Downloading Flash in Firefox

[Michael Satterwhite]

On Sunday, May 23, 2010 05:46:23 pm NoOp wrote:
> On 05/23/2010 03:11 PM, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> > On Sunday, May 23, 2010 04:58:58 pm NoOp wrote:
> >> On 05/23/2010 02:33 PM, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> >> ...
> >> 
> >> > Done. Now I no longer get the message saying I need to download the
> >> > Adobe Flash Player. I'm back to the blank space on the screen where
> >> > the flash content should display.
> >> 
> >> In Firefox in the url box enter
> >> about:plugins
> >> 
> >> What do you see for your flash plugin? Should be:
> >> 
> >> Shockwave Flash
> >> 
> >>     File: /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
> >>     Version:
> >>     Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
> > 
> > Before answering, I want to correct the lack of courtesy I've been
> > showing. I really want to thank you for helping me with this. I
> > appreciate the assistance you're giving me. I hope you'll forgive my
> > lapse to this point.
> > 
> > Here's the Flash part of the display:
> > 
> > Shockwave Flash
> > File: libflashplayer.so
> > Version:
> > Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
> > MIME Type
> > Description
> > Suffixes
> > Enabled
> > application/x-shockwave-flash
> > Shockwave Flash
> > swf
> > Yes
> > application/futuresplash
> > FutureSplash Player
> > spl
> > Yes
> 
> That looks correct to me. When you say "I'm back to the blank space on
> the screen where the flash content should display" what specific
> url/webpage are you trying? If you can provide the url/link others can
> test as well.

It really couldn't get any more vanilla. *ANY* video on youtube has the 
problem. Here's the current suggested one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7vGvVMQnXo&playnext_from=TL&videos=M0u9Io-
Kijc&feature=featured
> 
> To test, please click here:
> http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
> 
> That should check your version and respond with:
> You have version 10,0,45,2 installed