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notbob
May 5, 2012, 12:57:00 AM5/5/12
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Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy the
libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally, you
need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
nb
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Yell out the window "bitch!" --Bill Burr
13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy the
libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally, you
need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
nb
--
vi --the heart of evil!
Yell out the window "bitch!" --Bill Burr
Feranija
May 5, 2012, 1:25:22 AM5/5/12
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On 05/04/12 21:57, notbob wrote:
> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
> 13.37
Why do you believe there is flashplayer in Slackware 13.37, ver 10 in
> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
> 13.37
slackbuilds ?
The Real Bev
May 5, 2012, 1:32:26 AM5/5/12
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On 05/04/2012 09:57 PM, notbob wrote:
> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>
> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>
> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>
> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy the
> libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally, you
> need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>
> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
> yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
BUT Flash 11 turns youtube etc. movies blue and Adobe doesn't intend to
> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>
> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>
> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>
> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy the
> libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally, you
> need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>
> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
> yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
fix it. I went back to 10.3.
--
Cheers, Bev
"I love this country...
...and the freedoms we used to have..."
--George Carlin
Dan C
May 5, 2012, 2:19:30 AM5/5/12
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On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 05/04/2012 09:57 PM, notbob wrote:
>
>> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
>> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>>
>> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>>
>> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>>
>> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy
>> the libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally,
>> you need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>>
>> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
>> yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
>
> BUT Flash 11 turns youtube etc. movies blue and Adobe doesn't intend to
> fix it. I went back to 10.3.
Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
> On 05/04/2012 09:57 PM, notbob wrote:
>
>> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
>> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>>
>> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>>
>> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>>
>> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy
>> the libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally,
>> you need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>>
>> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
>> yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
>
> BUT Flash 11 turns youtube etc. movies blue and Adobe doesn't intend to
> fix it. I went back to 10.3.
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Glyn Millington
May 5, 2012, 2:53:24 AM5/5/12
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Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid> writes:
> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> On 05/04/2012 09:57 PM, notbob wrote:
>>
>>> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10
>>> in 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>>> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>>> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>>> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>>> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely
>>> copy the libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/.
>>> Naturally, you need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>>> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of
>>> the yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
>> BUT Flash 11 turns youtube etc. movies blue and Adobe doesn't
>> intend to fix it. I went back to 10.3.
>
> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
Same here.
> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> On 05/04/2012 09:57 PM, notbob wrote:
>>
>>> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10
>>> in 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>>> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>>> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>>> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>>> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely
>>> copy the libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/.
>>> Naturally, you need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>>> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of
>>> the yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
>> BUT Flash 11 turns youtube etc. movies blue and Adobe doesn't
>> intend to fix it. I went back to 10.3.
>
> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
atb
Glyn
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The Natural Philosopher
May 5, 2012, 6:23:33 AM5/5/12
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notbob wrote:
> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>
That why I am on version 11.
> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>
> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>
> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>
> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy the
> libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally, you
> need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>
> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
> yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
>
> nb
>
--
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that they know how little is really possible -
and how hard it is to achieve it.
The Natural Philosopher
May 5, 2012, 6:24:00 AM5/5/12
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Dan C wrote:
> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> On 05/04/2012 09:57 PM, notbob wrote:
>>
>>> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
>>> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>>>
>>> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>>>
>>> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>>>
>>> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy
>>> the libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally,
>>> you need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>>>
>>> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
>>> yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
>> BUT Flash 11 turns youtube etc. movies blue and Adobe doesn't intend to
>> fix it. I went back to 10.3.
>
> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
>
>
+1
> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> On 05/04/2012 09:57 PM, notbob wrote:
>>
>>> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
>>> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>>>
>>> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>>>
>>> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>>>
>>> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy
>>> the libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally,
>>> you need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>>>
>>> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
>>> yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
>> BUT Flash 11 turns youtube etc. movies blue and Adobe doesn't intend to
>> fix it. I went back to 10.3.
