Youtube/Firefox Foulup??

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Ioannis Vranos
<ioannis.vranos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:21 PM, John Graddy <jwgraddy at valornet.com> wrote:
>> On 01/20/2012 12:28 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:15 PM, John Graddy<jwgraddy at valornet.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 01/20/2012 11:56 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Make sure you have flashplugin-installer package installed. If you do
>>>>> not
>>>>> have it installed, install it, do a reboot, and tell us if it works.
>>>>
>>>> flashplugin-installer is installed. It was installed long before I
>>>> reported
>>>> the problem.
>>>
>>> What ==>  Extensions (Not "Plugins") have you installed?
>>>
>>> Disable them all, close the browser, and open it again. Does it work?
>>>
>>>
>> I haven't installed any extensions. There is one extension there (I assume
>> it was either in the original installation or was installed by a Ubuntu
>> update) - that extension is Ubuntu Firefox Modification 1.0.2 and is now
>> disabled.
>
> No it is not Ubufox's issue, it is better if you enable it. It is
> Ubuntu's stuff.
>
> Well I have no idea what is going on. Sometimes when I encounter
> issues on another user's machine, I go to Firefox's Tools->Clear
> Recent History..." menu,
>
> there I select for "Time range to clear: ", the "Everything" option,
>
> in "Details" I enable all the boxes,
>
> and then I press the "Clear now" button.
>
> Then I close the browser, and run it again.
>
> I have fixed some unusual issues this way.
>
>
> If this doesn't work either, then this will work 100%: Just erase the
> .mozilla directory (it begins with a .dot). In terminal you can do
> this by typing:
>
> rm -rf .mozilla

Keep in mind, you will lose all your browser stuff this way. Back up
your bookmarks first.


>> Ever since I disabled the Shockwave flash plugin, all is working fine.  Is
>> leaving this plugin disabled going to cause me future problems?
>
> No, but I think the above will fix your problem for sure.


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