Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:17:40 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: concerning flash under freebsd Message-ID: <20100615211740.GA50967@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikVilkrvnNMTQ_wvB8AzX31_sUvpcykcv07E3Wf@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikVilkrvnNMTQ_wvB8AzX31_sUvpcykcv07E3Wf@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jun 15 2010 22:55, Alexander Best wrote: > hi there, > > why is flash still causing such problems under freebsd? i've been > having the same issues for years nows: > > - browser tabs freeze completely > - `ps` reports a lot of nspluginwrapper/npviewer.bin processes > - nspluginwrapper/npviewer.bin coredumps > > i read that the cause for this is a buggy implementation of the linux > futex emulation. when will this get fixed? > > almost everyone who uses flash under freebsd has something like this > in his ~/.profile: > > alias killflash='pkill -9 npviewer.bin ; rm -f ~/npviewer.bin.core'; > > cheers. > alex > My alias for killflash is "Don't install it." Flash is buggy software on any platform. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com
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