I believe the correct way, as per the Desktop Application Autostart Specification, is to create user-specific configuration overriding the system default.
In a case such as Sergey’s, where the problem is caused by a faulty vfat rather than some weirdness on Ubuntu’s side, formatting the disk may be avoided by using fsck:
$ sudo fsck.vfat -r /dev/sdg1 # replace sdg1 with your usb drive partition device file
I couldn’t, and neither could I with a 10.10 live, so it’s possibly something that’s changed going from 10.04 to 10.10. I also tried Chromium and Firefox 6 under 10.04; with Firefox 6 the issue persists, whereas with Chromium I can’t reproduce it. There’s of course a more serious bug underlying the browser, as no application issue should bring the entire system to its knees.
(I just realized I used amd64 live discs in the tests whereas the installed 10.04 is an x86 system. Perhaps it makes no difference but I’ll leave judging that to experts.)
I’ll gladly execute more tests if anyone has ideas how to narrow this down even more.
Thanks for your input Timothy, I’ll have to see if I can reproduce this using a 11.04 live disc.
Thanks for reminding about this, I too was still using the outdated 64-bit package from the PPA. Thought I’d already switched back to the official package a while ago but turns out I hadn’t.
I think ”Yet Another Ubuntu Derivative” shortens to YAUD, not YUAD.
I just filed a bug about this. Be sure to click the ’Does this bug affect you?’ link on top of the page to say ’Yes, it affects me’!
Binary package hint: fceux
Version 2.1.3 of FCEUX added netplay and a GUI to the SDL port, and since then even 2.1.4 has come out.
Complete changelogs for the releases are at http://fceux.com/web/pressrelease-2.1.3.html and http://fceux.com/web/pressrelease-2.1.4.html#.
Please package 2.1.4 for Ubuntu.
I just switched back to noveau and on a whim, tried disabling hardware acceleration from flash player’s settings (Right click -> Settings…) and lo and behold, fullscreen playback is now smooth again.
