[11.04] - Install 32Bit Flash On 64Bit Firefox?

Jim Byrnes jf_byrnes at comcast.net
Fri May 13 13:02:20 UTC 2011


On 05/13/2011 06:47 AM, Jesse Palser wrote:
> On 05/12/2011 12:42 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> On 05/12/2011 11:01 AM, Jesse Palser wrote:
>>> On 05/12/2011 11:48 AM, A. Kromic wrote:
>>>> On 05/12/2011 01:36 PM, Jesse Palser wrote:
>>>>> [11.04] - Install 32Bit Flash On 64Bit Firefox?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Running Ubuntu 11.04 64Bit and Firefox 64Bit web browser.
>>>>> Flash works terribly on the above setup.
>>>>> How do I install 32Bit Flash into 64Bit Firefox web browser.
>>>>> I Google'd but could not find concise instructions.
>>>>>
>>>> Are you sure you have 64-bit version anyway? Older versions did install
>>>> 32-bit version and THAT worked terribly because the wrapper for 32-bit
>>>> plugins worked quite badly. Since I found and installed 64-bit
>>>> flash, it
>>>> worked perfectly.
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I did a default install of Ubuntu 11.04 64Bit
>>> so I am assuming that Firefox is 64Bit too.
>>
>> If you want to check to be sure, open the help menu and click
>> Troubleshooting or just type about:support in the url box.
>>
>>> The Flash version is: Shockwave Flash 10.2 r159
>>>
>>> Anyone have any suggestions?
>>> Flash is working terribly for me.
>>
>> That is the same version as mine but mine works fine so I can't be of
>> any help here.
>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jesse
>>>
>>
>> Regards, Jim
>>
> Hi,
>
> Here is the information when typing "about:support" in Firefox's URL box:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/606924/
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Weird thing is YouTube videos work perfect, but other Flash sites have
> display issues.
> (Example: http://www.toyota.com/corolla/trims-prices.html
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks!
>
> Jesse
>

I wouldn't make any judgments about flash based on that site. I had a 
lot of display corruption and never did see any motion or sound when I 
went to it.

Regards,  Jim




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