Re: the plugin that refuses to die
Glen:
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 01:43:50PM -0700, Glenn English wrote:
> I'm trying to disable Flash on mozilla.
>
> I've renamed the file that mozilla's "about plugins" says is to blame
> (/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflash-mozplugin.so).
>
> I've removed firefox and deleted its plugin directory (there was another
> copy of the flash plugin in it).
>
> I did a "sync."
>
> I did a top and tried to kill swf_play. It died, but immediately came
> back. And It's not a daemon, AFAIK.
>
> And I emptied mozilla's cache.
>
> But the $*(^% thing still grabs 25% of my CPU when I access my account
> at Vonage. And 100% if I go to Vonage/home.
>
> Anybody got an enchanted dagger that will kill this beast?
Try the extension 'Flash Click to view'. It seems to work for me on
Firefox. Flash images are grey until you 'bring them to life'. Go to
the Mozilla site to obtain it.
Dean
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