Hi,
When I am using flash a lot of times it will just display a grey screen or just stops. I wanted to use Turbotax today but I can not because of this.
Opensuse 11.3
Firefox 3.6.13
Shockwave flash 10.1 r102 (this is what it says under add-ons)
when I look for flash programs installed in Yast I get two things
flash-player 10.1.102.64-0.2.1
pullin-flash-player 11.3.1-2.1.1
thanks ahead of time/
It’s most likely graphics card/driver related. So could You tell us what graphics card have You got and what driver You’re using ?
Please post the results of this command here :
/sbin/lspci -nnk
Don’t forget about wrapping the output in the code tags 
Here’s a tutorial on doing that :
Posting in Code Tags - A Guide
Oh and by the way this type of issue have been discussed on and on here Fell free to browse through the forums and You might very well find the solution just by yourself. That’s always good for one’s ego
Best regards,
Greg
Under Yast these are the drivers it says I have installed.
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop 260.19.29_k2.6.34.0_12-21.1
x11-video-nvidiaG02 260.19.29-22.1
xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau 0.0.15_20100401_bfb95cc-1.10
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge [10de:0a82] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a88] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
00:03.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge [10de:0aad] (rev b3)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
00:03.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0aa4] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
00:03.2 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus [10de:0aa2] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
00:03.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a89] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
00:03.5 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor [10de:0aa3] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa5] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa6] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:06.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa7] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:06.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa9] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:08.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio [10de:0ac0] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8427]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge [10de:0aab] (rev b1)
00:0b.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SATA Controller [10de:0ab4] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac4] (rev b1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:10.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0aa0] (rev b1)
00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac6] (rev b1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation ION VGA [10de:087d] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83e2]
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M4A785TD Motherboard [1043:83a3]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
I have an ION chip set.
I don’t have nvidia graphics myself so my help won’t be that accurate but since no one else seems to be interested I can give You some general pointers. First of all check out this thread :
openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users
It is very well written and easy to understand. You almost always have more than one graphics driver installed on your system but the most important thing is which one of those You’re actually using. The most reliable info about which driver You’re actually using is stored in
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
so please post the contents of your file here :
SUSE Paste
and give us the link and we will be able to assist You furtherer.
Also before trying out different drivers be sure to check if the described behaviour with flash occurs when You disable desktop effects just to confirm it’s graphic driver related. In KDE You do this geeko->system settings->desktop effects. Unckeck the box “turn on desktop effects” and click apply. Keep in mind that the names are translation from polish so may be not 100% accurate but You should find your way.
Best regards,
Greg