flashplugin-installer

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 09 November 2015 04:00:52 Petter Adsen wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 03:23:06 -0500
>
> Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 09 November 2015 03:09:13 Petter Adsen wrote:
> > > On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 02:33:28 -0500
> > >
> > > Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 08 November 2015 15:01:55 Lee Gold wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2015, at 08:51 AM, Scott Blair wrote:
> > > > > > On 11/08/2015 10:41 AM, Lee Gold wrote:
> > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2015, at 08:26 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > > > >> Greetings all;
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> One of those somebody has to ask it questions.  I just
> > > > > > >> updated my lappy, which hadn't been in a couple months,
> > > > > > >> which has a 14.04 LUbuntu install on it, and its wasting
> > > > > > >> time yet trying to download the tarball of adobe's
> > > > > > >> flashplayer.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > snip...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Just to add an option here:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/install-pepper-flash-player
> > > > > > >-for .htm l
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That install for pepper-flash is outdated and doesn't work.
> > > >
> > > > And it doesn't resolve from here either.
> > > > sudo apt-get update
> > > > ...
> > > > W: Failed to fetch
> > > > http://ppa.launchpad.net/skunk/pepper-flash/ubuntu/dists/wheezy/
> > > >main /source/Sources 404  Not Found
> > > >
> > > > W: Failed to fetch
> > > > http://ppa.launchpad.net/skunk/pepper-flash/ubuntu/dists/wheezy/
> > > >main /binary-i386/Packages 404  Not Found
> > > >
> > > > > Works fine w/FF and 14.04. Have you tried it???
> > > >
> > > > See above and previous post.
> > >
> > > Gene,
> > >
> > > Are you doing this on an Ubuntu host? See the "wheezy" in the link
> > > above? It is where the codename for the distribution should be,
> > > and Wheezy is Debian, not Ubuntu. You might be able to install the
> > > package by hand-editing the sources.list file and exchange
> > > "wheezy" for "trusty" or something like that, but there is no
> > > guarantee that an Ubuntu package will work on your system if it
> > > isn't Ubuntu. (The fact that you say "Iceweasel" and not "Firefox"
> > > is also a hint that you might be running something else.)
> >
> > debian wheezy yes.
>
> That explains it. :)
>
> > > As for your questions about Flash: Adobe agreed to release
> > > security fixes for the Linux version for a given window of time
> > > (until 2017, until the end of 2017 - something like that) but no
> > > other improvements. That's why there are occasional updates to the
> > > package.
> >
> > I have had no access to a flash update that would actually install
> > using an adobe installer in nearly 3 years here.  So there have been
> > no updates to flash in that time frame here.  Its old, runs like a 1
> > legged dog when it runs, and deserves to die.
>
> I don't really use Flash at all, since much of the Flash material
> these days are ads, and I block most of those. But I can't say I
> recall having any problems with installing the updates.
>
> Since you are on Debian, have you tried deb-multimedia? There is a
> repackaged version of the Flash plugin there, that might work better
> for you. But this is really a problem you should take up in a Debian
> forum, as it is off-topic here. There was a looong thread on Flash on
> the debian-user mailing list that started 03-Aug-2015 - check the
> archives, it has quite a few tips on getting it working and might help
> you.
>
> > > Google has already disabled autoplay of some Flash content in
> > > Chrome IIRC, the Flash plugin in Firefox will at some point be
> > > disabled, and mobile platforms don't support Flash at all. The web
> > > seems to be moving to HTML5 and H.264 video, so Flash is indeed
> > > dying a death of a thousand cuts - it just takes time.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure why you are getting the dialog on whether or not to
> > > allow the playing of Flash content, is it possible that you have
> > > enabled click-to-play for Flash?
> >
> > Not to my knowledge.  Where/how is that to be checked on ?
>
> Open "about:addons", click "Plugins", see if Shockwave Flash is set to
> "Ask to Activate". If it is, try "Always Activate".
>
Two choices, always ask, disable

> There is also a setting in about:config that's called
> plugins.click_to_play, but I can't tell you how these two settings
> interact. It should probably be set to "false" if you want autoplay,
> though.
>
That didn't help either.

Flash claims it was updated just in august, is version 11.2.202.508

> Petter
>
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