Bug 158475 - playing a flash video freeze konqueror
Summary: playing a flash video freeze konqueror
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: konqueror
Classification: Applications
Component: nspluginviewer (show other bugs)
Version: Git
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Konqueror Developers
URL:
Keywords:
: 170610 172133 182747 190325 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2008-02-26 21:26 UTC by thomas klein
Modified: 2021-04-20 13:26 UTC (History)
12 users (show)

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Description thomas klein 2008-02-26 21:26:50 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 3.5.9)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

playing a flash video freeze konqueror

how to reproduce : 

1) open konqueror
2) go to any site with a flash video
3) click on it

=> complete X freeze

I have to go console mode and "killall konqueror"

(I'm using compiz fusion)
Comment 1 FiNeX 2008-02-28 10:39:11 UTC
What version of flash plugin are you using?
Comment 2 thomas klein 2008-02-28 20:05:33 UTC
ooops, sorry

flashplugin-nonfree                        9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12
konqueror-nsplugins                        4:3.5.9-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1
konqueror                                  4:3.5.9-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1
Comment 3 FiNeX 2008-02-29 09:22:21 UTC
does it happen even without compiz?
Comment 4 thomas klein 2008-03-02 15:15:54 UTC
nop, only with compiz : 
ii  compiz-core   1:0.6.2+git20071119-0ubuntu1~gutsy1
Comment 5 Bram Schoenmakers 2008-09-12 18:18:55 UTC
*** Bug 170610 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Nick Presta 2008-10-22 23:40:41 UTC
I also have this problem, using KDE 4.1.2 (Debian Testing, http://kde4.debian.net/).

1. Browse to any site with flash video
2. Wait a couple seconds
3. kwin locks up - can't change focus, can't close window, mouse is locked into one cursor.

Alt+Tab'ing to an opened Konsole and `killall konqueror` fixes the problem (You see a small window flash open before it is closed filled with the flash video from nspluginviewer, I suspect).

Video works fine in Firefox and such.
Comment 7 Anders Lund 2008-11-30 14:11:41 UTC
Still valid, using 4.1.3.
Comment 8 Nick Presta 2008-12-01 00:13:21 UTC
I can also confirm this with 4.1.3 using the new Flash 10 (installed from Adobe).
Comment 9 Lamarque V. Souza 2008-12-02 22:37:14 UTC
Hi there. This bug used to happen in my konqueror 4.1.1, now it is working in konqueror-4.2beta1 using Shockwave Flash 10.0-r12 and nspluginwrapper (I am using Gentoo AMD64).
Comment 10 Sebastian Turzański 2008-12-28 11:44:04 UTC
i also confirm with 4.1.3
Comment 11 Tommi Tervo 2009-04-22 12:48:22 UTC
*** Bug 172133 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Tommi Tervo 2009-04-22 12:48:40 UTC
*** Bug 182747 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 13 Tommi Tervo 2009-04-22 12:48:57 UTC
*** Bug 190325 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 14 Juha Tuomala 2009-04-22 12:59:19 UTC
Don't you think that this is already confirmed issue? It has been a major pita for all 4.x era.

IMO browser fails quite badly if you need to open firefox 20 times per day to see very common type of content in the web.
Comment 15 Richard Hartmann 2009-04-22 14:48:44 UTC
Yes, I think this one can be considered as having been confirmed ;)
Comment 16 Juha Tuomala 2009-04-22 15:03:27 UTC
I think the summary doesn't quite describe it (although initial comment did say about X freezing):

This doesn't only affect to the problematic window but hangs the whole desktop and prevents user using any other program too.

I typically get rid of the situation by wanking enough alt+f (trying to access file menu) but when the hangup opens or crashes the whole window doesn't seem to be any consistent behavior. Most likely something else happens than what I think helps.
Comment 17 Dawit Alemayehu 2011-12-31 17:20:35 UTC
Cannot reproduce. If any of you affected by this still have this issue with the latest stable KDE release (v4.7.4) or higher, feel free to reopen this ticket.
Comment 18 Chris 2012-05-26 16:29:50 UTC
Hi Dawit,

As you propose, I'd like to reopen this ticket, as I still have the bug here.
I am using Konqueror 4.7.4 from debian; The problem arises mainly with videos in flash player. I am using "on-demand plugins", this works ok when clicking on the button which loads and starts the flash applet.
The problem arises when clicking on the video to start play: it looks like the flash plugin grabs X, mouse events are then all ignored (even by applet) and key events seems to all go to the applet (I can use tab+space to navigate in the applet's button on youtube). The window manager's shortcuts still works however and can help get out of the problem.
Comment 19 Dawit Alemayehu 2012-05-26 18:38:48 UTC
(In reply to comment #18)
> Hi Dawit,
> 
> As you propose, I'd like to reopen this ticket, as I still have the bug here.
> I am using Konqueror 4.7.4 from debian; The problem arises mainly with
> videos in flash player. I am using "on-demand plugins", this works ok when
> clicking on the button which loads and starts the flash applet.
> The problem arises when clicking on the video to start play: it looks like
> the flash plugin grabs X, mouse events are then all ignored (even by applet)
> and key events seems to all go to the applet (I can use tab+space to
> navigate in the applet's button on youtube). The window manager's shortcuts
> still works however and can help get out of the problem.

I too see such freezes when using the nspluginviewer. However, that problem is not really a konqueror bug. It is an issue with the nspluginviewer itself.
Comment 20 Jonathan Marten 2021-04-20 13:26:54 UTC
Flash and Netscape plugins are no longer supported.