Markus Thielmann - Comments for "Defusing one of the most annoying bugs in Ubuntu Hardy Heron: Stop Flash from killing Firefox"

I love firefox because of it

I love firefox because of it plugins. It makes life so easy but it is true that lots of time especially with the new version of firefox, some software that we use on daily basis just become non-compatible or make firefox to crash. This flashplayer issue is not new and I had to uninstall my video downloading plugin as there was some issues with the flashplayer. I think adobe should look into this seriously and make sure that this flashplayer is totally bug free.

No reason to expect that new

No reason to expect that new software won't have at least a few bugs. I usually wait until merry maids santa monica has tried it out to verify that there will be no errors.

All software has some bugs,

All software has some bugs, but I wouldn't call 8.04 Rock solid. At best it appears to be a Beta product waiting for more patches. The good news with this article - 1 down. There's no other smarter way to associate the refresh with a new try of loading( I'm thinking to something like killing nspluginwrapper or similar). Ones Vision is to always to it the same.

I found that I had no sound

I found that I had no sound if I started Firefox after another program like Rhythmbox that used sound. This is, I guess, because my sound card doesn't support HW mixing.

Swiftweasel does not have the

Swiftweasel does not have the Flash problems that Firefox has. Only a masochist would stay with FF. You can download it here http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=195473&package_id=.... The Debian packager will install it automatically. It runs great on my Athlon AMD64 Hardy 8.04 server/desktop box.

We host on Ubuntu server and

We host on Ubuntu server and still use 7.10. Most of the reason is because the 8.04 has so many issues that we don't want to use it for development, and therefore want production and development to be the same. All software has some bugs, but I wouldn't call 8.04 Rock solid. At best it appears to be a Beta product waiting for more patches. The good news with this article - 1 down..
Thanks

The second tip worked! Thank

The second tip worked! Thank you so much. btw I'm using a soundblaster x-fi something via oss.

I'm experiencing the same

I'm experiencing the same behaviour... some times(and apparently randomly) firefox seem to fail in loading the flash plugin. the problem is that refresh the page is useless and the only solution is to restart firefox itself. There's no other smarter way to associate the refresh with a new try of loading( I'm thinking to something like killing nspluginwrapper or similar)??
Tnx in advance

You're Flash plugin crashed

You're Flash plugin crashed if you're seeing a gray area while using nspluginwrapper. Unfortunately, I doubt there's a workaround. You might want to report this behavior to Adobe. I'd appreciate if you test this behavior with Flash 10 Beta, too.

I had frequent running flash

I had frequent running flash under Firefox 2 on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. The computer would freeze up. However, on 64bit Hardy Heron running Firefox 3 Beta 5, the issue seems to be resolved, possibly because nspluginwrapper is used, as you wrote in your update above. Unfortunately, a new bug arose. Sometimes Firefox won't load Flash, leaving a blank gray area. Does anybody have a solution for this problem? Thanks.

Just disable the flashblock

Just disable the flashblock extension in firefox. I personally like it.

I am running 64 bit Ubuntu

I am running 64 bit Ubuntu 8.04 and I was wondering if there was a way that I could get flash stuff to automatically load instead of having gray play arrows pop up for all flash content. Thanks in advance, and sorry....I'm a linux Noob.

One more thing: on my HP

One more thing: on my HP DV2418, after following the procedure to keep Flash from hanging (by install nspluginwrapper), I found that I had no sound if I started Firefox after another program like Rhythmbox that used sound. This is, I guess, because my sound card doesn't support HW mixing. So I installed the libflashsupport, which adds PulseAudio support to the Flash plugin, which is wrapped by nspluginwrapper, which is ... ;) Anyway, initial tests have sound and no crashing.

Much appreciated.

That happens in x86 as well,

That happens in x86 as well, if you're using nspluginwrapper. Quite annoying, but I'm counting on Adobe to fix this bug.

"One drawback: Scrolling over

"One drawback: Scrolling over Flash with your mouse wheel no longer works. This was one great feature I will miss much."
That just happens in AMD64 or in x86 too?

No, I just didn't pay enough

No, I just didn't pay enough attention. It's libflashsupport of course. :-)
I changed the post.

Is libasoundflash the same as

Is libasoundflash the same as libflashsupport? If so, you need that otherwise Flash will not let go of sound for normal desktop apps to use it, and they won't let go of sound for Flash to use it. I've had no problems with Flash crashing Firefox with that library installed, but then I never had that issue in the past either. It seems everyone but me sees it all the time. I don't get it. On WebAssign.net (a site for a popular Calculus textbook where you can submit your homework), I've had Flash starting up on the math palette (thing to make LaTeX-like equations) make Firefox go grey for a few seconds (Compiz *thinks* Firefox is crashing, but it's wrong) and then come back. That's the extent of it. I'd like to find out why it is that my computer seems to be the only one on which Flash+Firefox+Linux is stable.