Ubuntu X crashes - Was Re: [plug] Greetings

[Marcos Raúl Carot Collins]

Maybe you are using the free GNU flash player, GNASH, instead Adobe Flash?

GNASH is -sadly- not perfect yet.

Marcos

2008/5/30 Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>:
> I've had a few updates since I emailed about the crashing, thought something
> in there might've changed but it still happens....haven't been able to
> pinpoint anything yet.
>
> While I'm at it, anyone on 8.04 have problems sometimes getting Flash
> animations to play ? I have flashblock, so click the PLAY symbol and 7/10
> tries, after a page refresh, the flash animation doesn't play, jut gives me
> a grey screen where the animation should be.
>
> Blake Munro wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just to add, I have also heard other people reporting the crashes but have
>> not experienced it myself... On my desktop PC I am running Ubuntu 8.04 AMD64
>> and on my laptop I run Ubuntu 8.04 x86..the laptop has been running since
>> before the Beta was released and i've just been apt-get updating it as I go
>> along... the desktop PC I did a fresh install about 5 days ago.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Blake
>>
>> 2008/5/25 Dion <tenzero at iinet.net.au <mailto:tenzero at iinet.net.au>>:
>>
>>    I haven't seen this: I'm using KDE4 on Kubuntu 8.04.
>>
>>    However, I would be inclined to ask if the same machines crash if
>>    they use kdm/X instead.
>>
>>    That way we know whether the problem on those machines is todo with
>>    X or gdm.
>>
>>    D.
>>
>>
>>    Brad Campbell wrote:
>>
>>        Kai wrote:
>>
>>            Currently enjoying Ubuntu 8.04 overall, but still trying to
>>            figure why GDM/X crashes sporadically...
>>
>>
>>        It seems I've heard this from a load of different people. I'm
>>        running it on 3 different machines and I've not seen it yet
>>        personally.
>>
>>        Is anyone else seeing Ubuntu 8.04 X crashes??
>>
>>        Brad
>>
>>
>>
>>    --    "Never ascribe to malice that which may adequately be explained
>> by
>>    incompetence." - Napoleon Bonaparte
>>
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