Ubuntu
flashplugin-nonfree package

  1. Bug #247682
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 247682

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Conn O Griofa (psyke83) wrote : Re: beta flash/ firefox crash

Ok, for my regular profile I only use Adblock Plus. I have done further testing and discovered:

Using a fresh profile in every case:
1. Firefox 3 (Ubuntu version) exhibits this bug
2. Firefox 3 (upstream version) exhibits this bug
3. Firefox 2 (Ubuntu version) does *not* exhibit this bug.
4. Firefox 2 (upstream version) does *not* exhibit this bug.

Therefore it seems there is some kind of conflict between Firefox 3 and Flash 10.0.0.525 (and it's not the fault of Ubuntu's patches, as the upstream build is the same).

Some users have reported that htttp://polidics.com site triggers this crash, but others have not. It crashes 100% reproducibly on both my systems (intel and nvidia driver), though sometimes the crash is triggered only when you begin scrolling the page. With nspluginwrapper, the crashes stop completely, and Flash appears to work without issue.

It would help if every user that reports on this bug ensure they let us know their version of Ubuntu (32bit vs 64bit) and in the case of 32bit whether they are using nspluginwrapper or not.