have you tried reinstalling firefox (i.e. apt-get install --reinstall
firefox)?

jonner

On 6/14/06, Mark Mitchell <markmit at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> Whenever I attempt to load a page containing any flash component, firefox will
> crash.  Konqueror will load the page, but without any flash content.
>
> I attempted installing flashplugin-free|nonfree (1) and had no luck.  I've now
> removed everything relevant (2), and firefox is still crashing.
>
> I really don't care if flash works or not, but I do want firefox to keep
> running whether or not it has flash installed.
>
> Relevant system info (3);
>
> Following Debian testing, all components should be current versions.
>
> mark at aptiva:~$ firefox http://americavotes.org
> The program 'Gecko' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'.
>   (Details: serial 89 error_code 8 request_code 146 minor_code 3)
>   (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
>    that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
>    To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
>    option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
>    backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> [1] via apt-get
> [2] search for macromedia and flash in synaptic, and complete removal of
> everything relevant.
> [3] I hope, if anything else would be useful, speak up.
>
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