flash for Firefox (64-bit jaunty)?

D. R. Evans doc.evans at gmail.com
Wed May 27 14:30:11 UTC 2009


Chris Jones said the following at 05/26/2009 08:36 AM :

>>>>> If I go to (for example)
>>>>> http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/category-five/2410236 in
>>>>> Konqueror, the flash plays just fine; but if I go there with FF, I get a
>>>> Just went in with Firefox on Jaunty (AMD 64) and I see the flash preview of 
>>>> your book ok. (After I click it cos I run flashblock).
>> Well, I sure don't see it. And I'm not blocking anything.
>>
>> So what suggestions do people have? It's a mystery to me.
>>
>> What package supplies the flash plugin for FF? -- maybe somehow I have the
>> wrong version (although I can't imagine how).
> 
> if you enter
> 
> about:plugins
> 
> into the URL box in firefox, what does it give you ? Do you see the 
> flash plugin you expect ?
> 

I see this:

Shockwave Flash

    File name: npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 10.0 r22

MIME Type 	Description 	Suffixes 	Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash 	Shockwave Flash 	swf 	Yes
application/futuresplash 	FutureSplash Player 	spl 	Yes

Which seems reasonable.

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