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gofree

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From: Slovakia

Registered: 2008-07-26

Posts: 51

fullscreen flash - complete system freeze

Any flash video played in fullscreen makes my system freeze completely. Tried flashplugin and flashplugin-prerelease from AUR, same behaviour. Xorg 1.8, kernel 2.6.34, intel graphic driver 2.11. The issue emerged after last upgrade from testing ( xorg, intel driver ). Anybody with  the same problem?

Last edited by gofree (2010-05-17 21:12:18)

benob

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Registered: 2008-11-11

Posts: 187

Re: fullscreen flash - complete system freeze

I don't have the problem.

Xorg 1.8.0.902-1
Kernel 2.6.34-1
Intel 2.11.0-1
Flashplugin 10.0.45.2-1
Chromium 5.0.342.9-1

T400 w/ GM45

[edit] I'm on x86_64 if that's relevant

Last edited by benob (2010-05-19 07:12:05)

Pnevma

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Registered: 2008-04-11

Posts: 112

Re: fullscreen flash - complete system freeze

Yeah, it happens here too. The whole system locks up after a minute or so in fullscreen mode. The same thing happens with flash 10.1rc4.

The testing repo isn't enabled, I'm just using a few packages from it; Kernel 2.6.33.4, Xorg 1.8, Intel 2.11.0.

It's a Acer d250 (945GME).

Last edited by Pnevma (2010-05-19 00:22:28)

mohtasham1983

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Registered: 2008-12-15

Posts: 85

Re: fullscreen flash - complete system freeze

I have been having this problem when I was video conferencing on skype 32 bit and all of a sudden it went to screen saver for a while. It doesn't happen all the time, but I'd say one out of three times my screen goes to idle while video conferencing on fullscreen the entire system froze.

Recently, I noticed when I watch a youtube video on fullscreen the same thing happens to me. Just like my skype experience, one out of three times I try to watch a video on full screen, I will encounter a system freeze.

I'm running a 64 bit Arch linux machine with 64 bit flash on it. Other than flash and skype, everything else installed on my computer is from core, extra, and community repos.

ava1ar

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From: NYC

Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 24

Re: fullscreen flash - complete system freeze

I also have such issue. Arch Linux x86_64, testing in on, HP Compaq nc4400 (GMA950)

H2O

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Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 19

Re: fullscreen flash - complete system freeze

I have similar problem on arch x64, with Radeon HD4650. Flashplugin from multilib causes system to freeze completely, also sound with it works unreliable (sometimes I hear some sound from flash before a freeze and sometimes there's no sound). Tried the prerelease flash also with the same effect. Where should I look (which logs should I check) to find the reason?

mohtasham1983

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Registered: 2008-12-15

Posts: 85

Re: fullscreen flash - complete system freeze

Ever since I installed the new Flash 10.1 (Square), I haven't seen this problem. I'm not too sure if it is flash related or it has something to do with X because I do a complete upgrade of my system very often. It might be either the new Flash or one of those new updates that solved my problem.

thestinger

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 478

Re: fullscreen flash - complete system freeze

I had the problem when using the old x86_64 versions of flash or the [multilib] version.

The newest flash beta fixed it for me (and it performs a lot better).

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32072

H2O

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Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 19

Re: fullscreen flash - complete system freeze

Neither changing the flashplayer, nor full system update helped... Watching something on youtube or pages extensively using flash still cause total system freeze. No matter which browser I use.

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Registered: 2006-11-26

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Re: fullscreen flash - complete system freeze

Please open your own topic, this is a topic about Xorg 1.8, and about packages that were in [Testing] that time.  You're using x86_64, the OP was using i686, you have ATi stuff, he has Intel stuff, and I assume you're not using [Testing] either.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … _Hijacking

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