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h4ckett

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Registered: 2010-08-04

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[SOLVED] Problem with flash plugin and chromium

Hi all,

New arch user here. I've been working on getting a flash plugin working all evening and don't seem to be making any progress.

Version of Chromium that I have: 5.0.375.125 (0)
I have an x86_64 architecture, also.

I've searched these forums/google and tried the AUR nspluginwrapper-debian/nspluginwrapper-flash solution (manually with makepkg) however, flash isn't working on firefox (3.6.8) either; nspluginwrapper installed without issue, and made sure the permissions are correct. about:plugins does not show anything about flash on either browser.

Any ideas as to what I may be doing wrong?

EDIT: It just decided to work in firefox. Still nothing in chrome...
EDIT2: Actually I think it's using the swf plugin in place of the flash plugin.

Last edited by h4ckett (2010-08-04 22:51:05)

Cagnulein

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with flash plugin and chromium

i'm using chromium and flash in a x86_architecture. I've installed these packages:

[2010-02-13 07:10] upgraded flashplugin (10.0.42.34-1 -> 10.0.45.2-1)
[2010-04-11 12:14] upgraded libflashsupport (9.0.21.78-5 -> 9.0.21.78-7)

did you install they?

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cesura

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with flash plugin and chromium

I have the exact same setup as you, so I know for a fact it works. Make sure you have all previous flash plugins removed, and use the following to install:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … bit_System

Last edited by cesura (2010-08-04 05:49:09)

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Inxsible

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with flash plugin and chromium

I just use flashplugin 10.0.45 and use browsers that block flash until i allow it.

Maybe one of these days, when I am not feeling lazy, I will switch over to nspluginwrapper. But that would mean installing 32 bit libraries in my pristine 64 bit machine

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h4ckett

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Registered: 2010-08-04

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with flash plugin and chromium

[2010-02-13 07:10] upgraded flashplugin (10.0.42.34-1 -> 10.0.45.2-1)

It is my understanding this has been removed from the official repositories, correct?

I have the exact same setup as you, so I know for a fact it works. Make sure you have all previous flash plugins removed, and use the following to install:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … bit_System

This did it! I removed all the previous plugins for flash, and used yaourt for installing from the AUR. Works perfectly now. Thank you so much!

As your reward, I'm going to share what I randomly clicked on on youtube's homepage to test it (it's SFW):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnx-SqMY … re=popular

cesura

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with flash plugin and chromium

No problem Here's a video of a piano playing cat for your entertainment purposes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ

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