OK, sorry for my noise. A bit of googling went a long way:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/62988suggests that the problem is to do with flash and gives the following fix: add
export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 to /usr/bin/firefox and everything seems to work. Dave -- LFS User #16110 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
