Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:15:15 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@siemens.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash player sound solution Message-ID: <20050315141515.GA78708@curry.mchp.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <20050313221243.GA94411@mail.scottro.net> References: <20050312134243.65565.qmail@web81708.mail.yahoo.com> <200503122221.35745.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <20050313165848.GA44779@curry.mchp.siemens.de> <20050313183552.GA93557@mail.scottro.net> <42348B59.8030104@cis.strath.ac.uk> <20050313221243.GA94411@mail.scottro.net>
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On Sun, 13-Mar-2005 at 17:12:43 -0500, Scott Robbins wrote: > On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 06:50:01PM +0000, Chris Hodgins wrote: > > Scott Robbins wrote: > > > > > > > > >There are a few pages out there that will crash FreeBSD native firefox > > >with linuxpluginwrapper, at least. The problem doesn't occur in Linux, > > >and most of the time, these sites will work with FreeBSD's linux-opera > > >(and the linuxpluginwrapper). > > > > > > > > >http://www.tvguide.com > > >http://www.espn.com > > > > > >are two examples that always crash it for me, and apparently for most > > >poeple on BSD forums. > > > > > > > > > > Interesting. Both of those sites hang but don't crash as such. Wierd. > > > Chris, and others, I apologize, hang is what they do and I shouldn't > have loosely used the word "crash." > > What happens is (again, judging from some threads on freebsdforums, to > everyone who tries ) is that if one opens the site, it'll begin to load > and finally freeze, to the point, at least on my machine, where the only > way to stop it is to find the PID and kill it. What happens if you (temporarely) remove /dev/dsp and try again? You will get no sound but I assume firefox won't hang anymore... -Andre -- Win98: useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
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