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| How To Fix Full-Screen Flash Videos in Linux & Firefox (or Swiftfox) |
| From: webupd8.blogspot.com read times: 121 |
Provided by yangyi at 2009-07-04 20:24:01 |
By default, Firefox (or Swiftfox) crashes when trying to view a full-screen video on say... YouTube. At least for me it used to crash until I found a fix. If that is the case for you also, you may want to read on. To fix the full-screen flash videos bug, you need to preload a library called libGL.so.1 when you start Firefox or Swiftfox. Here is how to do it: 1. Create a new file in your home folder, let's call it fix_flash.sh and paste this: Like the script says, replace "firefox-3.5" with the command used to launch your Firefox (depending on the version, etc). If you don't know the command, go to Applications > Internet and right click the version of Firefox you want to fix (Firefox, Minefield or whatever) and click "Add to panel". Then a new icon (launcher) will be displayed on your panel; right click that icon and select "Properties" -> you will then see the command used to launch your Firefox version in the "Command" field (never mind the %u): If you use Swiftfox, replace "firefox-3.5" in the file with "swiftfox" (without the quotes).
2. Make fix_flash.sh executable Use your terminal to navigate to where fix_flash.sh is located and type this in the terminal: 3. Now either edit your panel Firefox/Swiftfox icon or add a new icon and in the command field, put this: Obviously, replace "path_to_file" with the path to the fix_flash.sh file. 4. Close Firefox / Swiftfox and run it using the newly created launcher (icon), then go to YouTube or a similar website and click the full-screen button. Everything should be ok now, no more crashes! Original link: http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009... |