Re: Linux-flashplugin7 & rtld - RFC

Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Ganbold wrote:
>> This patch makes my native Firefox-1.5.0.4 hang when I go to 
>> www.fifaworldcup.com site.
>
>  You mean __weak_reference patch to rtld, yes? 

I tried to follow http://www.jail.se/freebsd.html  with 
http://www.jail.se/freebsd/rtld_dlsym_hack.diff  patch.

> Do you see "Shockwave Flash 7.*" plugin installed when selecting "Help 
> -> About Plug-ins" in your browser? 


I see Shockwave Flash 7.0 r63 enabled in about:plugins.


> If so, it just means that this plugin (Shockwave Flash 7) was 
> previuosly inactive, and now you're seeing it in action (in this 
> particular case, hanging the browser). So just remove 
> linux-flashplugin-* port, and you'll get the original behaviour (no 
> hangs, no flash either). 

Most probably it will work by removing linux-flashplugin*, but I would 
like to use flash plugin.
Probably there is some other issue and it is not related to the patch.

> If you haven't
> this plugin (linux-flashplugin aka Macromedia Flash Player for Linux)
> installed, this is completely new problem. I'll try to install
> native Firefox from ports this evening and then check whether rtld
> patch itself (w/o linux-flashplugin) changes anything.
Please let me know how it works.

thanks,

Ganbold

>
> Sincerely, Dmitry