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Asked: 2012-11-18 07:09:17 +0800 CST

How to detect flash process in Google Chrome?

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I'am using this script -- lightsOn, to delay screensaver when flash playing.

However, the script provides only the Chromuim way:

flash_process=`pgrep -lfc "chromium-browser --type=plugin --plugin-path=/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin"`

I am using the official Google Chrome in xfce. Not familiar with shell programming, the screenshot of my process running in Chrome.

screenshot of my process running in *Chrome*

I want to know how to detect the process of flash player to make this script running? Thanks.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I have found a solution to disable xscreensaver when flash playing in Chrome.

    Firstly, disable shockwave flash plugin at '/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so' in chrome://plugins as follows:

    disable shockwave flash plugin

    Then the command can detect flash process in chrome:

    flash_process=`pgrep -lfc "chrome --type=plugin --plugin-path=/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so"`

    I have forked the script from github, and push the new one with Chrome flash detection. Here is the new script.

    Well, the version of my google Chrome: chrome version

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  2. As Chrome uses the Pepper API, you can find the process referring to the chrome parameter 'type=ppapi'. You can do that using top/htop on the cmd line.

    pgrep -lf "chrome --type=ppapi "

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