Flash video freezes in fullscreen, sound continues

[JakP]

Have just upgraded to 10.10 using update manager, using firefox playing flash videos works fine untill i try to watch in fullscreen where the video freezes every few minutes although the sound keeps playing.

toshiba satellite laptop using Intel, GMA 4500MHD

Anything anyone can suggest to solve this would be appreciated, really don't won't to have to re-install 10.04 if i can avoid it

many thanks

[Dans564]

Same problem here. It also happens when the matrix screensaver is on for a bit. Any gotta fix.

It has become so annoying I'm on windows right now! PLEASE SAVE ME!

Custom PC with 2X gtx 460 in sli, i5-760, p7p55d-evo mb

[Dans564]

Same problem here. It also happens when the matrix screensaver is on for a bit. Any gotta fix.

It has become so annoying I'm on windows right now! PLEASE SAVE ME!

Custom PC with 2X gtx 460 in sli, i5-760, p7p55d-evo mb

oh yea im in 10.10 as well

[lovinglinux]

Try these:

Flash Issues & Solutions

Flash Optimization

[Dans564]

thanks for the suggestion, although I don't believe that the screen saver uses flash. It might be two different problems, but they look awfully similar. To me they seem to be the same problem, just two different instances. I have a feeling it has something to do with the X-server.

[lovinglinux]

thanks for the suggestion, although I don't believe that the screen saver uses flash. It might be two different problems, but they look awfully similar. To me they seem to be the same problem, just two different instances. I have a feeling it has something to do with the X-server.

Do you have the latest driver for your video card?

[Dans564]

yea i had the newest one from the repos. I just did a fresh install. it seems to have fixed it. thanks for the help anyways.
I was remembering the problems seemed to have started when i installed KDE onto Ubuntu. :/ don't know what that means, but its interesting.

[DrDmoney]

I am having thes same problem on a clean install. I have the same hardware, and been looking for a fix. I have used ubuntu many times, but I always go back to windows for small error like this that I have no idea how to fix. I just want to get it working right so I can stay.

[lovinglinux]

I am having thes same problem on a clean install. I have the same hardware, and been looking for a fix. I have used ubuntu many times, but I always go back to windows for small error like this that I have no idea how to fix. I just want to get it working right so I can stay.

Please provide the output of the following commands and instructions. This will make sure I will have a good understanding of your Firefox and Flash installations, so I don't need to guess what might be happening to your system:

1 - Flash Version

Type about:config in Firefox address bar, then type plugin.expose_full_path in the filter, then double-click the same item in the results to make it true. Then type about:plugins in the address bar, find Shockwave Flash, copy the corresponding Path and Version and paste here. it should look lie the image below:



2 - Firefox version and architecture

To find Firefox version and architecture, click "Help >> About Mozilla Firefox" in the menu. The info will be located at the bottom of the info dialog (you need to resize the window to see it):




3 - System Info

Execute the following commands then copy the generated file, named firefox-report.txt from your Desktop and upload it here or paste the contents.

To execute those commands, select the entire content below, then go to "Applications >> Accessories >> Terminal" and click the terminal with the middle-mouse button.

echo 'Ubuntu Architecture' > ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
uname -a >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo 'Ubuntu Version' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
cat /etc/lsb-release >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo 'Firefox Packages' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
dpkg --get-selections | grep 'firefox*' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo 'Firefox binaries' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
which firefox >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
file /usr/bin/firefox >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
file /usr/local/bin/firefox >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
file /opt/firefox/firefox >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo 'Firefox divertion' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
file /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo 'Sources' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo 'Flash packages' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
dpkg --get-selections | grep 'flash*' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo 'Plugin locations' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
locate libflashplayer.so  >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
locate flashplugin-alternative.so  >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo 'Flash symlinks' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
echo '' >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
file /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so  >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
file /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so  >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
file /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin  >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
file /var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so  >> ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt
firefox ~/Desktop/firefox-report.txt

[DrDmoney]

Shockwave Flash 10.1 r85

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100922 Ubuntu/10.10 (maverick) Firefox/3.6.10

Ubuntu Architecture

Linux mooney-TM 2.6.35-22-generic-pae #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 22:14:14 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

Ubuntu Version

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"

Firefox Packages

firefox                        install
firefox-branding                install
firefox-gnome-support                install

Firefox binaries

/usr/bin/firefox
/usr/bin/firefox: symbolic link to `../lib/firefox-3.6.10/firefox.sh'
/usr/local/bin/firefox: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/local/bin/firefox' (No such file or directory)
/opt/firefox/firefox: ERROR: cannot open `/opt/firefox/firefox' (No such file or directory)

Firefox divertion

/usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu' (No such file or directory)

Sources


Flash packages

flashplugin-installer                install

Plugin locations



Flash symlinks

/usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so: ERROR: cannot open `/usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplayer.so' (No such file or directory)
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so: symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin'
/etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin: symbolic link to `/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so'
/var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so: ERROR: cannot open `/var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so' (No such file or directory)

I have done a fresh install again and didn't install any other software, to eliminate other variables. Could this be a driver issue with my graphics card?