Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:36:30 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: Ben Dover <dawgeestyle@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash causes Firefox to core dump, which ports should I have installed? Message-ID: <4210630E.2020408@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <5ae9cd55050213174867bd0271@mail.gmail.com> References: <5ae9cd55050213174867bd0271@mail.gmail.com>
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Ben Dover wrote: > Firefox is my browser of choice but every time I view a web page with > a Flash object Firefox core dumps. The error is as follows: Feb 13 > 18:57:53 w00f kernel: pid 27652 (firefox-bin), uid 0: exited on signal > 6 (core dumped). I have installed the following relevant ports: > /usr/ports/www/firefox > /usr/ports/www/flashplugin-firefox > > I'm confused if I should install the linux-firefox port or the other > flash port. What is the combination everyone has been having good > luck with? I haven't had any luck with flash - it doesn't _always_ crash but too often, so I have simply deinstalled flash. I haven't ever seen a usefull and informative page which had these qualities solely because of flash. To get rid of those anoying requests to install flash, remove the following file: libnullplugin.so (I use mozilla, I guess it's the same for firefox). Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2
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