flash stopped working after update?!

[NoOp]

On 08/09/2009 08:44 AM, Karl Auer wrote:
> OK: I set up a 32-bit virtual machine, did a clean install of Jaunty -
> no flash.
> 
> Did a full apt-get update; apt-get upgrade, pulled down 134Mb of
> updates. Still no flash.
> 
> Installed flashplugin-nonfree - everything works.
> 
> Ergo, the problem is either with 64-bit flashplugin-nonfree, or
> something changed in my system that has somehow stopped the plugin
> working for me.
> 
> Ideas welcome.
> 
> I think I might save my bookmarks and reinstall firefox completely. I
> hate doing that - it reminds me of the bad old Windows way :-(

Why not just create another profile and try with that?

$ firefox -P

Or, move ~/.mozilla/firefox to ~/.mozilla/x-firefox-x

You can try with the either to test. Both will preserve your existing
profile.