Chromium 18.0 with Flash 11.2 at YouTube: "Missing Plug-in"

[Ron Johnson]

Why didn't you install it from the Ubuntu repository?

On 08/08/2012 04:46 PM, John Hupp wrote:
> OK, that's a proper distinction about Chromium not having integrated Flash.
>
> For my first LTSP server, the one about which I posted this, I installed
> Lubuntu with the Alternate Install CD (before I realized that it does
> not offer an F4 Modes: Install LTSP Server option, which was the reason
> I downloaded the Alternate Install) on less-powerful hardware.
>
> I just set up another one for testing and used the Desktop Install on
> more powerful hardware.  I chose the installation option for third-party
> software (including Flash), and ***Flash works on YouTube*** without any
> further installations or updates.
>
> Unfortunately there were too many variables between the two
> installations to definitively pin down why Flash works on one setup and
> not the other.  My successful setup has hardware that meets the minimum
> specs for Flash 11.2 (which I just discovered at
> http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/release-note/release-notes-flash-player-11_20120305.html),
> and my unsuccessful setup falls short.  That difference in specs is the
> likeliest explanation, though there is also the Alternate vs. Desktop
> install, and I can't remember if I chose the third-party software option
> on the unsuccessful rig.
>
> On 8/8/2012 1:49 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 08/08/2012 12:03 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> I installed Lubuntu 12.04, and I find that Chromium with integrated
>>> Flash -- the default right out of the box -- won't work at YouTube or
>>> Hulu.  It generates a "Missing Plug-in" message.
>>>
>>> At Adobe's Find/Check-your-Flash-version page, Flash crashes.
>>>
>>> Yet Ubuntu 12.04 with the same default version of Chromium and Flash
>>> works OK.
>>>
>>> Anyone know what's going on and how to fix it?
>>>
>>
>> Chromium does *not*, in fact, have Flash integrated.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_%28web_browser%29
>>
>> So, you'll have to install Flash yourself.
>>

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