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    Shockwave Flash problem...

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by steve p, Jun 22, 2010.

  1. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi all,

    I posted this over at the Ubuntu forum as well with no response so far...
    After the last Flash update I get frequent stream freezes... in addition if I right click on the Flash window I get an immediate video freeze (sound plays on):

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    Here is some important info:

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    Every time Flash freezes if I terminate npviewer.bin I can restart flash again...:

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    Thanks for looking.
     
    steve p, Jun 22, 2010
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    steve p, Jun 22, 2010
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    Flash is known to be crap on any platform and using Linux and 64bit at that doesn't help at all. I don't think there's a fix that I can give you but switching to 32bit might help a bit if you don't mind losing 64bit.
     
    Gintoki, Jun 22, 2010
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    Flash 64-bit has a tendency to die anytime there's more than one instance running. Have you tried a different browser (or updating to Firefox 3.6.4?)
     
    woofer00, Jun 23, 2010
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    Thanks woofer00... I installed Minefield 3.7 last night and it seems to have solved the problem of right clicking but still from time to time the stream freezes midway and I have to double click on the progress bar to get it going again...
     
    steve p, Jun 23, 2010
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    OP,

    I've had much better results with 64-bit Flash. There were a few downsides (e.g., Hulu didn't work) but overall it was more stable and less resource hungry than Flash 32-bit + netscapepluginviewer.

    Unfortunately, Adobe has currently suspended the 64-bit Linux version of Flash. But I recommend switching to it as soon as Adobe re-opens the beta.
     
    jasperjones, Jun 25, 2010
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