cfugs2mEa1cdACfGAdFwEtBcKYs1O6AdaGeEm8zd6pL82+mbC89ts4rpPKQx6hT nbUSKd+kY/mEWJXwFMHhKlnDyTAi0ODODDReE8292hZIwtxt6Kh73Ry3LLCCuUB6YKbW C6TYvL/saC2xCgTu0EJaG5kWeEoWFQ5MNj4+A= Received: by 10.204.129.83 with SMTP id n19mr822528bks.207.1294845848510; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:24:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernst.jennejohn.org (p578E1E3A.dip.t-dialin.net [87.142.30.58]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 12sm79488bki.19.2011.01.12.07.24.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:24:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:24:04 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: eculp Message-ID: <20110112162404.1bb3db2c@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20110112070910.148639nri1yt6fc4@econet.encontacto.net> References: <30407800.3251371294783096175.JavaMail.root@wmail14> <20110112070910.148639nri1yt6fc4@econet.encontacto.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.18.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: R: Recent mouse freeze problem with X, different window managers, any browser and flash. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:24:11 -0000 On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:09:10 -0600 eculp wrote: > Quoting Barbara : > > > > >>> > >>> For a week or so, with up to date, current, ports, etc. everytime I > >>> open a page that has automatic flash video my mouse freezes and I have > >>> to manually kill X and restart. I had worked fine for many months. > >>> Yesterday I rebuilt all linux emulation. All ports are up to date as > >>> of today. I have no idea where to look. > >>> > >>> Anyone else seen this or know where to look. > >>> > >>> thanks, > >>> > >> > >>> From what I can see, on CURRENT most of the flash objects are triggering a > > X > >> error. > >> I can see it on the console where I started X, but I don't remember it now. > >> I'll post il later. > >> Anyway Xorg is still working after that. > >> > >> Barbara > > > > I think that it could be related to this message: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-December/021997.html > > even if I'm on i386 > > Thanks, Barbara. I am on i386 also. It sounds as though it could > very well be but I would expect others to be seeing something similar. > The kernel that I am using was built and rebooted from yesterday's > sources with hopes that the problem would just "go away" same with > world and ports but no cigar. It is still the same and I don't have > an old enough kernel to go back to so I guess I will just have to wait > until something changes. > > Have a great day, > I'm running 9-current on amd64 and have experienced no problems with flash using linux-opera, which is what I use to view flash content. Otherwise I use linux-firefox with the flash plugin disabled. Assuming you use firefox you could try a) installing a flash blocker b) installing NoScript, since it basically automatically blocks the execution of java scripts, etc., which might help c) checking Tools->Add-Ons->Plugins to see whether you can disable flash (not sure about this, but it works with linux-firefox) -- Gary Jennejohn