<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html style="direction: ltr;"> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body style="direction: ltr;" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Kaj Haulrich wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:200908271001.48050.kaj@haulrich.net" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Thursday 27 August 2009 06:26:18 Errol Sapir wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Kaj Haulrich wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-flash-10-ubuntu-linux">http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-flash-10-ubuntu-linux</a>- 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? </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Errol Kaj Haulrich answered: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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). </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Errol replied: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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 </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">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. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">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. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> 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: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP">http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP</a> 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. </pre> </blockquote> 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@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@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@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@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 </body> </html>