Flashplugin and libgdk segfaulting with firefox (maybe other browsers)

nomorewindows · 2015-07-19 21:58:23

Flash is locking up my cpu at 100% and then finally recovers, and plays content. Wonder if this has anything to do with the flash being blocked by default with firefox.

nomorewindows · 2015-07-19 22:56:05

Maybe it would help if I retooted the machine. Seems as if I wasn't paying attention to kernel update. Not sure if this would make any difference as far as flashplugin though.

karol · 2015-07-19 23:01:34

What do you need flash for? Can you use e.g. html5 or another flash implementation?

nomorewindows · 2015-07-19 23:17:22

How to use html5 instead of flash? Is this one of those about:config?

berbae · 2015-07-20 08:50:35

AFAIK Firefox doesn't block flash plugin any longer since:
[2015-07-16 14:46] [ALPM] upgraded flashplugin (11.2.202.481-1 -> 11.2.202.491-1)

The possibility to use html5 instead of flash depends on the site you want to see videos on.
This is not always possible; here in France, the TV replay sites use only flash;
some works with the linux 11.2 version;
some requires a more recent version:
and others use DRM protected videos with a recent flash.

In the second case, I use chromium with pepper flash;
in the third case, I use playonlinux with Windows versions of Firefox and Flash.

@nomorewindows
Try to remove everything under '~/.adobe/Flash_Player'.
Do this with Firefox not running.

Last edited by berbae (2015-07-20 08:59:11)

nomorewindows · 2015-07-21 17:51:46

berbae wrote:

In the second case, I use chromium with pepper flash;
in the third case, I use playonlinux with Windows versions of Firefox and Flash.
@nomorewindows
Try to remove everything under '~/.adobe/Flash_Player'.
Do this with Firefox not running.

Isn't this still using flash in some way or another?
Don't forget ~/.macromedia also. But I usually just chmod -w those so it can't write anything. Thought I had it here, but didn't.

nomorewindows · 2015-08-01 05:30:13

I've gone to add-ons and set flash to ask to activate. FF behaving a little better as far as plugin-container because it's not in memory. FF still acting sluggish, but it could be too many tabs.

nomorewindows · 2015-08-01 05:51:36

Cleaned cache and still FF acting a little weird. Maybe time to clean out the profile entirely and start fresh.

berbae · 2015-08-01 08:36:03

Did you try Chromium?
I try to use it now as my main browser; it is fast and the fonts are better.
It is less configurable than Firefox, greedier on machine resources;
and there are some inconveniences, like no bookmarks button, or no dotted lines around last clicked link (which I am accustomed to in Firefox) and so no way to see the last clicked link; but I can do without these things.
Globally it works well and is much faster than Firefox.
I use it with the ublock-origin extension in place of noscript, and with Chrome pepper flash plugin.
If I keep being satisfied with it, I will continue to use it as my main browser.

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#1 2015-07-19 21:58:23

Flashplugin and libgdk segfaulting with firefox (maybe other browsers)

#2 2015-07-19 22:56:05

Re: Flashplugin and libgdk segfaulting with firefox (maybe other browsers)

#3 2015-07-19 23:01:34

Re: Flashplugin and libgdk segfaulting with firefox (maybe other browsers)

#4 2015-07-19 23:17:22

Re: Flashplugin and libgdk segfaulting with firefox (maybe other browsers)

#5 2015-07-20 08:50:35

Re: Flashplugin and libgdk segfaulting with firefox (maybe other browsers)

#6 2015-07-21 17:51:46

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#7 2015-08-01 05:30:13

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