>
> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
>
>
root
May 5, 2012, 8:33:17 AM5/5/12
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Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid> wrote:
> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> On 05/04/2012 09:57 PM, notbob wrote:
>>
>>> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
>>> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>>>
>>> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>>>
>>> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>>>
>>> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy
>>> the libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally,
>>> you need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>>>
>>> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
>>> yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
>>
>> BUT Flash 11 turns youtube etc. movies blue and Adobe doesn't intend to
>> fix it. I went back to 10.3.
>
> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
The problem is with Nvidia cards and some other lib which I forget.
> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> On 05/04/2012 09:57 PM, notbob wrote:
>>
>>> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
>>> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>>>
>>> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>>>
>>> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>>>
>>> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy
>>> the libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally,
>>> you need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>>>
>>> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
>>> yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
>>
>> BUT Flash 11 turns youtube etc. movies blue and Adobe doesn't intend to
>> fix it. I went back to 10.3.
>
> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
If you have the blue problem you can google for possible fixes.
>
>
notbob
May 5, 2012, 8:45:18 AM5/5/12
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On 2012-05-05, Feranija <fera...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
> Why do you believe there is flashplayer in Slackware 13.37, ver 10 in
> slackbuilds ?
Oh yeah. I hadda add flash after installing 13.37 and 10whatever jes
> Why do you believe there is flashplayer in Slackware 13.37, ver 10 in
> slackbuilds ?
happened to be current. I fergot.
Dude ....Ima geezer. Cut me some slack. ;)
The Natural Philosopher
May 5, 2012, 11:49:21 AM5/5/12
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root
May 5, 2012, 1:09:24 PM5/5/12
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The Natural Philosopher <t...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> root wrote:
>> Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 05/04/2012 09:57 PM, notbob wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
>>>>> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>>>>>
>>>>> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy
>>>>> the libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally,
>>>>> you need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>>>>>
>>>>> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
>>>>> yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
>>>> BUT Flash 11 turns youtube etc. movies blue and Adobe doesn't intend to
>>>> fix it. I went back to 10.3.
>>> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
>>
>> The problem is with Nvidia cards and some other lib which I forget.
>> If you have the blue problem you can google for possible fixes.
>
> Ive got an Nvidia card.
>
I think you also have to install libvdpau to have the problem. There is
> root wrote:
>> Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 05/04/2012 09:57 PM, notbob wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yo, Slackers! Ya' need to update your flashplayer, as the ver 10 in
>>>>> 13.37 is susceptable to security exploits.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/7u7sbns
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a piece of cake. Dwnld the tar.gz file from here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>>>>>
>>>>> Un-tar it (tar xvzf foo) in an empty dir, then, as root, merely copy
>>>>> the libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/. Naturally,
>>>>> you need to lose the old file or at least rename it.
>>>>>
>>>>> You non-Slackers can do essentially the same thing or pick one of the
>>>>> yum, apt, rpm, etc, files.
>>>> BUT Flash 11 turns youtube etc. movies blue and Adobe doesn't intend to
>>>> fix it. I went back to 10.3.
>>> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
>>
>> The problem is with Nvidia cards and some other lib which I forget.
>> If you have the blue problem you can google for possible fixes.
>
> Ive got an Nvidia card.
>
some fix that uses a file something like /etc/adobe.mms.cfg, but that
fix causes my version of chrome to crash every once in a while.
>>>
>
>
notbob
May 5, 2012, 3:46:14 PM5/5/12
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On 2012-05-05, root <NoE...@home.org> wrote:
> I think you also have to install libvdpau to have the problem. There is
> some fix that uses a file something like /etc/adobe.mms.cfg, but that
> fix causes my version of chrome to crash every once in a while.
I'll hafta look into that, cuz I'm also having probs with this new ver
> I think you also have to install libvdpau to have the problem. There is
> some fix that uses a file something like /etc/adobe.mms.cfg, but that
> fix causes my version of chrome to crash every once in a while.
11.2 r202. My youtube vids are not blue and they play OK, but after a
couple vids, I lose video/audio sync and all youtube vids are like bad
Chinese overdubbed movie, at least 2 secs out of sync. Maddening! I
also have a nvidia intergrated vid chip which works fine with the native Slack
nouveau driver. At least up till now. It's gotta be the new flash
file. If I re-install the old 10x version, everything goes back to
normal, i.e. good video/audio sync.
