Re: [dev] [wmii] Flash in fullscreen regularly freezes screen

On Fri 05 Aug 2011 12:37:52 AM PDT, dtk wrote:
> putting the flash player on a website into fullscreen regularly
> (very -.-) freezes my screen.

On my system, only the flash video "freezes" --- stops rendering new
frames, but audio continues playing normally. However, on YouTube,
the fullscreen video is still responsive because I can press Escape
to dismiss the fullscreen state, and can also click to pause/resume.

% uname -a
Linux ratham 2.6.39-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jul 9 14:57:41 CEST 2011
x86_64 Genuine Intel(R) CPU U7300 @ 1.30GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

% wmii -v
wmii-hg2788+, ©2010 Kris Maglione

% pacman -Qi flashplugin-beta
Name : flashplugin-beta
Version : 11.0.1.60-2
URL : http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplatformruntimes/flashplayer11/
Licenses : custom
Groups : None
Provides : flashplayer flashplugin
Depends On : mozilla-common libxt gtk2 nss curl
Optional Deps : libvdpau: GPU acceleration on Nvidia card
Required By : None
Conflicts With : flashplugin
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 19440.00 K
Packager : Unknown Packager
Architecture : x86_64
Build Date : Sat 16 Jul 2011 10:50:33 AM PDT
Install Date : Sat 16 Jul 2011 10:53:18 AM PDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Description : Adobe Flash Player 11 Beta

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