On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 09:15:18AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 02/16/2012 08:25 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > > fred smith wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 07:50:11AM +0000, Jake Shipton wrote: > >>> 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. > > <snip> > >> 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. > > Strong recommendation: enable elrepo, at least for kmod-nvidia and > > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia. That way, when you update, it will autoupdate and > > autorebuild for you. I've just started moving that was for my people (and > > me) who have nvidia (esp old nvidia) cards. > > I echo this recommendation. > > I used to use the NVIDIA drivers directly from the nvidia.com, but since > I upgraded my workstation to CentOS-6.x I have been using elrepo's rpms > for nvidia with no issues. > > I certainly know how to build things (being that I build most of the c4 > and c5 updates that we release), but I love the convenience that elrepo > provides. I highly recommend the elrepo site for anything that they > currently maintain, they do a great job. without having yet switched to a repo instead of using the package from nvidia's web site, I just reinstalled the previous version of the nvidia drivers and now flash works. go figure. the one that was NOT working for me was 290.10, and the next newest one I had (the one I am now using again) is 285.05.09. of course, that doesn't say it's an nvidia bug, it may well be a flash problem. time will tell, perhaps. thanks for the advise to all of you! Fred -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 -------------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 ---------------------------------