Ubuntu
libflashsupport package

  1. Bug #192888 (lambie)
  2. Comment #307

Comment 307 for bug 192888

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Robert Persson (ireneshusband) wrote : Re: [Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

Alexander Jones wrote:
> Explanation: Adobe sucks at implementing their own specification (the
> "libflashsupport" extension API). It is *entirely* Adobe's fault that
> Flash crashes all the time.
>
> If you insist on "fixing" this, then the only solution is to stop
> using libflashsupport, which removes the ability for it to use the
> PulseAudio ALSA PCM properly, which means that either Flash or
> PulseAudio, but not both, can use the ALSA output at any one time.
> Uninstalling PulseAudio will mean that all ALSA applications can share
> the ALSA device using the "DMix" ALSA daemon, which is handled
> automatically.
>
 I'm sorry, but this is nonsense. Flash works fairly well with Opera and
it doesn't seem to have any trouble negotiating access to the sound device.

But then again, it actually doesn't matter whose "fault" it is. Nothing
great in this world was ever built out of excuses. No commercial
product. Nothing. Please let's not have any more of this "It's Adobe's
fault" stuff. Will that make my browser work? Will it make Ubuntu a
viable desktop operating system?

There seem to be a lot of people for whom this bug seems to be fixed by
an upgrade to Flash 10 or whatever. Unfortunately that isn't the case
for me. I "upgraded" to 10 and I'm still spending my browsing hours
looking at blank rectangles.