Re: [gentoo-user] cnn.com flash videos crash firefox

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

>>>> Do cnn.com videos *not* crash for anyone with the latest Firefox?
>>>
>>> Edit /etc/adobe/mms.cfg and set "WindowlessDisable = 1" and see if that helps.
>>
>> Unfortunately that didn't fix it.  I researched my error:
>>
>> $ firefox
>> LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library
>> /usr/lib64/nsbrowser/plugins/libtotem-complex-plugin.so
>> [/usr/lib64/nsbrowser/plugins/libtotem-complex-plugin.so: undefined
>> symbol: _ZN13nsTArray_base9sEmptyHdrE]
>> Killed
>>
>> and it sounds like it might have to do with having epiphany and
>> firefox installed so I removed epiphany and re-emerged firefox,
>> xulrunner, and totem with the same result.  Do you guys have xulrunner
>> enabled for firefox?  I removed it and tried to re-emerge firefox but
>> I got:
>>
>>  * Detected file collision(s):
>>  *
>>  *      /usr/lib64/mozilla-firefox/defaults/autoconfig/platform.js
>>  *      /usr/lib64/mozilla-firefox/defaults/autoconfig/prefcalls.js
>>  *
>>  * Searching all installed packages for file collisions...
>>  *
>>  * Press Ctrl-C to Stop
>>  *
>>  * net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.0.5
>>  *      /usr/lib64/mozilla-firefox/defaults/autoconfig/platform.js
>>  *      /usr/lib64/mozilla-firefox/defaults/autoconfig/prefcalls.js
>>  *
>>  * Package 'www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.0.5' NOT merged due to file
>>  * collisions. If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole
>>  * content of the above message.
>
> I use xulrunner, don't have epiphany. Here are my firefox USE flags:
>
> www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.0.5  USE="dbus ipv6 java mozdevelop
> startup-notification xulrunner -bindist -custom-optimization -gnome
> -iceweasel -restrict-javascript"
>
> And in fact I don't have any totem stuff at all.
> libtotem-complex-plugin.so may be completely unrelated to your flash
> problems.

This was a hardened issue.  I just needed to issue 'paxctl -m
/usr/lib64/mozilla-firefox/firefox'.  Thanks again.

- Grant