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Titel: nvidia driver vs. flash plugin in Firefox/Iceweasel  BeitragVerfasst am: 30.10.2011, 23:11 Uhr



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Graphics chipset: GeForce 6150SE
Adobe Flash version: 11.0.1 (x86_64)

After installing the latest kernel and nvidia driver (with the "update-kernel.sh" and "install-nvidia-debian.sh" scripts), Adobe Flash crashed all the time (and by all the time, I mean every single time) in Firefox and Iceweasel v7.0.1. But it worked fine in Google Chrome. Most annoying.

It didn't matter if I installed flash locally (in ~/.mozilla/plugins using the "install-flash-local.sh" script) or globally (using the "flashplugin-nonfree" package). (Nor should it, since either method installs the same version.) Disabling other plugins didn't help.

The problem was with nVidia driver 290.03, installed by the "install-nvidia-debian.sh" script. Once I reverted back to the latest stable version -- 285.05.09, as of this writing -- flash worked in Firefox/Iceweasel again.

Posted in case this helps someone else.
 
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Kano
Titel: nvidia driver vs. flash plugin in Firefox/Iceweasel  BeitragVerfasst am: 31.10.2011, 05:08 Uhr



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Yes, i know that, therefore i reverted the temporary default of 290.03 to the older 285.05.09 driver. In most cases i set an alternative driver to the default one to the version shortcut "-vs" for the nvidia script. Sometimes you get a special feature driver, the last stable or a beta driver that does not work for all. 290.03 could work with 10.3 flash, but that was only available for 32 bit. With a card with vdpau accelleration using the updated install-flash-local.sh script with "-n" for next and "-v" vdpau option might have worked too, but not possible in your case. I rewrote the flash install script completely and most likely i will change/add some options to it again. Dont see those options as "final" solution... To use vdpau rendering accelleration you also need (as root):

mkdir -p /etc/adobe;echo EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=1 > /etc/adobe/mms.cfg

but you need a newer nvidia card series 8+, with the exeption the first 8800 gts 320/640 and 8800 gtx. there might be some not working 8400 gs cards too, but those seem to be rare.
 
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Titel: RE: nvidia driver vs. flash plugin in Firefox/Iceweasel  BeitragVerfasst am: 09.11.2011, 08:13 Uhr



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Thanks for keeping up on this stuff, Kano. For those who don't know, type "install-nvidia-debian.sh -h" for a list of options. One of them ("-v") lets you specify which version of the nvidia driver to install.
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Kano
Titel: RE: nvidia driver vs. flash plugin in Firefox/Iceweasel  BeitragVerfasst am: 09.11.2011, 09:22 Uhr



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The current default is 290.06 btw. You see that when you call the script with -p option (for print).
 
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Titel: Re: RE: nvidia driver vs. flash plugin in Firefox/Iceweasel  BeitragVerfasst am: 13.11.2011, 01:23 Uhr



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Kano hat folgendes geschrieben::
The current default is 290.06 btw. You see that when you call the script with -p option (for print).


Is the flash problem fixed in that nVidia driver release?
 
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Titel: Re: RE: nvidia driver vs. flash plugin in Firefox/Iceweasel  BeitragVerfasst am: 13.11.2011, 01:30 Uhr



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Yes, you can use 290.06 without problems with flash.
 
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