T0rn
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2 edits |  [SOLVED] Firefox 3.5 crashes when viewing fullscreen videos
I've tried this on both Ubuntu 9.04 and openSUSE 11.1, running the newly released Firefox 3.5.
If you have the same version of Firefox (3.5), try this test yourself. Go to any video on YouTube.com, and click on the fullscreen button. For me, this crashes straight to the desktop, with no error messages or reloading of the web browser.
UPDATE: Uninstalling and then reinstalling Flash (10.0 r22) did not solve the problem, either.
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KodiacZiller
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1 edit | Re: Firefox 3.5 crashes when trying to view fullscreen videos
I had this very issue with FF 3.0 on Gentoo. It only happened on YouTube videos when trying to maximize the video, but it happened every time. I reported a bug on the Gentoo bug tracker and they seemed to think there was a bug in Flash and that there was nothing that could be done. However, I haven't had the problem at all on Fedora or Ubuntu with the same versions of FF. So, who knows? I know this isn't much help.
Are you using 64 bit OS's? Are you using nspluginwrapper or the native 64 bit flash? I ask because I know Ubuntu will install 32 bit Flash even if using a 64 bit system. Therefore, it might be worth trying to get the 64 bit Flash binary from Adobe's site. |
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SUMware
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2 edits | reply to T0rn
said by T0rn  :Go to any video on YouTube.com, and click on the fullscreen button. For me, this crashes straight to the desktop, with no error messages or reloading of the web browser. Yep on openSUSE 11.1 32 bit. You running Nvidia like me? Some think it to be a hardware acceleration/Nvidia issue: »forums.adobe.com/thread/226235
»www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthr···t=132449 |
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T0rn
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1 edit | reply to KodiacZiller
said by KodiacZiller :Are you using 64 bit OS's? Are you using nspluginwrapper or the native 64 bit flash? I ask because I know Ubuntu will install 32 bit Flash even if using a 64 bit system. Therefore, it might be worth trying to get the 64 bit Flash binary from Adobe's site. Both my Ubuntu and openSUSE are 32-bit. If it is a Flash-related bug, then how come all was fine with Firefox 3.0 on both distros, yet once I upgraded to Firefox 3.5 on both distros, this problem occurs?
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T0rn
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said by SUMware :said by T0rn :Go to any video on YouTube.com, and click on the fullscreen button. For me, this crashes straight to the desktop, with no error messages or reloading of the web browser. Yep on openSUSE 11.1 32 bit. You running Nvidia like me? Some think it to be a hardware acceleration/Nvidia issue: » forums.adobe.com/thread/226235» www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthr···t=132449 Interesting. I, too, have a Nvidia video card, but what is strange to me is that this never happened until I upgraded to Firefox 3.5. I have been using the same Nvidia drivers the whole time.
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SUMware
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1 edit | I just installed nspluginwrapper v1.2.2. Youtube flash now successfully plays in full screen & HQ. |
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T0rn
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|  said by SUMware :I just installed nspluginwrapper v1.2.2. Youtube flash now successfully plays in full screen. I did the same thing, and it solved the problem for me as well! I have no idea why, to be honest, but YouTube works in full screen again! Thank you, all! Perhaps in a later update to Firefox, there may be a patch that solves this, and I can then remove/disable nspluginwrapper. Until then, this works for me!
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SUMware
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1 edit | Found another solution that works for me -
First uninstalled nspluginwrapper. Then added the following to '/usr/lib/firefox/firefox.sh'
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1
So the script went from this:
to this:
Works fine with full screen flash, as did nspluginwrapper. The only issue may be when upgrading Firefox. If the problem persists the above line will need to be re-added to a newly installed FF script.
I suspect that this is a new video related issue, not necessarily limited to Nvidia, perhaps stemming from FF 3.5 - HTML 5 capabilities. |
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serban
@ac.jp | Thanks a lot !
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 did it for me.
nspluginwrapper did not work. |
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