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----- Original Message ----- |
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From: "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@×××××.com> |
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To: <gentoo-amd64@l.g.o> |
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Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 4:03 PM |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] firefox-bin crashing a few times every day |
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> Hi all, |
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> Just a thanks up front for all your help so far. Possibly the |
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> crashing is behind me. I appreciate all the attention. Now, on to |
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> Flash and Java... |
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> |
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> On Nov 12, 2007 11:32 AM, Drake Donahue <donahue95@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> <SNIP> |
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>> > |
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>> type about:plugins in the firefox url window and enter, see if Shockwave |
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>> Flash is listed followed by File name npwrapper.libflashplayer.so --you |
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>> haven't mentioned installing nspluginwrapper |
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>> |
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> |
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> Drake, |
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> Indeed, somewhere along the way Beso suggested removing things to |
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> look for what might be causing the crash. nspluginwrapper was one I |
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> had removed. I reinstalled it and now going to the video.yahoo.com |
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> page doesn't cause a warning anymore. However when I try to play any |
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> video I see the first couple of frames and then I see a gray box drawn |
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> over the top. Audio continues as the video plays but I no longer see |
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> any video. |
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> |
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> Lest I sound like I'm complaining I do think we're making progress. |
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> I rebooted the machine and started the 64-bit browser. Always before |
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> if I created a second tab and tried to rearrange tabs the browser |
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> crashed. It no longer does that. (Maybe simply because I;m using the |
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> 64-bit version. I don't know...) |
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> |
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> I wonder if I should be deleting the .mozilla directory to properly |
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> test this stuff? |
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> |
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> OK, so here's what I'm currently seeing in about:plugins: |
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> |
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> Shockwave Flash |
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> npwrapper.libflashplayer.so |
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> |
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> Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible |
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> npwrapper.nphelix.so |
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> |
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> NPAPI Plugins Wrapper 0.9.91.4 |
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> npwrapper.so |
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> |
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> VLC Multimedia Plugin |
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> libvlcplugin.so |
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> |
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> QuickTime Plug-in 6.0 / 7 |
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> mplayerplug-in-qt.so |
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> |
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> mplayerplug-in 3.45 |
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> mplayerplug-in.so |
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> |
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I think that you have now gotten Firefox to connect to a Flash plug-in; |
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however the plugin has a problem. |
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Suggestion: |
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Visit |
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http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/static/Linux/ShockwaveFlash/English.html |
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and download Option 1, the tar.gz file |
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extract libflashplayer.so from the downloaded file and place it in |
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/opt/netscape/plugins ( in other words, create |
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/opt/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so ) |
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then run |
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nspluginwrapper -i /opt/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so |
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This should produce a nice new up to date file: |
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/usr/lib64/nsbrowser/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so |
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for firefox to use. |
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This is based on how i got flash to work in 64 bit firefox (including at |
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video.yahoo.com). |
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Btw my experience with helix/realplayer has been more positive than Beso's. |
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I emerged realplayer and the nspluginwrapper in sequence followed by the |
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flash steps above and all went well. |
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My only real player complaint is not bewing able to get full screen. |
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May be related to not doing a java plugin. |
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> Currently if I go to this page Java isn't working at all. |
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> |
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> http://www.prophet.net/analyze/javacharts.jsp |
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> Not my biggest problem but I need to solve it. |
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> |
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> STATUS: |
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> 1) Firefox crashing - Possibly fixed. Thanks! |
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> |
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> 2) Flash video - gray box. This is what I'd like to solve first if |
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> possible. |
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> |
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> 3) Java - not seen by the browser. Have done very little work on it |
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> yet but building a little on Jeffery's idea I tried to do it with the |
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> currently installed version of Java: |
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> lightning ~ # slocate libjavaplugin_oji.so |
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> /opt/emul-linux-x86-java-1.6.0.03/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so |
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> /opt/emul-linux-x86-java-1.6.0.03/plugin/i386/ns7-gcc29/libjavaplugin_oji.so |
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> lightning ~ # |
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> |
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> mark@lightning ~ $ ls -la .mozilla/plugins |
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> ls: cannot access .mozilla/plugins: No such file or directory |
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> mark@lightning ~ $ |
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> |
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> So I have no .mozilla/plugins directory to build the link. I tried |
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> adding a plugins directory and creating a link as shown but the |
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> Prophet web site still says no Java. |
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> |
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> mark@lightning ~/.mozilla/plugins $ ls -la |
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> total 12 |
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> drwxr-xr-x 2 mark users 4096 2007-11-12 12:56 . |
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> drwx------ 4 mark users 4096 2007-11-12 12:56 .. |
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 mark users 70 2007-11-12 12:56 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> |
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> /opt/emul-linux-x86-java-1.6.0.03/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so |
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> mark@lightning ~/.mozilla/plugins $ |
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> I used the first link but maybe that's wrong since it points at the |
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> emul-linux directory? |
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> |
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> Thanks, |
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> Mark |
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