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10.04: Firefox numerous crashes relating PluginFilename=libflashplayer.so

Asked by Nic Knox

~/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports/pending accumulates vast numbers of crash reports until system runs out of memory & crashes. Can resolve crashes by deleting ~/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports/pending but crashes persist. A specimen crash report is:

2f950ec1-05c5-f965-7d6518fc-19df8640.dmp
EMCheckCompatibility=true
ProductName=Firefox
Vendor=Mozilla
InstallTime=1357728284
Theme=classic/1.0
Notes=OpenGL: DRI R300 Project -- Mesa DRI R300 (R300 4144) 20090101 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE TCL DRI2 -- 1.5 Mesa 7.7.1 -- texture_from_pixmap\n
Version=18.0
ReleaseChannel=release
ServerURL=https://crash-reports.mozilla.com/submit?id={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}&version=18.0&buildid=20130108033621
Add-ons=ubufox%40ubuntu.com:2.6,langpack-en-GB%40firefox.mozilla.org:18.0,%7B972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd%7D:18.0
BuildID=20130108033621
ProductID={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}
CrashTime=1358448535
StartupTime=1358448534
ProcessType=plugin
PluginVersion=
PluginName=
PluginFilename=libflashplayer.so

how do I stop the crashes?

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#1

Try to remove flashplugin and reset Firefox. BE AWARE you will lose all the settings in Firefox and/or bookmarks , so backup first.

Remove flashplugin from terminal

sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-installer adobe-flashplugin

Then open Firefox and click "Help" and then "Troubleshooting information" and click on "Reset Firefox"

Then install again the flash player (from terminal , first close firefox)

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

Then open again Firefox and test.

Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

I suggest you upgrade to a newer release. Lucid desktop is EOL in April 2013. You can upgrade to Precise as it is the next LTS and will give support until April 2017

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