Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1125 mails)

[Carl Hartung <opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 12 May 2012 22:19:37 -0500
Ricardo Chung <ricardo.a.chung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> I found a silly solution to all flash-player video crashes and the
> people on it turning their skin blue.
>
> Flash-Player 235 made some changes on video behavior on my side and
> other people's computer on this mailing list.
>
> I did some tests with 32 bit and 64 bit systems, GNOME and KDE,
> openSUSE 11.4 and 12.1.
>
> I did some tests with different video card adapters including nVIDIA,
> ATI, GMA and Pineview Intel Controller. Including propietary and free
> drivers.
>
> It looks related to propietary drivers installed and 64 bit systems.
> Same hardware with 32 bit system and free drivers are not impacted
> disregard the video adapter cards.
>
> Conclusion: 
>
> If you find the Video Flash Player Crash or people showin blue skins.
> Reload and/or Go to YouTube or any video hoster. Stop the video
> playing. Mouse Right- Click on Video image will show a contextual
> dialog. Move the pointer to Setting option and press Left-Click on
> it. It will show several tab. Choose Display Tab, Uncheck the
> Hardware Acceleration box. Reload your favorite video and voila. No
> more crashes.
>
> Regards,

Hi Ricardo,

I rolled flashplayer back to the last working (for me) version and
locked it there. I'm too busy to run experiments right now. I'll try
your solution and report back soon. Thank you for doing the hard work
and writing such a clear description! :-)

regards,

Carl
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