X server crashed when Netscape 4 & 7 visiting sites

[Tom Bozack]

This is probably a well know problem with the Flash plugin running on a 
remote X server.  The problem has been around forever and no one seems 
willing to take it on.  Whether the problem is Flash, XFree86, 
Netscape/Mozilla, or some combination seems unclear (at least to me). 
My impression (guess) was that the core problem is with Flash, but the 
fact that it brings down Netscape/Mozilla is a Netscape/Mozilla problem. 
  The fact that the problem doesn't occur with Exceed suggests that at 
least part of the issue lies with XFree86.

If you're using KDE, one workaround is to use Konqueror when visiting 
sites using Flash.  Even though Flash doesn't work with Konqueror 
displayed on a remote X server either, at least it doesn't crash 
Konqueror or X (at least not for me).

I just wish someone would fix this annoying problem.

Tom

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 03:40:16PM -0000, Joel Handler wrote:
> 
>>I just downloaded the entire Cygwin package and am experimenting around with 
>>it.  I am running the cygwin X server and am ssh (tunneling X) to a linux 
>>machine and running either Netscape 4 or 7.  Both seem to crash the X server 
>>(sometimes netscape crashes with a Bus Error, other times it just closes and 
>>other times the entire X server crashes) when visiting certain pages (one 
>>example is www.citrix.com).  If I use a different X server (Hummingbird 
>>Exceed) everything works fine.  
>>
>>Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated,
> 
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