Upgrades and Flash

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Tue, 2/3/09, Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com> wrote:

> From: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com>
> Subject: Re: Upgrades and Flash
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 8:29 PM
> Chris Mohler wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Bart Silverstrim
> > <bsilver at chrononomicon.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> >> About:plugins gives...
> >> x-shockwave-flash is libflashplayer.so, Shockwave
> Flash 10.0 r15
> >> video/flv is libtotem-basic-plugin.so, Totem
> 2.24.3 plugin
> >> Java is libjavaplugin_oji.so, Java(TM) Plug-in
> 1.6.0_10
> >> Futuresplash is also handled by the
> libflashplayer.so plugin.
> > 
> > Try either:
> > A - temporarily rename your ~/.firefox folder or
> > B - create a new user and log in as them
> > 
> > And try youtube again - then you will know if it's
> related to your
> > settings/extensions/etc or if it's system-wide...
> 
> Interesting. Did a mv ./.mozilla ./.mozilla.bak and re-ran
> Firefox. Of 
> course my bookmarks, etc., are gone, but youtube played
> fine.
> 
> Hmm...
> 
> 
Interesting indeed.  Would dpkg-reconfigure
run with the OP's original .mozailla dir in place be an appropriate thing to do? I would like to know.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net

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