BBC iplayer no longer functions in Firefox

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2011-06-18 at 19:53 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote: 
> On 18/06/11 18:12, Graham Watkins wrote:
> > Good morning,
> >
> > In the last few days, whenever I open the BBC iplayer  instead of 
> > getting a picture from the program with a start button to click, I get 
> > a black screen with no start button.  This started just before a 
> > recent update to the Adobe flash plugin.
> >
> > I have tried uninstalling the flash plugin and reinstalling it from 
> > the Adobe site.  This has changed nothing.
> >
> > Strangely, the iplayer functions well enough on Chromium.
> >
> > I am running Ubuntu 10.4, Firefox 3.6.17 and Adobe Flash Player 
> > version 10.3.181.26
> >
> > Anybody got any ideas on how to fix this?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Graham
> 
> 
> Graham, private message, off the list.
> 
> I have spent HOURS, and I mean HOURS, in getting this problem solve over 
> the past 5 days or so and which I have never had in the past 8 years 
> that I have been using Firefox.
> 
> However, at the moment I just simply do not have the energy to tell you 
> what I went thru to solve it. Forgive me....
> 
> Don't dispair, There is an answer. And the answer it seems lies in the 
> flash-plugin where there is a difference between the adobe version and 
> the adaptation used by the linux distro.
> 
> I'll get back to full force by tomorrow or the day after so bear with me 
> and I'll try and get your sorted out then. OK? :-) .

I use the package that installs adobe from adobe. That works. :) Ric

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