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

[Larry Shields]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- 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
>
>
>   
*Hi again Leonard,

Ok I did use the following update-alternatives --all, when going through 
it, there was nothing to configure for the flashplayer, allthough after 
hitting enter a few times, it did mention this...

There is only one alternative in link group 
xulrunner-addons-flashplugin:/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer 
/libflashplayer.so
Nothing to configure...

Thats it, any other ideas there...???

Thanks for the help Larry
*

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