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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. |
| Date | 2015-03-19 18:43 +0000 |
| Organization | albasani.net |
| Message-ID | <mef5cl$46h$1@news.albasani.net> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <mec8r8$ttv$1@dont-email.me> <634ptb-rla2.ln1@raspberry-pi.bildanet.com> <mecqje$aas$1@dont-email.me> <mee5s7$9bh$1@news.albasani.net> <mef2o8$rth$1@dont-email.me> |
On 19/03/15 17:59, Aragorn wrote: > On Thursday 19 March 2015 10:45, The Natural Philosopher conveyed the > following to comp.os.linux.misc... > >> On 18/03/15 21:27, Aragorn wrote: >> >>> He's using Mint as his distribution, >> >> 17.1 >> >> On another identical software distro machine I have since had two >> instances of firefox crashing and one of the flash plugin., I note >> that both have been 'upgraded' on the last few days... >> >> I conclude that something is breaking firefox/flash on both setups >> with unpredictable results. > > It is not uncommon for the Adobe Flash Player plugin to conflict with > the graphics driver, so that would be my first guess. And it is also > not uncommon for that Flash Player plugin to freeze or bring down > Firefox, which itself is a GTK+ application and thus may tie in with the > GTK+ libraries used by your desktop environment of choice and form > another point of weakness. [*] > > well had a flash crash today and another firefox crash yesterday. So it looks like latest firefox+flash is bugged > [*] I don't remember exactly which one you said you were using, but > I'm pretty sure it isn't KDE, which is based upon the Qt widget > libraries, and most of the other desktop environments supported > in Mint are all GTK-based ─ XFCE, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, GNOME... > MATE is my desktop of choice. Nice compromise between pretty, and functional. -- Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for the rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. – Erwin Knoll
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GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-18 13:38 +0000
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-03-18 07:19 -0700
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-03-18 17:01 +0000
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-18 17:24 +0100
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> - 2015-03-18 16:34 -0400
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-03-18 16:52 -0400
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-18 22:27 +0100
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-19 09:45 +0000
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-03-19 18:59 +0100
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-19 18:43 +0000
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-03-20 08:19 +1100
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2015-03-18 18:05 +0000
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-18 18:51 +0000
Re: GUI terminated suddenly and restarted.. J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-03-18 20:41 +0000
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