Problem with Adobe flash

[Pat Brown]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 6:39 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 08/27/2010 09:33 PM, Pat Brown wrote:
> > I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 onto my new Toshiba Satellite. It came with
> > Windows 7 and I have it dual booting. When I'm in Ubuntu and try to run
> > Youtube videos I get  a message that I need to install the latest Adobe
> > Flash Player. But attempts to install bring up the message that my Google
> > Chrome browser already includes the latest Adobe® Flash® Playe. Anyone
> have
> > any experience like this? Any ideas for a fix?
>
> Works for me:
> 5.0.375.127 (55887) Ubuntu 10.04
> $ apt-cache policy chromium-browser
> chromium-browser:
>  Installed: 5.0.375.127~r55887-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
>  Candidate: 5.0.375.127~r55887-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
>  Version table:
>  *** 5.0.375.127~r55887-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 0
>        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/universe
> Packages
>        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>     5.0.375.125~r53311-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 0
>        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe
> Packages
>        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe
> Packages
>     5.0.342.9~r43360-0ubuntu2 0
>        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages
>
> Shockwave Flash
> Description:    Shockwave Flash 10.1 r82
> Location:       /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
>
> What do you show when you enter: about:plugins
> in the URL bar?
>
>

> I checked the about:plugins and Flash wasn't there. I searched it in
> Package Manager and it hadn't been installed and after a reboot it now
> recognizes it's there and Youtube plays okay now. Thanks.
>
> Pat Brown
>
> http://www.pabrown.com
> The vacation from hell -- Forest of Corpses
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