Bug 69887 – Firefox RC1 crashed after installing the flash plugin

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

[Description Christophe 2004-11-02 14:03:09 UTC]

When I encountered a flash webpage, I tried the install plugin option. Firefox go through Macromedia licence, download and then crashes. But worst, it cannot be restarted, because it seg. fault.

I know that there is no 64bits flash plugin, but not everybody knows that. It should not install incompatible version. 

(Solution to restore is just to delete the flash files in ~/.mozilla/plugins.)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. On firefox RC1, go to webpage with flash plugin
2. Install plugin
3. Crashs at the end of install

Actual Results:  
firefox crashes and cannot be restarted.

Expected Results:  
It should not allow installation of incompatible plugins (I suppose it is
installing a 32bits version)

# emerge info
Portage 2.0.51-r2 (gcc34-amd64-2004.1, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1,
2.6.9-gentoo-r1 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 x86_64 15
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1
Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3
Headers:  sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.6-r1
Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O2"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER=""
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config
/usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref
/usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X alsa amd64 apm avi bindist bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt dv dvd dvdread
eds encode esd f77 foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal
howl imlib java jpeg ldap libg++ libwww mad mbox mikmod motif mozilla mpeg
mplayer mysql mythtv ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png
python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell ssl tcpd theora tiff truetype
v4l v4l2 xml xml2 xmms xosd xv zlib"

[Comment 1 Aron Griffis (RETIRED) 2004-11-14 16:59:37 UTC]

Not something we can fix in Gentoo.  Either firefox needs mending to prevent 32-bit plugins from loading in a 64-bit build, or the Macromedia stuff needs to be fixed to refrain from installing on amd64.  Feel free to take the bug upstream in either direction.