Flash Issues on old 32 bit pc

[Liam Proven]

On 29 August 2013 18:22, Pete Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the advice.....
>
> Yes Colin it is 32bit and old 32bit CPU.

That was me too, BTW.

> Shockwave flash may well be adobe's plugin, still does not mean it
> works! I may be confusing myself but I thought that swf  was the FOSS
> version of flash, which if I am right, I would rather use on
> principle.

It's rarely used but .swf is the file extension. Normally most Flash
animations exist inside web pages, not as separate files in your
filesystem; it's fairly normal not to be able to open such a file, as
the Flash player is a browser plugin and not a standalone app.

> Liam, if I am about to make a disastrous mistake please let me know!
> The commands needed to achive your suggested steps are;
>
> sudo apt-get remove adobe-flashplugin
> sudo apt-get purge adobe-flashplugin

Yep.

> sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-restricted-extras
> sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-restricted-extras

No, leave them.

> now the bit I am uncertain of....
>
> sudo reboot -fsck -n             ??????

No.

sudo touch /forcefsck
such shutdown -r now

> then via synaptic install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Just adobe-flashplugin should be enough. Leave the rest of them alone.


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