Flash on Firefox 3.5

[Errol Sapir]

Kaj Haulrich wrote:

> On Thursday 27 August 2009 06:26:18 Errol Sapir wrote:
>   
>> Kaj Haulrich wrote:
>>     
>>> 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.
>>>       
>> Hi Haj
>> I did what you suggested to no avail. Thea file was linked as
>> commanded but the "missing plug" notification came up again. I
>> think I am going to uninstall firefox completely and re-install
>> from scratch. SOMETHING basic is wrong and I can't figure out
>> what.
>>     
>
> Strange...
> Two questions:
> 1) In Firefox under 'Tools' --> 'Add-ons' -->'Plugins' does it show 
> 'Shockwave Flash' - and if so what version? (mine shows v. 10.0r32 
> which I take as a 32-bit version. (it certainly is..))
>  
> 2) Your system is 64-bit, right? - Do you use 64-bit Firefox? - In 
> that case the above will not work, I guess.
>
> You could try two things:
> 1) Install 32-bit Firefox and see if that solves the problem.
>
> 2) Remove the Ubuntu-provided 'adobe-flashplugin' and 'flashplugin-
> installer'. ('sudo apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin  flashplugin-
> installer --purge'). Then point your browser to:
>  http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP
> and choose the *.deb version for Ubuntu 8.04+. - Install from there 
> and then check if there is a flashplugin.so in 
> /usr/lib/firefox/plugins.
>
> HTH
>
> Kaj Haulrich.
>   
Kaj, Im more confused now. I tried both of your recommendations above 
and got an empty response. I'll explain:
1. I went to tools in firefox and under Add-ons there was nothing 
written. The whole area was blank.
2/ I then did the "apt-get remove" and was informed that flashplugins 
didn't exist. I've printed out the whole session below.

errol at errol-linux:~$ sudo apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin
[sudo] password for errol:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package adobe-flashplugin
errol at errol-linux:~$ sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package flashplugin-installer is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
errol at errol-linux:~$ sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-installer --purge
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package flashplugin-installer is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
errol at errol-linux:~$

3. As my system is 64bit I get an incompatibility message when trying to 
install flash from the site you gave.

I am now going to uninstall and the re-install Firefox and see what happens.
Meanwhile, thanks for your help.
Errol

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