[arch-general] Something is seriously wrong with FlashPlugin; makes chrome & firefox crash like crazy

[Nilesh Govindarajan]

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan <lists at itech7.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Gaurish Sharma <contact at gaurishsharma.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Flashplugin keep crashing which makes Firefox unstable. with chrome, only
>> the
>> plugin crashes. But this way I am not able to experiance any flash based
>> website. the thing that annoy me is that flash does work fine my lappy
>> with
>> OpenSuse.
>>
>> Anyone experiencing similar issues?
>>
>>
>> Logs
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> gaurish ~ > gdb firefox
>> GNU gdb (GDB) 7.0.1
>> Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <
>> http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
>> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
>> and "show warranty" for details.
>> This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu".
>> For bug reporting instructions, please see:
>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
>> Reading symbols from /usr/bin/firefox...(no debugging symbols
>> found)...done.
>> (gdb) run
>> Starting program: /usr/bin/firefox
>> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe8df2710 (LWP 25663)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe83e8710 (LWP 25664)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe7be7710 (LWP 25665)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe6aff710 (LWP 25669)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe33f4710 (LWP 25670)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe2bf3710 (LWP 25671)]
>> [Thread 0x7fffe2bf3710 (LWP 25671) exited]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe2bf3710 (LWP 25672)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe164a710 (LWP 25673)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe0e49710 (LWP 25676)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe0442710 (LWP 25677)]
>> [Thread 0x7fffe0442710 (LWP 25677) exited]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe0442710 (LWP 25678)]
>> [Thread 0x7fffe0442710 (LWP 25678) exited]
>> LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so [/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so:
>> wrong
>> ELF class: ELFCLASS32]
>> LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so [/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so:
>> wrong
>> ELF class: ELFCLASS32]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffe0442710 (LWP 25679)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffd64ff710 (LWP 25680)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffd59ff710 (LWP 25684)]
>> [Thread 0x7fffd59ff710 (LWP 25684) exited]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffd59ff710 (LWP 25688)]
>> [New Thread 0x7fffd20ff710 (LWP 25689)]
>>
>> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>> 0x00007fffda43ba42 in ?? () from
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> (gdb) bt
>> #0  0x00007fffda43ba42 in ?? () from
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> #1  0x00007fffda43bb58 in ?? () from
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> #2  0x00007fffda43c15a in ?? () from
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> #3  0x00007fffda43fa0e in ?? () from
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> #4  0x00007fffda5755c1 in ?? () from
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> #5  0x00007fffda491e4a in ?? () from
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> #6  0x00007fffda53d93e in ?? () from
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> #7  0x00007fffda53dec8 in ?? () from
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> #8  0x00007fffda5df95c in ?? () from
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> #9  0x00007fffda268239 in ?? () from
>> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> #10 0x00007ffff5b6974e in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #11 0x00007ffff5b6f5f0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #12 0x00007ffff5506779 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #13 0x00007ffff5506779 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #14 0x00007ffff554d345 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #15 0x00007ffff54f25c5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #16 0x00007ffff54f26ab in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #17 0x00007ffff5cc4a28 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #18 0x00007ffff5cd786b in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #19 0x00007ffff5cac385 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #20 0x00007ffff5c31f11 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #21 0x00007ffff5b09e5e in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #22 0x00007ffff547cc22 in XRE_main () from
>> /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
>> #23 0x0000000000402366 in ?? ()
>> #24 0x00007ffff7376b6d in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
>> #25 0x0000000000401b19 in ?? ()
>> #26 0x00007fffffffe5b8 in ?? ()
>> #27 0x000000000000001c in ?? ()
>> #28 0x0000000000000001 in ?? ()
>> #29 0x00007fffffffe8e2 in ?? ()
>> #30 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
>> (gdb) kill
>> Kill the program being debugged? (y or n) y
>> (gdb) quit
>>
>> gaurish ~ > google-chrome
>> [26339:26339:85939977573:ERROR:/usr/local/google/b/slave/chrome-official-
>> linux-64/build/src/chrome/browser/tab_contents/tab_contents.cc(1762)] Not
>> implemented reached in virtual void TabContents::OnCrashedPlugin(const
>> FilePath&) convert plugin path to plugin name
>> [26339:26339:85939978034:ERROR:/usr/local/google/b/slave/chrome-official-
>> linux-64/build/src/chrome/browser/tab_contents/tab_contents.cc(1762)] Not
>> implemented reached in virtual void TabContents::OnCrashedPlugin(const
>> FilePath&) convert plugin path to plugin name
>> [26339:26339:85939978401:ERROR:/usr/local/google/b/slave/chrome-official-
>> linux-64/build/src/chrome/browser/tab_contents/tab_contents.cc(1762)] Not
>> implemented reached in virtual void TabContents::OnCrashedPlugin(const
>> FilePath&) convert plugin path to plugin name
>>
>>
>> [1] Flashplugin Version        : 10.0.45.2-1
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Gaurish Sharma
>> www.gaurishsharma.com
>>
>
> Try reinstalling the package. I don't think you've the source for
> flashplayer right ? So if that doesn't work you've to use something
> compatible like gnash, etc.
>
>
> --
> Nilesh Govindarajan
> Site & Server Administrator
> www.itech7.com
>
>
One more point. Make sure that you install the package which is built for
your CPU's architechture. I think you have 64 bit. Check it out. It may be
the reason for crashes.

-- 
Nilesh Govindarajan
Site & Server Administrator
www.itech7.com