no luck with flash with either firefox or chrome

[Colin Law]

On 30 March 2013 12:48, Charles Smith <cts.private at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have installed "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS" and then firefox, using apt-get.  Unfortunately, I can't watch youtube - I just get a black box where the film should be.
>
> Then I got a clever idea of trying chrome.  Now instead of a block box, I get a box with a puzzle piece in it, and the msg "Couldn't load plugin".  I've googled extensively, found lots of advice which fit my case perfectly - but not change.
>
> This can't be difficult, can it?  I mean, youtube on ubuntu?

Perhaps the flash plugin is not installed.  Try, in a terminal,
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

Colin

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