[Bug 299146] Re: flashplugin-nonfree on amd64 should use pure 64 bit plugin

leech leech at thefnords.org
Tue Oct 6 15:03:01 UTC 2009


Even though the 64bit plugin hasn't been marked as 'final' it is the
same version as the 32bit version of flash.  Debian's own package
(version 2.8 in Squeeze and Sid) downloads the 64bit plugin with it's
version of flashplugin-nonfree.  It even works on Ubuntu's.  So in this
case, Ubuntu just hasn't synchronized the package with Debian.

I had a hell of a time on my Fedora 11 install to get Flash working with
sound.  Come to find out it's an issue between pulse and Flash (Surprise
surprise!) and the core of the issue is that libflashsupport does not
work under 64bit.  It has in fact ceased development because the newer
version of Flash 10 no longer needs it.  But this means that unless you
have 32bit pulse running with 32bit flash, then you won't get sound.
64bit really is the way to go.  The less dependencies on 32bit libraries
on a 64bit system, the better.

Firefox can really run at 64bit now since Java and Flash both have 64bit
plugins.  So just update the package already.  Hell, just sync with
Debian's package.

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flashplugin-nonfree on amd64 should use pure 64 bit plugin
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