[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Does Shockware Flash Plugin for Mozilla work on powerpc arch?



On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 03:06:22PM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 02:54:35PM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 09:16:02AM +0100, Uwe Steinmann wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 04:47:22PM -0800, tgs154-em@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > > I've installed the swf-player package on Debian, and I
> > > > no longer see the missing plugin icon on pages. 
> > > > However I still don't see the content, I only see a
> > > > blank field where there should be content.
> > > > 
> > > > Is there something else that I need to set?  I've
> > > > installed the package from stabel sarge.
> > > I made the experience that it sometimes works but in most
> > > cases doesn't. Recent versions in sid has improved the situation
> > > but it still kills my web browser way to often.
> > 
> > Same here, on unstable: I already was considering removing swf-player
> > completely from the system, because of these at times really ugly
> > crashes of Firefox: Firefox in these instances is eating around 85-90%
> > of the CPU after, IINM, swf-player has been loaded.
> 
> It seems I was wrong:
> 
> I just removed swf-player completely (aptitude also removed a few
> other 'unused' packages with that removal), re-started Firefox, and
> the CPU Load problem still persists: You can verify it here:
> http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/index.html
Just loaded that page with galeon and it takes 65% of the cpu.
But at least it doesn't screw up. Leaving that pages (which makes sense
in any case :-) lets galeon return to normal behavior.

> In short: The page above eats a huge load of my CPU no matter whether
> swf-player is installed or not ... There's obviously  something else
> that's wrong ...
Is there an swf animation on that page at all?

 Uwe

-- 
  MMK GmbH, Fleyer Str. 196, 58097 Hagen
  Uwe.Steinmann@mmk-hagen.de
  Tel: +2331 840446    Fax: +2331 843920

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


Reply to: