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Marlow89 · Joined: 18 Jun 2011 Posts: 1

Can anyone help with flash player crashes in the browser? I am using LuPu 5.25 and have tried every browser Chromium, Firefox, Seamonkey and Opera. Total beginner here so be gentle...
Thanks

p310don · Posted: Sat 18 Jun 2011, 19:54 Post subject:

I haven't had crashes in Lupu 5.25 with flash, but, is it a particular website, or all of them that is causing you the trouble?

bigpup · Posted: Sun 19 Jun 2011, 14:02 Post subject:

Be detailed what you mean by crash?

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9380 Location: SwedenEurope

Is it maybe that it hangs due to not enough RAM memory?
You don't say how much RAM you have?

Try the search in my signature and see if others have reported it too and if them solved it?

I have a very vague memory that it has been dealt with before. One only have to find the thread.

And now I remember

Adobe who makes the Flash Player reported that one of their versions did have a bug so them recommended an update to latest but that was some month or two ago.

Another thing to consider. Maybe them are sensitive to which kernel one have. If all else fails that could be something to look into.

TrooperPuppy · Joined: 09 Jul 2011 Posts: 1

I'm experiencing the same problem on two different PCs. Both have 2GB of memory and one is puppy 5.2.0 and the other is 5.2.5. One is using GMA950 and the other onboard SIS graphics. It's pretty much a stock build of puppy otherwise.

I've tried Chromium, Firefox, and the latest version of Chrome but after a few minutes of flash starts stuttering and then crashes. I'd appreciate any help with getting it fixed.

bigpup

jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2417

xman · Joined: 24 Sep 2009 Posts: 145

I add a comment although I don't want hijack this topic.

I reported maybe similar behaviour or not earlier when I tried 525, and then rejected it. Multiple flash crashes in Firefox weren't the reason, I think, it was 525's desire to go permafrost under normal browsing, and forced shutdowns. I have no problems with broadband connection and I use same video resolution in Quirky and Wary without any problems.

PS. Quirky-130 video picture quality is best on Chrome12, then Opera 11.50, then Firefox 3.6.x, 4x or 5x, of 'three' browsers tested, ff versions not in performance order.

PS2. Latest Adobe Flash Player version is 10.3.181.34.

dru5k1 · Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 72

ok, to update flash (mildly important maybe) you get it from softpedia http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/Adobe-Flash-Player-for-Linux-Download-18853.html and unwrap it (just click on the .tar.gz file - puppy has an archive unwrapper-thingy - just click yes,yes,ok) , now replace (using two windows of rox-file-manager) the libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so and restart your browser(s) - flash is 10.3 ryt now, and you may have 10.1? (I don't even know which version of puppy you have, "so um", but that's what I've just done - hope it helps)

ok, and you are new to puppy? well when you open rox-file-manager (home desktop-icon) you can hit the / button on your keyboard and an address-bar will pop up in the bottom of the window, then you can hit backspace and/or type the first couple of letters of the directory you want (it'll automatically select it, based on the first letters) and hit enter to go to, maybe, /usr/share/backgrounds/? -or- /usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/? (useful if you make a desktop shortcut as seen here: http://rhinoweb.us/howtocreatedesktopshortcut.htm)

dru5k1 · Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 72

ok, so I find like a minute later a latest flashplayer in .pet form http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67969

Bruce B · Posted: Fri 15 Jul 2011, 06:54 Post subject:

I think I installed the latest. Only two days old. And I just uninstalled, in the hopes of finding out if this has been causing everything to randomly lock up. Maybe latest isn't greatest.

flashplayer11_b1_debug_lin_32_071311.tar.gz

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xman · Joined: 24 Sep 2009 Posts: 145

Latest Adobe Flash Player stable release is still 10.3.181.34, the stable one Wink

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There is development version 11.0d1 = 11.0.1.60. As Adobe states "The technology is not final therefore we do not recommend this release be used on productions systems or for any mission- critical work".

I'm not flash developer, so I use development version only then, if stable one has widely known critical vulnerability, although I'm just now posting from Opera 12.00 pre-alpha Cool

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Bruce B · Posted: Fri 15 Jul 2011, 07:54 Post subject:

This version has shown itself to good in my use

Filename: libflashplayer.so
Plugin: Shockwave Flash 10.2 r153

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jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2417