704133 - Possible problem with "temporary font file" in Shockwave player

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Mihaela Velimiroviciu (:mihaelav)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:9.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0 - build 2
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0.1 - build 2

Preconditions:
1. The latest version of the Shockwave player is installed

STR:
1. Load http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/mountainbike_game/
2. Select "Start a game", select a team and game difficulty and sart the race

Expected result:
After loading, the race should start and user should be able to play

Actual result:
Loading starts but the game doesn't start.

Note:
The game doesn't work with older versions of Firefox (3.6.16, 5.0, 7.0.1) either.
With Chrome, game loads successfully and user can play.

Comment 1

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

> http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/mountainbike_game/

This game doesn't work properly on OS X 10.5.8, either (testing in FF 8.0).  You see the same problem in the demo mode.

But the following game works just fine:

http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/catapult/design-test-simulation.htm

So it is *not* true that the Shockwave player is "not working anymore in Firefox".

Each time this bug's failure occurs (as described in comment #0), I see the following message in the System Console:

11/21/11 10:43:50 AM [0x0-0x31031].org.mozilla.firefox[1889] ActivateTemporaryFontFile: 0x243cbde0 

This may have something to do with the problem.

Comment 2

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

We need tests on other platforms to see if the ActivateTemporaryFontFile message also appears there.

Comment 3

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

I also see the ActivateTemporaryFontFile message on OS X 10.6.8 (testing with FF 8.0 and this bug's URL).

Comment 4

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

And (as I forgot to mention) I can also reproduce this bug on OS X 10.6.8 (testing with FF 8.0).

Comment 5

[Jonathan Kew [:jfkthame]]

I'm not sure the ActivateTemporaryFontFile message indicates a problem at all; I suspect this is just routine logging that Shockwave does when it uses a font that was "embedded" in some way.

(Similar log messages are mentioned in bug 444506, but they don't appear to indicate problems, just normal shockwave activity.)

Comment 6

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

The game mentioned in bug 444506 comment #16 is still accessible, and appears to load (and play) without problems.  But I don't see any ActivateTemporaryFontFile message when loading it (or playing it).  And it uses Flash, not the Shockwave Player.

We need more examples of Shockwave Player media that display the ActivateTemporaryFontFile message and/or trigger this bug.

Comment 7

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

The string ActivateTemporaryFontFile occurs in this file on OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.8 (haven't yet tested on 10.7.2):

/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Shockwave 11/Xtras/Font Xtra PPC.xtra/Contents/MacOS/Font Xtra PPC

Comment 8

[Steven Michaud [:smichaud] (Retired)]

> We need tests on other platforms to see if the
> ActivateTemporaryFontFile message also appears there.

> We need more examples of Shockwave Player media that display the
> ActivateTemporaryFontFile message and/or trigger this bug.

Matt, can you get someone working on these tasks?

Comment 9

[Virtual_ManPL [:Virtual] 🇵🇱 - (please needinfo? me - so I will see your comment/reply/question/etc.)]

I'm marking this bug as WONTFIX per bug #1269807.

For more information see - https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/