[arch] gnash does not run properly

[Rúben Fonseca]

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, arnuld wrote:

> gnash plays the movies but it plays them in 50% of the screen, the
> other 50% of the screen is plain blank with a broad green strip in the
> middle of the screen. also my whole window manager locks up when i use
> gnash for 1-2 minutes. mouse, keyboard stop responding, even the movie
> i am playing hangs/freezes in there with a constant GRRRRRGRRRRR...
> sound and i always have to hard-boot to solve the issue.
> 
> any solution ?

AFAIK gnash is still *very* unstable and experimental. I am using the
bleeding edges on my x86_64 system, trying to see some YouTube videos
and I can report *some* success.

But it's true, it is unstable, it messes with your windows, WM,
keyboard, etc. I had this situation that gnash end up taking all my
system memory and swap, leaving my box with little room to breathe!

So the options are: use the Adobe 32bits proprietary closed source 
flash plugin, or wait (and contribute) on a better gnash.

Cheers,
Ruben

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