Comment 62 for bug 257403

Hello,

Actually it is not related to Linux, it affects all OSes, the fix that Adobe
did was said to be a "Security Fix", which prevents opening the File Browser
to select files to uploads.

The issue is discussed in many places here are some links:
http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=1382
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=72&catid=675&threadid=1362693&enterthread=y
http://theflashblog.com/?p=423

Regards,

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Conn <email address hidden> wrote:

> saksoook,
>
> Intrepid uses PulseAudio by default, and Flash 9 isn't PulseAudio-
> compatible (if Flash tries to open an audio stream, Firefox will
> freeze). The only workaround is to install libflashsupport at the cost
> of extreme instability. See bug #192888.
>
> Please provide a link to some discussion on this issue. Is this problem
> with uploading content specific to the Linux release, or is the Windows
> version affected too? If it's the latter case, then it's up to those
> sites to fix their Flash compatibility issues (another example: CNN.com
> had broken version detection for Flash, which was fixed recently).
>
> --
> [Intrepid] FFe request for Flash 10 RC2 (10.0.12.10)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257403
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "flashplugin-nonfree" source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu Intrepid: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> NOTE (28/09/08): Bug #272286 must be resolved in order for this update to
> work with nspluginwrapper, and ia32-libs must be verified to contain the
> necessary libraries for 64-bit users.
>
> I am requesting a FFe for Adobe Flash 10 RC2 (10.0.12.10).
>
> Current version in Intrepid: Flash 10 beta 2 (release history of Flash 10:
> beta 1, beta 2, rc1, rc2).
> Rationale:
> a) This version incorporates many bugfixes, improved performance &
> stability.
> b) We *must* update the Flash plugin, as the preview versions of Flash 10
> are *not* archived (i.e. beta 1, 2, and
> rc1 will not be available, so the package will fail to install).
> c) Beta 2 was considered for many as the *worst* version of Flash 10, due
> to severe performance issues. This has been fixed since rc1.
> d) Stephen Hermann and Alexander Sack have released updates to ia32-libs
> and nspluginwrapper to ensure this update works correctly (due to depends on
> new external libraries).
>
> Caveats: we will require an SRU when Flash 10 is final, but is necessary
> work due to the closed-source nature of the product, and concerns for
> vulnerability issues, etc.
>
> You can find the proposed debdiff in comment #27, compliant to FFe
> guidelines. Debdiff is trivial, with changes to md5sums, filenames and
> paths, and bumped dependency verson on nspluginwrapper to 1.1.0-0ubuntu2.
>
> Changelog (Known Issues & Fixed Issues), from:
> http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/releasenotes.html#fixed
>
> Known Issues
>
> * For Linux, Flash Player 10 only supports browsers that are supported
> by each specific distribution of Linux. There are issues unrelated to Flash
> Player that can occur if a user installs a browser that is not supported on
> that Linux distribution. (For example, at the time this was written, Firefox
> 3 was not officially supported by Ubuntu 7.)
> * 3D Effects:
> o Components don't work properly with 3D Effects.
> o 2.5D or 3D objects do not print correctly to PDF nor to hardware
> printer. (232562)
> * Color Management: The ability to read source profiles is not included
> in this feature, by design. Comments or questions can be posted to the
> Flash Player 10 Forum.
> * GPU Compositing and GPU Blitting:
> o Issues may occur with unsupported drivers.
> o Hardware acceleration does not currently optimize the Alpha,
> Erase, Invert & Subtract blendmodes and vectors for GPU compositing.
> o For Linux, the hardware acceleration feature will not work if
> you are using a compositing window manager (compiz). In this case, Flash
> Player 10 Beta will always fall back to software. If you would like to test
> Flash Player 10 Beta on Linux, please disable your compositing window
> manager.
> * Dynamic Streaming: An intended future release of Adobe Flash Media
> Server is required to use this feature. If you are interested in being part
> of the private prerelease program, please send an email to
> <email address hidden> with your contact details.
> * RTMFP:
> o An intended future release of Adobe Flash Media Server is
> required to use this feature. If you are interested in being part of the
> private prerelease program, please send an email to
> <email address hidden> with your contact details.
> * Speex:
> o An intended future release of Adobe Flash Media Server is
> required to use this feature. If you are interested in being part of the
> private prerelease program, please send an email to
> <email address hidden> with your contact details.
> o Live audio does not work on Mac when audio capture is 96 kHz.
> (221951)
> * Acrobat Connect Pro meeting will not install the Acrobat Connect
> Add-in if running in FP10. Workaround: install FP 9.0.124, then install
> Connect Add-in, then upgrade to FP10.
>
> Fixed Issues
>
> * Many Linux camera issues have been fixed. Please report any additional
> issues you encounter.
> * Linux full-screen optimizations have been made. Please report any
> additional issues you encounter.
> * startDrag() does not work when movie clip is 3D. (216415)
> * LiveCycle WorkSpace cannot log in using Flash Player 10 Beta. (223394)
> WORKAROUND: Use Flash Player 9.0.124.0.
> * Vector printing on Macs works now!
> * New Text Engine: Vector Printing isn't currently enabled.
> * Custom Filters and Effects:
> o Mac PPC: Color distortions may appear when applying a Shader.
> ShaderJob returns unexpected values for some Pixel Bender functions.
> o Linux: Shader Jobs may return NaN instead of an expected Number
> value.
> * Drawing API: Strokes are not visible on paths drawn with drawTriangles
> or GraphicsTrianglePaths. The lineShaderStyle is not implemented in Flash
> Player 10 Beta.
> * Context Menu: The new AS3 Clipboard is currently only working for Mac
> and Windows. It is not yet working for the Unix players.
> * Uploading images using Photoshop Express does not work with Flash
> Player 10 Beta. (1786882) WORKAROUND: Use Flash Player 9.0.124.0.
> * Dynamic Streaming:
> o A crash when switching between videos of different resolutions
> has been fixed.
> o A new Play Status event when switching between streams now
> actually happens: NetStream.Play.TransitionComplete.
> * RTMFP:
> o Changing NetStream.BufferTime on the subscriber side of P2P
> connection, causes video to stop and possible crash
> o No NetStream onStatus messages received when using
> NetStream.pause(), NetStream.resume() or NetStream.togglePause() for P2P
> connection
> o Intermittent crashes/hangs when subscribing/unsubscribing
> multiple times to P2P NetStream.
> o peerStreams array includes null streams in some cases.
> * Speex:
> o Disconnect and re-connect network on Mac publisher causes
> sending garbled audio with USB audio devices. (227185)
> o Speex audio may deteriorate when computer is overloaded.
> (222082)
> o Peer-to-peer Nellymoser may incur in quality degradation when
> packets are lost. (222469)
> o Soundtransform for Speex does not work in loopback mode
> o Linux-specific issues:
> + Flash Player 10 hangs when subscribing to a live audio
> stream. (222283)
> + Linux subscriber receives deteriorated audio for about 20
> seconds when switching from Nellymoser to Speex codec. (222306)
> + Linux Subscriber P2P only: When Nellymoser audio is
> attached, the video plays slowly on the subscriber side. (222851)
> * Video playback issues on PPC Macs have been resolved.
>
>

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Khamis Siksek
http://saksoook.blogspot.com