Downloading Flash in Firefox

[Michael Satterwhite]

I just upgraded my install to 10.04. Since that time, Flash fails to work. At 
first, it said to download it - which I tried. At this, I stopped getting 
error messages, but the flash doesn't play at all. I've tried everything I've 
found here on the problem (including the reinstall in this message), but the 
results are the same - no flash.

Can anyone offer any help? I can't find anything else to try.

---Michael


On Tuesday, May 18, 2010 03:07:24 pm H.S. wrote:
> On 10-05-18 03:12 PM, Mark C. Miller wrote:
> > Has anyone had a problem in Firefox running 10.04 getting the plugin to
> > load?
> > 
> > Every time I visit a site that needs flash, I'm prompted to download the
> > current plug-in.  When I follow the links I have two choices, one for
> > 8.04 + (a .deb file) and a second one for 9.10+ (APT file).  If I try
> > the 8.04 route, I get absolutely nothing.  When I try the 9.04 option it
> > tells me that it's a virtual install (sorry, I didn't write down the
> > exact error message.)  It doesn't work after all of that.
> > 
> > I installed the player just fine on my IBM, HP, and Gateway desktops.
> > I'm having this problem on a Dell computer at work. It will not run the
> > most recent kernal,so I'm one version behind. Could that be the source of
> > the problem?
> > 
> > tnx
> > 
> > mcm
> 
> I was having problems with flash player as well on my newly upgraded
> machine to Lucid. Here is what worked for me:
> 
> 1. Installed java (not sure if this is necessary, but I did this so I am
> listing it here; besides, I needed java anyway):
> $> sudo aptitude  install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
> 
> 2. Next, removed and installed flash stuff:
> $> sudo aptitude  purge flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree
> flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound
> 
> $> sudo aptitude install flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree
> flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound
> 
> 
> After these two steps, flash started to work (BBC, youtube, etc.). This
> on a 32 bit Dell laptop, btw.
> 
> 
> Regards.