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

[Jim Byrnes]

On 05/13/2011 08:05 AM, Jesse Palser wrote:
> On 05/13/2011 09:02 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> 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
>>
> Hi,
>
> Based on the Firefox info, am I running 64Bit Firefox?

Based on this user agent string I would say yes.
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1

> I have problems on many other sites with Flash too.
> There must be a way to fix this?
> Had no problems with Ubuntu 10.10 64bit and Flash.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jesse
>

I afraid I can't be of much help here, for me flash just worked.  You 
might try searching back through this lists archives.  I seem to 
remember that some people solved flash problems by uninstalling and 
re-installing flash.

Regards,  Jim