Flash on Firefox 3.5

[Kaj Haulrich]

On Wednesday 26 August 2009 10:15:27 Errol Sapir wrote:

I have moved your reply to the correct position: below my reply to 
your original question. Please do not top-post. It breaks the thread 
and makes it very hard for eventual others to follow solutions.
No offense intended, just list etiquette...

 On Wednesday 26 August 2009 07:14:03 Errol Sapir wrote:

> >> I have 2 computers using Kubuntu 9.04. My problem is with the
> >> adobe flash on one computer. On the computer with KDE 4.2.2
> >> flash works without a problem. This is a 32 bit installation.
> >> The computer with KDE 4.3 refuses to "activate" flash. This is
> >> a 64 bit installation Both computers were updated to use
> >> Firefox 3.5. What happens (on the KDE 4.3 computer) is that I
> >> install flashplayer 10, am informed that the flash was
> >> installed correctly. When I reopen Firefox I still see the
> >> "missing plugin" message that requests me to install Adobe
> >> flash. I don't know if this is connected to the KDE 4.3
> >> upgrade or to the fact that one computer is 64 bit and the
> >> other 32 bit. On both computers I upgraded to Firefox 3.5 at
> >> the same time, after I had updated to KDE 4.3 on the one
> >> computer. I have tried many ways to install Flashplayer 10,
> >> including various script written here:
> >> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-flash-10-ubuntu-linux-64
> >>bit .html On both computers when using Firefox 3.1 I didn't
> >> have a flash problem. There are two major differences between
> >> the two computers which confound the problem for me.
> >> 1. The problem computer is 64 bit
> >> 2. The problem computer uses KDE 4.3
> >> What can I do to try and solve this problem?
Errol

Kaj Haulrich answered: 
> > I would try the following:
> > Open dolphin and switch the 'split' option on.
> > In the left pane, navigate to /etc/alternatives.
> > In the right pane, navigate to /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
> > Now, drag the file 'firefox-flashplugin' from the left pane to
> > the right and select the option 'link here'. It should show up
> > as 'flashplugin-alternative.so'.
> >
> > (It doesn't harm to do likewise with other
> > 'plugins'-directories as well, like /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins)
> >
> > Restart firefox and enjoy - hopefully...
> >
> > (BTW: if you have Google Chrome installed, you'll need to
> > manually create the 'plugins' directory in the chrome directory
> > and proceed as described. Then, in the menu-editor add
> > '--enable-plugins' to the command line).

Errol replied:
> Kaj
> Thanks for the quick reply. I will try it when I get home and
> report. By the way I just learned  another useful function from
> you. I never knew about the split option in dolphin. :-[
> Thanks for that as well.
> Errol

Your're welcome.  Of course you don't have to use dolphin to do 
that. A much easier way is - as always - to use the command line:

"sudo ln -s /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin   
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so" - all on one 
line and without the quotes,of course.

HTH

Kaj Haulrich.
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