[Bug 236337] Re: Firefox plugins disappear and go gray

[xtknight]

** Attachment added: "missing plugin windows"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14866502/ironman_missingplugin2.png

** Description changed:

  On sites that use a Firefox plugin multiple times, I often notice that
  some of the instances go gray and nonfunctional.  Different ones do this
  each time you refresh the page.  See here for an example (and the
  screenshot): http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
  
  I have noticed this with the totem plugins (native 64-bit) and Flash
  (32-bit) through nspluginwrapper.
+ 
+ I should note that the Flash plugins die completely and never seem to
+ come back, whereas the totem ones are always just sporadic but never die
+ out completely.  I am not sure if this is a Firefox problem or a problem
+ with both of the plugins.

** Description changed:

  On sites that use a Firefox plugin multiple times, I often notice that
  some of the instances go gray and nonfunctional.  Different ones do this
  each time you refresh the page.  See here for an example (and the
  screenshot): http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
  
  I have noticed this with the totem plugins (native 64-bit) and Flash
  (32-bit) through nspluginwrapper.
  
  I should note that the Flash plugins die completely and never seem to
  come back, whereas the totem ones are always just sporadic but never die
  out completely.  I am not sure if this is a Firefox problem or a problem
  with both of the plugins.
+ 
+ The libvlcplugin.so (64-bit) VLC plugin has a tendency to completely
+ crash Firefox when I leave a page with VLC plugins embedded.

** Summary changed:

- Firefox plugins disappear and go gray
+ Firefox plugins disappear, go gray, or crash the whole app

** Summary changed:

- Firefox plugins disappear, go gray, or crash the whole app
+ Firefox plugins disappear, go gray, or crash the whole app (especially with multiple instances)

** Description changed:

  On sites that use a Firefox plugin multiple times, I often notice that
  some of the instances go gray and nonfunctional.  Different ones do this
  each time you refresh the page.  See here for an example (and the
  screenshot): http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
  
  I have noticed this with the totem plugins (native 64-bit) and Flash
  (32-bit) through nspluginwrapper.
  
  I should note that the Flash plugins die completely and never seem to
  come back, whereas the totem ones are always just sporadic but never die
  out completely.  I am not sure if this is a Firefox problem or a problem
  with both of the plugins.
  
  The libvlcplugin.so (64-bit) VLC plugin has a tendency to completely
  crash Firefox when I leave a page with VLC plugins embedded.
+ 
+ It seems that this occurs only when there are multiple instances of a
+ plugin that have been loaded over the course of browsing, but I am not
+ sure.

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Firefox plugins disappear, go gray, or crash the whole app (especially with multiple instances)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236337
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