Fullscreen Flash/Firefox/nvidia 180.51 drivers = crash

kbrosnan · 05-04-09, 03:07 PM

Having the current stable versions of the nVidia driver, Firefox and Adobe Flash results in Firefox crashing anytime Flash is fulscreened.

Steps to reproduce: Using Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04

Install the required packages to install the nvidia drivers, build-essential and the current kernel headers as I recall.
Download the current stable nVidia 32-bit driver and install
Download Firefox from http://mozilla.com extract the tar.gz to ~/firefox
Downlaod Adobe Flash from http://adobe.com in tar.gz format extract to ~/firefox/plugins

Code:

./firefox

Visit youtube.com and choose a video to watch e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-izyXfFHI press the fullscreen button. Flash crashes taking Firefox down with it. Firefox's debug output from such a crash http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/repor...04?p=1#modules

If I edit my xorg.conf to use the open source 'nv' driver and restart the X server this is not an issue.

The system installed Firefox uses a workaround or a fix so this will not crash the Ubuntu install of Firefox.

Workaround

Code:

export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1
./firefox

Bug report log is too big to attach it is @ http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/686313/nv...-report.log.gz

kbrosnan · 05-11-09, 12:29 PM

Poke, I understand that the interaction of three programs can be tricky but this is not just a case where I see this. http://bit.ly/SeKXl

ClumsyRegistr. · 05-17-09, 04:32 AM

Thank you for the tip.

This bug occurs since a long time...

In 2009, while cell phones display youtube videos in many formats, there is still no decent video player on Linux :-( (mplayer,vlc are rustic at best).

Flash is the welcome format, as the plugin is made by Adobe and works the same way on any platform. Besides this nasty bug of course...

kbrosnan · 05-17-09, 08:42 AM

A couple Mozilla bug reports @
Crash when enabling fullscreen flash video [@ @0x110430 ]
Fullscreen video crashed firefox [@ libc-2.9.so@0x2ce27 ]

klemi · 05-17-09, 11:02 AM

Hallo...

If somebody has already tried out the driver 180.60. Are these called problems away with him?

Thanks

Klemi

klemi · 05-17-09, 11:03 AM

Hallo...

If somebody has already tried out the driver 180.60. Are these called problems away with him?

Thanks

Klemi

kbrosnan · 06-10-09, 06:09 PM

Just upgraded to v185.18.14 problem still exists.

05-04-09, 03:07 PM	#1
kbrosnan Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4	Fullscreen Flash/Firefox/nvidia 180.51 drivers = crash Having the current stable versions of the nVidia driver, Firefox and Adobe Flash results in Firefox crashing anytime Flash is fulscreened. Steps to reproduce: Using Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04 Install the required packages to install the nvidia drivers, build-essential and the current kernel headers as I recall. Download the current stable nVidia 32-bit driver and install Download Firefox from http://mozilla.com extract the tar.gz to ~/firefox Downlaod Adobe Flash from http://adobe.com in tar.gz format extract to ~/firefox/plugins Code: ./firefox Visit youtube.com and choose a video to watch e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-izyXfFHI press the fullscreen button. Flash crashes taking Firefox down with it. Firefox's debug output from such a crash http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/repor...04?p=1#modules If I edit my xorg.conf to use the open source 'nv' driver and restart the X server this is not an issue. The system installed Firefox uses a workaround or a fix so this will not crash the Ubuntu install of Firefox. Workaround Code: export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 ./firefox Bug report log is too big to attach it is @ http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/686313/nv...-report.log.gz

05-11-09, 12:29 PM	#2
kbrosnan Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4	Re: Fullscreen Flash/Firefox/nvidia 180.51 drivers = crash Poke, I understand that the interaction of three programs can be tricky but this is not just a case where I see this. http://bit.ly/SeKXl

05-17-09, 04:32 AM	#3
ClumsyRegistr. Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1	Re: Fullscreen Flash/Firefox/nvidia 180.51 drivers = crash Thank you for the tip. This bug occurs since a long time... In 2009, while cell phones display youtube videos in many formats, there is still no decent video player on Linux :-( (mplayer,vlc are rustic at best). Flash is the welcome format, as the plugin is made by Adobe and works the same way on any platform. Besides this nasty bug of course...

05-17-09, 08:42 AM	#4
kbrosnan Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4	Re: Fullscreen Flash/Firefox/nvidia 180.51 drivers = crash A couple Mozilla bug reports @ Crash when enabling fullscreen flash video [@ @0x110430 ] Fullscreen video crashed firefox [@ libc-2.9.so@0x2ce27 ]

05-17-09, 11:02 AM	#5
klemi Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 12	Re: Fullscreen Flash/Firefox/nvidia 180.51 drivers = crash Hallo... If somebody has already tried out the driver 180.60. Are these called problems away with him? Thanks Klemi

05-17-09, 11:03 AM	#6
klemi Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 12	Re: Fullscreen Flash/Firefox/nvidia 180.51 drivers = crash Hallo... If somebody has already tried out the driver 180.60. Are these called problems away with him? Thanks Klemi

06-10-09, 06:09 PM	#7
kbrosnan Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4	Re: Fullscreen Flash/Firefox/nvidia 185.18.14 drivers = crash Just upgraded to v185.18.14 problem still exists.

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