** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24002576/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: "ExtensionSummary.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24002577/ExtensionSummary.txt ** Attachment added: "profiles.ini.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24002578/profiles.ini.txt ** Summary changed: - Segfaulting (probably flash) + Segfaulting (regarding flash) ** Description changed: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 When loading a page containing a flash applet, Firefox will often generate a segfault showing the following error message in the console: --start quote-- about:blank is either a broken URL or Swfdec can't parse it Segmentation fault --end quote-- As the word Swfdec appears in the error message, I can only deduce that there might be something wrong with the integration of the flash plugin ("Shockwave Flask 9.0 r999"). I also tried installing the FlashBlock extension and the errors didn't go away. The error only occurs when I (re)load a certain page containing a flash applet (like http://www.youtube.com/). The error is not always reproducible, at least on my system, but it seems that it happens more - than 50% of the time. Sometimes the following error occurs instead: + than 50% of the time. Sometimes one the following error occurs instead: --start quote-- about:blank is either a broken URL or Swfdec can't parse it (firefox:5480): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed unhandled event 19 --end quote-- - For the times when the browser doesn't crash, when I click on the flash - applet to activate it, the CPU usage booms to 100% (dual core) and the - browser freezes. + --start quote-- + about:blank is either a broken URL or Swfdec can't parse it - I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 and Firefox 3.0.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1. + (firefox:5416): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed + Loading stream: http://s288.photobucket.com/include/swf/uploader/flash9/PBUpload.swf?v=19.0.31 + unhandled event 9 + unhandled event 10 + unhandled event 9 + unhandled event 10 + --start quote-- + + + For the times when the browser doesn't crash, when I click on the flash applet to activate it, the CPU usage booms to 100% (dual core) and the browser freezes. + ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686 -- Segfaulting (regarding flash) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344276 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
