On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 07:50:11AM +0000, Jake Shipton wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:36:14 -0500 > fred smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote: > > > On my centos 5.7 system, using Firefox 10.1, suddenly flash videos > > have stopped working, like, today. they worked yesterday. Now all I > > get is an error message that the flash plugin has crashed, reload > > page and try again. > > > > strangely, my centos-6 machine using the same firefox and the same > > flash plugin works fine. > > > > Clues? > > > > Hi there, > > I had a similar issue to this a while back on a Fedora box, I found out > it was not flash plugin or firefox causing the issue, it turned out > that it was the proprietary Nvidia driver that I was using. So if you > are using Nvidia driver, it might be worth looking into. My issue was > resolved by updating the driver. > > Your issue may be different, but I thought I would mention it just in > case :-). Yes, I'm using the nvidia driver bundle from Nvidia's web site. but then I ALWAYS have been (this machine is something like 3 years old). However, I did update it recently, I'll have to see if I can figure out exactly when that was (less than a week...), and maybe reinstall the one I had previously. thanks for the hint! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 -------------------------------