Leave it to Adobe to screw the pooch. :(
notbob
May 5, 2012, 7:22:41 PM5/5/12
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> I think you also have to install libvdpau to have the problem. There is
> some fix that uses a file something like /etc/adobe.mms.cfg, but that
> fix causes my version of chrome to crash every once in a while.
I found this for that bluetube problem:
> some fix that uses a file something like /etc/adobe.mms.cfg, but that
> fix causes my version of chrome to crash every once in a while.
http://tinyurl.com/c9wsvce
Not sure if it fixes the un-sync problem, yet. I'm pretty sure my
nvidia chip is NOT accelerated hardware.
J G Miller
May 5, 2012, 7:58:14 PM5/5/12
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On Saturday, May 5th, 2012, at 23:22:41h +0000, NoT BoB wrote:
> I'm pretty sure my nvidia chip is NOT accelerated hardware.
glxinfo | grep DRI
> I'm pretty sure my nvidia chip is NOT accelerated hardware.
notbob
May 5, 2012, 9:00:06 PM5/5/12
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???
John Thompson
May 5, 2012, 9:09:59 PM5/5/12
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On 2012-05-05, Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid> wrote:
> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
Me too. But even if it doesn't, why couldn't you watch youtube using
> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
html5?
--
-John (jo...@os2.dhs.org)
Dan C
May 6, 2012, 1:16:57 AM5/6/12
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On Sat, 05 May 2012 20:09:59 -0500, John Thompson wrote:
> On 2012-05-05, Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>>
>> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
>
> Me too. But even if it doesn't, why couldn't you watch youtube using
> html5?
I don't know. Maybe I could.
> On 2012-05-05, Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>>
>> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
>
> Me too. But even if it doesn't, why couldn't you watch youtube using
> html5?
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J G Miller
May 6, 2012, 6:56:41 AM5/6/12
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On Sunday, May 6th, 2012, at 01:00:06h +0000, NoT BoB wrote:
> On 2012-05-05, J G Miller <mil...@yoyo.ORG> wrote:
>> On Saturday, May 5th, 2012, at 23:22:41h +0000, NoT BoB wrote:
>>
>>> I'm pretty sure my nvidia chip is NOT accelerated hardware.
>>
>> glxinfo | grep DRI
>
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI nv05 20091015 x86/MMX/SSE2
That would indicate that you do have [some] accelerated hardware
> On 2012-05-05, J G Miller <mil...@yoyo.ORG> wrote:
>> On Saturday, May 5th, 2012, at 23:22:41h +0000, NoT BoB wrote:
>>
>>> I'm pretty sure my nvidia chip is NOT accelerated hardware.
>>
>> glxinfo | grep DRI
>
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI nv05 20091015 x86/MMX/SSE2
feature on the graphics card and that it is supported [in part]
by your X11 server.
You can see what features are supported by Xorg X11 server with
man nv
or take a look at
<http://www.x.ORG/archive/X11R7.5/doc/man/man4/nv.4.html>
Is it a legendary Nvidia Riva TNT2 graphics card?
King Beowulf
May 7, 2012, 10:18:07 PM5/7/12
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On Sun, 06 May 2012 05:16:57 +0000, Dan C wrote:
> On Sat, 05 May 2012 20:09:59 -0500, John Thompson wrote:
>
>> On 2012-05-05, Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>
>>> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
>>
>> Me too. But even if it doesn't, why couldn't you watch youtube using
>> html5?
>
> I don't know. Maybe I could.
not all youtube videos are available via HTML5. Of course, HTML5 has its
> On Sat, 05 May 2012 20:09:59 -0500, John Thompson wrote:
>
>> On 2012-05-05, Dan C <youmust...@lan.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>
>>> Youtube works fine for me with 11.x
>>
>> Me too. But even if it doesn't, why couldn't you watch youtube using
>> html5?
