Closed Bug 361766 Opened 18 years ago Closed 17 years ago

flash 9 crashes requires reboot

Categories

(External Software Affecting Firefox Graveyard :: Flash (Adobe), defect)

Product:
External Software Affecting Firefox Graveyard
Component:
Flash (Adobe)
Platform:
x86
Windows 98
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: jay, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

(Keywords: crash)

open URI in ff2 using win'98 system freezes requiring reboot component might be plugin but no longer in list :-(
Component: General → Plug-ins
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: general → plugins
Version: 2.0 Branch → 1.8 Branch
Please paste your build identifier from Help -> About, and the version of the flash plugin (from about:plugins)
mozilla/5.0(windows;u;win98;en-gb;rv:1.8.1)gecko/20061010 firefox/2.0 npswf32.dll shockwave flash 8.0 r22 adobe site rejects ff2.0 when trying to upgrade. found alternative at mozilla: http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows.html installed: shockwave flash 9.0 r28 now ff freezes, no longer requires reboot but ctrl-alt-del to close. when 32% of flash file is said to be loaded
WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0 it does grab 25MB rather quickly and lots of cpu before settling down at 10-20% cpu - if you have a smallish machine I can see where it would hang, or look like it. How much memory do you have? You have the newest plugin so that's a good start. Suggest you install flashblock extension. After you start FF, open a few tabs before you visit the URL. Can you close any of the other tabs? Use flashblock to find which flash image it hangs up on, or if it only hangs if all start at the same time.
256Mb RAM recently upgraded to xp so can no longer test for win98. URI runs fine
Volker, Andrei (need your w98 experience) do you also see the problem described?
I just upgraded the flash player to this one : Shockwave Flash 9.0 r45 Fox version Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3 (using http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows.html) and tried some flash sites. I experienced no problem so far.
closing WFM per comment 6
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Keywords: crash
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Component: Plug-ins → Flash (Adobe)
Product: Core → Plugins
QA Contact: plugins → adobe-flash
Version: 1.8 Branch → 9.x
Version and milestone values are being reset to defaults as part of product refactoring.
Version: 9.x → unspecified
Product: External Software Affecting Firefox → External Software Affecting Firefox Graveyard
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