On Fri, 2 Nov 2012, Tom Rosmond wrote:
> Bonnie,
>
> Thanks again. As I mentioned yesterday, removing 'nspluginwrapper'
> fixed the problem. Interesting, however, is that with my x86_64 SL 5.5
> only the i386 flash-plugin is installed and available via YUM. In the
> spirit of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it', I think I will leave it
> that way.
Indeed, if it still works, that strikes me as strange, though.
I've installed working x86_64 version of flash-plugin from
thirdparty repository. This rpm goes from http://repoforge.org/
and looks like it's true x86_64 binary and .so files.
The details of the rpm are follow:
{{{
rpm -qi flash-plugin
Name : flash-plugin Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 11.2.202.238 Vendor: Dag Apt
Repository, http://dag.wieers.com/apt/
Release : 0.2.el5.rf Build Date: Sun 23 Sep 2012
03:59:38 AM MSK
Install Date: Tue 16 Oct 2012 02:16:09 PM MSK Build Host:
lisse.hasselt.wieers.com
Group : Applications/Internet Source RPM:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.238-0.2.el5.rf.src.rpm
Size : 20353580 License: Commercial
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sun 23 Sep 2012 04:04:52 AM MSK, Key ID
a20e52146b8d79e6
Packager : Dag Wieers <[log in to unmask]>
URL : http://www.macromedia.com/downloads/
Summary : Macromedia Flash Player
Description :
Macromedia Flash Player
By downloading and installing this package you agree to the included
LICENSE.
}}}
And for files:
{{{
file /usr/bin/flash-player-properties
/usr/bin/flash-player-properties: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64,
version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, dynamically linked (uses shared
libs), stripped
file /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object,
AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), stripped
}}}
>
> Tom R.
>
>
> On Fri, 2012-11-02 at 08:46 -0500, Bonnie King wrote:
>> Thanks Tom,
>>
>> I've tested and I'm able to reproduce the crash on x86_64 with:
>>
>> * firefox.x86_64 0:10.0.10-1.el5_8
>> * flash-plugin-11.2.202.243-release.i386 or
>> flash-plugin-11.2.202.243-release.x86_64,
>> * nspluginwrapper installed
>>
>> No segfault with flash-plugin-11.2.202.243-release.x86_64 without
>> nspluginwrapper, or with previous Firefox (10.0.8).
>>
>> On 11/01/2012 11:14 AM, Tom Rosmond wrote:
>>> Thanks for the advice. Removing 'nspluginwrapper' looks like it fixed
>>> the problem. The seqfaults seemed to be unique to the Google website,
>>> and now Google is working. I assume SL installs the proper plugins as
>>> part of Yum updates, so hopefully I have everything I need.
>>>
>>> T. Rosmond
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2012-11-01 at 08:52 -0500, Bonnie King wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *** NSPlugin Viewer *** WARNING: unhandled variable 18 (<unknown
>>>>> variable>) in NPN_GetValue()
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] Segmentation fault firefox
>>>>> [2007]cedar /home/rosmond:
>>>>
>>>> I don't know what's causing the segfault (some plugin seems likely), but
>>>> the NSPlugin Viewer WARNING is seen with nspluginwrapper, which enables
>>>> you to use the 32-bit Flash plugin on 64-bit systems (necessary before
>>>> there was a 64-bit plugin).
>>>>
>>>> If you use the flash plugin for your architecture and uninstall
>>>> nspluginwrapper, you won't see the warning. I'm not sure it's related
>>>> to your crash, since I see the message anywhere nspluginwrapper is
>>>> installed and it seems to be harmless.
>>>>
>>>> In any case, there should be no need for nspluginwrapper if you have the
>>>> appropriate flash plugin installed.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ********************************************************
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not a browser expert, so would appreciate any advice to correct the
>>>>> problem. I could try to revert to the previous version, but would
>>>>> prefer not to.
>>>>>
>>>>> T. Rosmond
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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Best regards,
Valery Mitsyn
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