Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 12:12:49 +0000 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox headaches Message-ID: <200412201212.50840.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <20041218205300.GA38465@keyslapper.org> References: <20041218205300.GA38465@keyslapper.org>
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On Saturday 18 December 2004 20:53, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Something's not right with firefox. > > Now that I've got the printing problems more or less solved, it > crashes almost every time I hit a page with flash. > > I've got the latest (from ports updated yesterday) native, and > flashplugin-firefox port. Certain websites crash or lock it up at > seemingly random points. > > By crash, I mean I get a firefox-bin.core file in my home directory. > By lock up, I mean it simply stops responding - indefinitely. Once I > just quit for the night and next morning all I had was the window > outline. > > Case in point: http://www.big-boys.com/ This one ALWAYS takes it out. > > Sometimes when loading the main page, sometimes when clicking out to > another bookmark (different domain altogether) and pretty much anytime > an onsite link is clicked. > > I have rebuilt and reinstalled the flash plugin since portupgrading > firefox. I also deinstalled and reinstalled both additions - Noia > theme and TabBrowser extension - latest of both. > Firstly, are you using the old method of using flashpluginwrapper or the newer linuxpluginwrapper. Secondly, are you using flash7, which isn't yet supported on Firefox. I'm using the default Flash 6 and linuxpluginwrapper, and have seen no problems with mozilla or firefox.
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