Flash player doesn't show up in plugins...

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Tue, 9/29/09, Larry Shields <larryesu at charter.net> wrote:

> From: Larry Shields <larryesu at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: Flash player doesn't show up in plugins...
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 1:22 PM
> Larry Shields wrote:
> > *I have Firefox 3.5.3, now when I am at a website that
> requires flash it 
> > is telling me to install it...Well I have
> adobe-flashplugin 10.0.32.18-1 
> > installed, but it does not show up using
> about:plugins...Why...???
> >
> > Has anyone else had this problem...
> >
> > Thanks for any help one can offer...
> >
> > Larry
> > *
> >
> >   
> *I did by accident delete the message to me concerning the
> above...
> To answer his question, yes I do have the file
> libflashplayer.so in the 
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/dir...
> 
> In the about:plugins it does not show swf 10.0.32 or
> anything mentioning 
> flash at all... What is installed is this:
> DivX Web Player
> Demo Print plugin for unix/linux
> Cooliris
> Icedtea java Web plugin
> Skype Bottons for Kopete
> 
> That is all...
> 
> I do know that the file libflashplayer.so needs to be in
> the plugin 
> directory, and have copied it to that directory on other
> versions of 
> firefox...But this time it is not working for me...
> 
> Thanks for whom ever it was trying to help me out...
> 
> I will try to see what I can come up with or if someone has
> a good idea 
> of what's wrong...
> 
It was probably my reply you are referring to.  However. the only thing else I can add is that there are other /usr/lib/<browser type>/plugin dirs that you can add the libflashplayer.so to including one for firefox.  You might add it there and there is one for firefox-3.5.3.  However in /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.3 the plugin dir is symlinked to ../firefox-addons/plugins, an abbreviated dir which I can't find. If you know how to locate an abbreviated dir you may find something there to help.  OTT, you could try "sudo update-alternatives --all" and skim through the list to see what you can find.  Then perhaps someone with better knowledge than me could help.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net