Flash causes Firefox to core dump, which ports should I have installed?

Benjamin Dover dawgeestyle at gmail.com
Mon Feb 14 09:42:13 GMT 2005


On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:34:50 +0100, Darksidex <humprhey at gmail.com> wrote:
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> | Firefox is my browser of choice but every time I view a web page
> | with a Flash object Firefox core dumps.  The error is as follows:
> | Feb 13 18:57:53 w00f kernel: pid 27652 (firefox-bin), uid 0: exited
> |  on signal 6 (core dumped).  I have installed the following
> | relevant ports: /usr/ports/www/firefox
> | /usr/ports/www/flashplugin-firefox
> |
> | I'm confused if I should install the linux-firefox port or the
> | other flash port.  What is the combination everyone has been having
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> You should install /usr/ports/www/linuxplugginwraper in order to have
> flash, real player and java configured in mozilla/firefox.
> Yes, you need linux emulation, but it is the best way, or better, the
> easiest way.
> I have it installed, and it works very well.
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 I currently have /www/firefox installed.  Does that mean I should
also uninstall that port and install /www/linux-firefox also?


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