Chrome Updated, Now Flash Won't Work In Firefox

[Basil Chupin]

On 08/07/12 10:38, A.D. Burrows wrote:
> Thanks first of all to anybody for your kind attention.

Now that I have done my best to sound rude and boorish in my last post 
re this thread, I thought that I would go and find the original post 
which started this thread (the word "Chrome" and "Flash" in the Subject 
made me to simply ignore the original post). But now that I have gone 
back and read the original I will offer the following comments and ask 
following questions.

> Last Thursday, (28/JN/2012), Google Chrome updated. Ever since then,
> Chrome will not load and Flash applications will not play in Firefox.
> (Firefox V13.0.1 is my regular browser, I only keep Chrome around in
> case Ff can't do something I need.)

Question: why have Chrome when you are using Firefox simply to "keep 
Chrome around in
case Ff can't do something I need."?

What is it that Firefox cannot do which Chrome can do?

>   When I try to load Chrome, the
> mouse pointer turns into a bouncy Chrome icon, a Chrome bar appears in
> Task Manager, then the mouse pointer reverts, the bar disappears and
> no Chrome window ever opens.

The "bouncy" icon shows up because you have the bouncy 'icon' set in 
your System Settings>Application and System Notifications"

And the reason why the bouncy icon continues but nothing happens is 
because the application - in this case Chrome - cannot be started.

To see what that reason may be, go into a terminal and run the command 
to start Chrome and you will see the reason why Chrome cannot be started.

>   In Firefox, when for instance I try to
> watch a Youtube video, all I see is a black box which allows me the
> option to block that video and nothing else. I've tried playing other
> Flash apps, none of them work.

See below...

> I have Flash-Aid 2.2.3 installed in Ff.

Why do you have this Flash-Aid installed?

For what reason?

I have been running Firefox for some 10 years now and have never even 
heard of this Flash-Aid until you mentioned it and I have never had a 
problem with Flash in Firefox.

So, why are using Flash-Aid?


>   I tried using it to re-install
> Adobe Flash Player, both stable and beta versions; no joy. I tried
> using apt-get to un-install and re-install Google Chrome, (I
> accidentally installed Chromium instead and it won't play Flash apps
> either); no joy. I tried using apt-get to un-install and re-install
> the flash player, several times and in several ways; no joy. I tried
> using KPackageKit to install Gnash, (because it's easier and it was
> possible); no joy. I even tried installing KlamAV in case I took a
> virus that's affecting Flash; I'm having trouble with the installation
> writing to it's own directories, but that's a matter for another time
> and anyway I was just being thorough.

You have really messed up your system will all these 
installations/un-installations/re-installations :-) .

> I'm running an AMD XP-M 1900+ system with 768MB RAM and a Geforce 5500
> card, driver version 173.

I have a suspicion that this is one - major - contributor to your pro
>   I'm using Kubuntu V10.04, KDE V4.4.5, core
> version 2.6.32-41-generic. I'm pretty sure everything else works.
>
> Please, how can I get Flash apps to work again? (Please note that I'm
> not a very advanced user, I'll probably need some hand-holding through
> this.)
> -- Allan
>


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