From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 15 21:17:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BADF1065693 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E6768FC13 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OOdNv-0006LO-4i for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:09:28 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:17:40 -0700 Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:17:40 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20100615211740.GA50967@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Cc: Subject: Re: concerning flash under freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:17:46 -0000 On Jun 15 2010 22:55, Alexander Best wrote: > hi there, > > why is flash still causing such problems under freebsd? i've been > having the same issues for years nows: > > - browser tabs freeze completely > - `ps` reports a lot of nspluginwrapper/npviewer.bin processes > - nspluginwrapper/npviewer.bin coredumps > > i read that the cause for this is a buggy implementation of the linux > futex emulation. when will this get fixed? > > almost everyone who uses flash under freebsd has something like this > in his ~/.profile: > > alias killflash='pkill -9 npviewer.bin ; rm -f ~/npviewer.bin.core'; > > cheers. > alex > My alias for killflash is "Don't install it." Flash is buggy software on any platform. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com