>
> I don't know. Maybe I could.
own issues, and I have a heck of a time streaming 720p and 1080p. Flash
streams better but still pegs and stutter on my dual core AMD CPU at
1080p with 11.2 - I have to turn off hardware acceleration (blue tint
with nvidia binary blob). Funny thing is 11.1 was fine. Of course I
could also use various extensions to rip the flv to my hard drive. When I
the play back with mplayer all is well.
Conclusion: flash sucks, firefox turned into a hog, and HTML5 is buggy.
--
Linux Counter #230211
The Natural Philosopher
May 7, 2012, 10:59:18 PM5/7/12
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I think I'll stay there.
It works..once I got an Nvidia card anyway. Was a total bitch on intel
onboard video.
Danno
May 7, 2012, 11:27:48 PM5/7/12
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On Fri, 04 May 2012 22:32:26 -0700
all workspaces, but IIRC, I just updated to the (then) latest (295.09) blob
from nVidia and it was all better. (32-bit 13.1, flash 11,1,102,63).
Of course, I keep my old versions of flash handy, just in case...
--
Slackware 13.1, 2.6.33.4-smp, Core i7 920
GeForce GT520, RLU #272755
Bodgit
May 8, 2012, 6:47:27 AM5/8/12
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On 06/05/12 00:22, notbob wrote:
> On 2012-05-05, root<NoE...@home.org> wrote:
>
>> I think you also have to install libvdpau to have the problem. There is
>> some fix that uses a file something like /etc/adobe.mms.cfg, but that
>> fix causes my version of chrome to crash every once in a while.
>
> I found this for that bluetube problem:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/c9wsvce
>
> Not sure if it fixes the un-sync problem, yet. I'm pretty sure my
> nvidia chip is NOT accelerated hardware.
>
> nb
>
Thanks for that, cured my problem :-)
> On 2012-05-05, root<NoE...@home.org> wrote:
>
>> I think you also have to install libvdpau to have the problem. There is
>> some fix that uses a file something like /etc/adobe.mms.cfg, but that
>> fix causes my version of chrome to crash every once in a while.
>
> I found this for that bluetube problem:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/c9wsvce
>
> Not sure if it fixes the un-sync problem, yet. I'm pretty sure my
> nvidia chip is NOT accelerated hardware.
>
> nb
>
Chris Vine
May 8, 2012, 3:13:33 PM5/8/12
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On Tue, 08 May 2012 03:59:18 +0100
I have onboard intel video on two computers, one of which uses the
sandybridge chipset, and I had to upgrade the X and kernel packages
myself in order to get the sandybridge one to perform acceptably (and
to stop it locking up randomly when a compositing desktop such as KDE
is in use).
One side effect of this, which included an upgrade of mesa, was that gpu
acceleration with flashplayer 10.3 and 11.2 now works really well on
intel (with flashplayer 10.3 you need a /etc/adobe/mms.cfg file
containing the line 'OverrideGPUValidation=true', but flash 11.2 doesn't
require that). HTML5/h264 on firefox now works reasonably as well, and
works extremely well with google chrome.
Presumably the latest X packages in slackware-current will behave
similarly, although I have not yet tried them. If you do try
installing those ones note that they have probably been compiled against
the upgraded glibc in current, and for that reason may not work without
the glibc upgrade.
[comp.os.linux.misc follow-up removed].
Chris
The Natural Philosopher <t...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
sandybridge chipset, and I had to upgrade the X and kernel packages
myself in order to get the sandybridge one to perform acceptably (and
to stop it locking up randomly when a compositing desktop such as KDE
is in use).
One side effect of this, which included an upgrade of mesa, was that gpu
acceleration with flashplayer 10.3 and 11.2 now works really well on
intel (with flashplayer 10.3 you need a /etc/adobe/mms.cfg file
containing the line 'OverrideGPUValidation=true', but flash 11.2 doesn't
require that). HTML5/h264 on firefox now works reasonably as well, and
works extremely well with google chrome.
Presumably the latest X packages in slackware-current will behave
similarly, although I have not yet tried them. If you do try
installing those ones note that they have probably been compiled against
the upgraded glibc in current, and for that reason may not work without
the glibc upgrade.
[comp.os.linux.misc follow-up removed].
Chris
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