Bug 189847

Summary: Firefox Crashes if Flash is installed
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Stephen Kilbourn <krull.etc>
Component: firefoxAssignee: Christopher Aillon <caillon>
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Description Stephen Kilbourn 2006-04-25 02:09:43 UTC
Description of problem:
Firefox completely freezes when I access any pages with Flash. This only happens
when I have Flash installed; it works as soon as I unisntall Flash.  Everything
worked fine with Firefox 1.5.0.1

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Firefox 1.5.0.2
Macromedia Flash Player 7 for Linux

How reproducible:
Any site visited that contains flash, e.g.
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/welcome/

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Flash 7 with yum while running Firefox 1.5.0.1
   (also if I uninstall, then reinstall after the upgrade)
2. Let PUP upgrade Firefox 1.5.0.1 to 1.5.0.2
3. Visit a site with flash
  
Actual results:
Firefox crashes. I have to force quit

Expected results:


Additional info:

Comment 1 Steve 2006-05-04 21:28:38 UTC
Same problem here, but only with fedora rawhide (fc6). If i visit a site with
flash, firefox quits.

Comment 2 Claudio Tibaldi 2006-05-28 14:26:39 UTC
Same problem, but FC5 with firefox 1.5.0.3.

Comment 3 Steve 2006-06-03 12:44:47 UTC
Here is a workaround:

Create a file in /etc/profile.d called flash.sh. Include this in it:

export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1

--

This works for Me in fedora rawhide (fc6).

Comment 4 Warren Togami 2006-06-03 15:25:56 UTC
In response to Comment #3:
That workaround is only true if you enabled COMPOSITE in order to use AIGLX. 
Bug #155582

There is indeed some kind of crash related to browser plugins affecting firefox,
but it seems difficult to pin down...


Comment 5 Jan-Thomas Czornack 2006-06-17 17:16:37 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> Here is a workaround:
> 
> Create a file in /etc/profile.d called flash.sh. Include this in it:
> 
> export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1
> 
> --
> 
> This works for Me in fedora rawhide (fc6).

Just setting that variable before starting firefox seems to be enough. I worked
on my FC5 with firefox 1.5.0.4. Since I have not noticed any changes/updates to
xorg or its configuration (in yum.log), it seems to be a firefox problem.

Comment 6 Warren Togami 2006-06-17 18:32:12 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 155582 ***