Flash Issues on old 32 bit pc

[Colin Law]

On 29 August 2013 17:35, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29 August 2013 17:07, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 29 August 2013 16:59, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin
>>> /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
>>
>>
>> That's the key bit. Well, and some other stuff in /usr/lib. Those are
>> the program binaries. You *do* have Flash installed, AFAICS.
>>
>
>
> Hi Liam
>
> I have as far as I can tell, the issue now is that Firefox, Chromium,
> even Google Chrome do not seem to realize this!!
>
> It does not even appear in the list of addons or plugins in any of the
> browsers as disabled, so I cannot enable it!
>
> Shockwave flash does appear in all 3 browsers and when enabled fails
> to work on any of them! However shockwave  does not appear as
> installed in synaptic or apt-cache policy search (searched gnash, swf,
> shockwave, shockwave-flashplugin) I am almost certain that this is the
> root of my evils but I am at a loss as to how to correct it.

I thought Shockwave Flash /is/ the Adobe plugin for Flash.  In Firefox
Tools > Add-ons > Plugins I see Shockwave Flash, set to Always
Activate.

>
>
> When did it get so complicated my 13.04 machines (1 clean 13.04
> install, 1 upgraded from 11.10 up thru stages, 1 upgraded from 10.04
> straight to 12.04 then up to 13.04 via 12,10) all work fine (even if
> laptop was done incorrectly, from adobe! in 11.10)
>
>
> I will sit and go through synaptic installed filter after I have
> eaten, and see if I can find anything shockwave related (and nuke it!)
> any clues to narrow field of search? by repo or anything?

Not a good idea if I am correct, but maybe I am not.

Colin