On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:57:08 -0500
Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 03/15/2013 01:04 PM, Andras Horvath wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:59:51 +0100
> > Andras Horvath <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:50:37 -0500
> >> Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 03/15/2013 10:48 AM, Andras Horvath wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:17:02 -0500
> >>>> Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 03/15/2013 08:48 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
> >>>>>> On 03/15/2013 05:54 AM, Andras Horvath wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Yesterday came a huge update regarding the kernel
> >>>>>>> (2.6.32-358.2.1) and the X (xorg and libs).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> System is SL 6.3, 64 bit.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Since this update the sandbox windows cannot be resized with
> >>>>>>> Firefox. I run FF in sandbox with this command:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> sandbox -i ~/.mozilla/plugins -t sandbox_net_t -X -- firefox
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> AFAIK the ability to resize an X sandbox window is a special
> >>>>>>> patch from TUV which therefore makes this ability to be
> >>>>>>> available only on RHEL (and so SL) and not on Fedora. This one
> >>>>>>> came with an update when the system version was at 6.2. Before
> >>>>>>> that it was not available.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Another regression I seem to have noticed is that the adobe
> >>>>>>> flash plugin crashes or simply doesn't behave properly.
> >>>>>>> Sometimes the flash area on the web page stays blank on some
> >>>>>>> specific sites.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I tested these in FF with an empty profile too, but the same
> >>>>>>> happens. Didn't have any problem before yesterday.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Andras
> >>>>>> hmmmmm
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I fear I've a ton of questions, so forgive my rather shotgun
> >>>>>> approach.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I do hate X updates as security errata, not all dependencies
> >>>>>> are listed as 'Requires' which makes for all sorts of fun.....
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There is a new policycoreutils build for 6.4, nothing that I
> >>>>>> pushed yesterday listed it as a requirement so it wasn't
> >>>>>> pushed. But it is the rpm providing 'sandbox'. Maybe we've
> >>>>>> got a bugfix or two here....
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Can I have you try updating those rpms:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/os/repoview/letter_p.group.html
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> (you can also do yum --releasever=6rolling update
> >>>>>> policycoreutil* if that is more convenient)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Are you having the flash problems in a sandbox or just naively?
> >>>>>> If it is in a sandbox, does the problem persist when run
> >>>>>> naively?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Just to verify, you've booted into the new kernel, right? If
> >>>>>> not can I have you check and see if the problems follow you
> >>>>>> there? (Forgive the seeming obviousness of the question, but
> >>>>>> sometimes the answer is 'no')
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Do the problems you've reported persist on the older kernel?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I show the current adobe flash rpm as
> >>>>>> flash-plugin-11.2.202.275-release.x86_64 , it was released
> >>>>>> earlier in the week. Did you get that update?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Any chance I can see a copy of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> If you've got the binary only drivers, what version are they
> >>>>>> and where did you get them?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Any chance for your X logs from a session where you've got the
> >>>>>> problems?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'll look at some stuff and see what I can see,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Pat
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> I've been able to replicate the 'cannot resize' problem other
> >>>>> popular rebuilds of TUV and SL 6.4 BETA2.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> My guess is that this is an upstream bug.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've not been able to replicate the flash problems outside of
> >>>>> the sandbox.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Pat
> >>>> I reproduced the flash problem along with the sandbox resize on a
> >>>> freshly installed SL 6.3 VM too with and also without upgrading
> >>>> policycoreutils to the version in 6.4.
> >>>>
> >>>> So I'm gonna create a bug report at TUV. Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Andras
> >>> When you get it made can you send me the bugzilla number so I can
> >>> follow its progress?
> >>>
> >>> Pat
> >> I was gonna in either way write back the link of my bug report for
> >> the record, but before starting it I searched for any similar and
> >> found this one reported 3 weeks ago:
> >>
> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915202
> >>
> >> In short: TUV got the resize patch removed.
> >>
> >> Any idea for the flash problem? Some of my clients reported it too
> >> and I got this link which doesn't work either (flash game, in the
> >> middle of the screen the pool game doesn't come up):
> >>
> >> http://www.miniclip.com/games/8-ball-pool-multiplayer/en/
> >>
> >> (Sorry, but cannot find better test page currently)
> >>
> >> I'll test it by downgrading my flash and will report back.
> >>
> >>
> >> Andras
> > Problem persists with different versions of flash plugins too.
> >
> > Andras
>
> I've been unable to replicate....
>
Just a feedback on this: consider the flash problem solved now. The
websites I was checking at the time started working again, so
mysteriously they were just malfunctioning and I thought it has
something to do with the the update I mentioned earlier.
Thanks for checking!
Andras
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