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

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Wed, 9/30/09, 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: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 9:39 AM
> 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...???
> >>
 
I presume that you have uninstalled all other versions of flashplugin that may be on your system before installing the one in question?  You might just go ahead and install the plugin as the message suggests.  What can it hurt since you don't have flash.
    
> >>> 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
> *
> 
Not much I can add with my limited knowledge of Ubuntu.  I assume you have rebooted since installing the flashplugin and have added the medibuntu repo mentioned in one of replies. I do have the xulrunner entry in my update-alternatives file and many more for the other browsers I have installed on my 9.04 Jaunty 64 bit machine. My medibuntu repo in sources.list is:
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free
Sorry, I couldn't be of some help as I'm using 64 bit Jaunty with the same libflashplayer-10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz as you are.  Someone else with more knowledge and experience will need to help.  
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net