Re[2]: [Gnash] It Freezes: Gnash with AGG renderer and FB GUI

[Udo Giacomozzi]

Hello Torbjorn,

Sunday, May 4, 2008, 7:21:25 PM, you wrote:
TK> Yes, I run it as root..

TK> I'm already in the process of upgrading the machine in question so it
TK> might just solve itself now.  Thanks for your help.

FYI, when you run Gnash as root, it will switch the framebuffer
(/dev/fb0) to "graphics mode", meaning that you won't see console
messages and keyboard events (like CTRL-C) won't get processed. When
you kill Gnash then the framebuffer remains in the graphics mode and
this might appear to you like the "freezed console" you mentioned.

When Gnash does not run as root it usually has not the necessary
system rights to do the switch and therefore you still see the cursor
blinking and the keyboard events get processed by the terminal even if
Gnash is running.

Udo