[SOLVED] flash not working in arch

thelastblack · 2011-05-03 09:28:11

hi
i have arch+gnome3 and i installed "flashplugin 10.2.159.1-2" from repos but i dont have flash in my browsers(firefox+epiphany+chromium)
what is happening? can it be because gnome3 is in testing repo?
thx

Last edited by thelastblack (2011-05-06 08:04:56)

vinayv · 2011-05-03 10:57:15

Gnome3 should have nothing to do with flashplugin..

Check "about:plugins" in Firefox to see if it lists flash player plugin..
Are you using 32 bit or 64 bit system?

Check if this file exists on your system: ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so (i.e., <your-home-dir>/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so)
If it does not, then the flash plugin is not installed. Try re-installing the plugin (pacman -S flashplugin)

Regards,
Vinay V

thelastblack · 2011-05-03 16:50:44

ok, thx for answer

i saw and about:plugins said no enabled plugin was founded
i tried reinstalling and at the end after installation it said:

"warning: directory permissions differ on usr/lib/mozilla/
filesystem: 700 package: 75"

and there is no directory ~/.mozilla/plugings ...
there is just extensions and firefox folders..

so, could this be a problem?

Last edited by thelastblack (2011-05-03 16:52:49)

vinayv · 2011-05-04 03:07:18

My apologies.. Even on my machine, the flashplugin is installed to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory (not ~/.mozilla/plugins)

The permissions could be a problem. On my machine, the permissions for /usr/lib/mozilla dir is 755.. Maybe you can change it to that and try reinstalling..
You can use this command to change permissions:
# chmod 755 /usr/lib/mozilla

thelastblack · 2011-05-05 06:50:46

i think the permissions was a problem.... thank u a lot!

vinayv · 2011-05-05 07:31:06

You are welcome.. Please add "[SOLVED]" to the subject.

thelastblack · 2011-05-05 16:33:45

how could i do that? i cant seem to find "edit topic" button...

vinayv · 2011-05-05 17:14:57

I think you get the edit topic option if you try to edit the first post..
Also, there should be a way to close the topic too.. But I don't know about that.

Inxsible · 2011-05-05 17:17:12

you can mark threads as solved by editing your first post and prepending [SOLVED] to the subject line.

and you cannot close threads. Only moderators can do that.

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