On 19/06/12 23:59, Keith Roberts wrote: > I'm running Centos 5.7 32 bit with Firefox 10.0.5 ESR > > Not sure if this has been mentioned on the list yet, but the > latest version of Adobe flash-plugin 11.2.202 has a bug > which causes it to hang and not play SWF files. > > I've been pulling my hair out trying to identify why I could > not get any SWF videos to play. > > I finally found the answer here: > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1080414 > > I have downgraded the flash-plugin now to version 10.3.183 > from rpmforge repo. It works fine now :) > > I've also added exclude=flash-plugin to the end > of /etc/yum.conf file, to make sure this does not get > upgraded again. > That's a bad idea. Unpatched critical vulnerabilities in Flash (along with Java) is one of the most likely routes of infection of your machine and not updating it is asking for trouble.