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LB06

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 435

[flash] Konqueror

I followed the instructions on http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … _on_Arch64. In firefox it seems to be working (although it is somewhat unstable), but in Konqueror it just doesn't work. The plugins are detected properly, but all I get is a glitchy grey area where the flash applet should have been.

I also recall that flash didn't work in Arch32 + konq. Does it have to do something with this issue? Does anyone know how to get flash working?

Last edited by LB06 (2008-02-17 19:53:44)

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: [flash] Konqueror

Latest flashplugin package doesn't work with konqueror. You'd have to install an older one. See wiki article on downgrading.

LB06

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 435

Re: [flash] Konqueror

So if I understand correctly there are two separate problems:

1. There is no 64-bit version for Linux (fixed used nspluginwrappers)
2. Flash doesn't work in Konqueror (both 32 and 64 bit) 

Both problems affect my situation. I was able to fix problem 1, but problem 2 is still causing trouble. I followed the instructions on the wiki page. I do get a typical kmplayer window now, but it doesn't play any flash applets (I tried several rendering engines/backend).

edit: whoops, I didn't read your post correctly. I am unable to find any information on the wiki regarding downgrading. All I found was a section on kmplayer. Btw, since I am running Arch64, I have installed flash using nspluginwrapper-flash and not flashplugin.

Last edited by LB06 (2008-02-17 22:22:45)

lucke

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From: Poland

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Re: [flash] Konqueror

pacman -U http://alma.vtrbandaancha.net/nspluginwrapper-flash-9.0.48.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

and it should work (link taken from the comment of nspluginwrapper-flash in AUR)

LB06

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 435

Re: [flash] Konqueror

error: error while reading package /var/cache/pacman/pkg/nspluginwrapper-flash-9.0.48.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz: Premature end of gzip compressed data: Input/output error

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

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Re: [flash] Konqueror

wget -c http://alma.vtrbandaancha.net/nspluginwrapper-flash-9.0.48.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
pacman -U nspluginwrapper-flash-9.0.48.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

If it doesn't work, just change the pkgver in that AUR's PKGBUILD to 9.0.48.0.

holytrousers

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From: 3rd Rock from the Sun

Registered: 2007-10-19

Posts: 75

Re: [flash] Konqueror

I have changed the pkgver to 9.0.48.0, it installed properly,

makepkg
==> Making package: nspluginwrapper-flash 9.0.48.0-1  (Mon Feb 18 14:49:57 CET 2008)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
  -> Downloading install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz...
--2008-02-18 14:49:58--  http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
Resolving fpdownload.macromedia.com... 88.221.6.70
Connecting to fpdownload.macromedia.com|88.221.6.70|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3036127 (2.9M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz'

100%[====================================================>] 3,036,127   1.01M/s   in 2.9s

2008-02-18 14:50:01 (1.01 MB/s) - `install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz' saved [3036127/3036127]

  -> Found adobe_eula.txt in build dir
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz ... Passed
    adobe_eula.txt ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
  -> bsdtar -x -f install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
==> Tidying install...
  -> Removing info/doc files...
  -> Compressing man pages...
  -> Stripping debugging symbols from binaries and libraries...
==> Creating package...
  -> Generating .PKGINFO file...
  -> Adding install script...
  -> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: nspluginwrapper-flash (Mon Feb 18 14:50:05 CET 2008)

the plugin still won't work with konqueror !
It works okay with firefox... but konqueror ...
Strange, i used it without any problems previously ( in the summer )
So, the paths i set in Konqueror to $HOME/.mozilla/plugins , /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins , /usr/lib64/browser plugins etc.
PS. After installing nspluginwrapper-flash, i got strange errors ( But it shouldn't matter, falsh works fine with firefox ) :
Here would be the output :

[kais@TaxiBamako nspluginwrapper-flash]$ nspluginwrapper -v -a -i
Auto-install plugins from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
*** NSPlugin Viewer  *** ERROR: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnpsoplugin.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
*** NSPlugin Viewer  *** ERROR: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mplayerplug-in-wmp.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
*** NSPlugin Viewer  *** ERROR: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mplayerplug-in-rm.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
*** NSPlugin Viewer  *** ERROR: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mplayerplug-in.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Install plugin /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
  into /home/kais/.mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
*** NSPlugin Viewer  *** ERROR: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mplayerplug-in-qt.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
*** NSPlugin Viewer  *** ERROR: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mplayerplug-in-gmp.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
*** NSPlugin Viewer  *** ERROR: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mplayerplug-in-dvx.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Auto-install plugins from /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
*** NSPlugin Viewer  *** ERROR: /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libnullplugin.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
*** NSPlugin Viewer  *** ERROR: /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libunixprintplugin.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Auto-install plugins from /home/kais/.mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /home/kais/.mozilla/plugins

Thanks !

N30N

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Registered: 2007-04-08

Posts: 273

Re: [flash] Konqueror

Latest flashplugin package doesn't work with konqueror.

I haven't tried it myself, but there is a workaround using kmplayer.

LB06

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 435

Re: [flash] Konqueror

wget -c http://alma.vtrbandaancha.net/nspluginwrapper-flash-9.0.48.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
pacman -U nspluginwrapper-flash-9.0.48.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

If it doesn't work, just change the pkgver in that AUR's PKGBUILD to 9.0.48.0.

I think pkgver is useless, because only the latest version is available via adobe.com. So rebuilding with pkgver=9.0.48 will yield a 9.0.11x packge, of which pacman believes it's version 9.0.48.

Regarding the binary package you mentioned:

[luk@raptor ~]$ sudo pacman -U nspluginwrapper-flash-9.0.48.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
Password:
loading package data... error: error while reading package nspluginwrapper-flash-9.0.48.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz: Premature end of gzip compressed data: Input/output error
error: failed to add target 'nspluginwrapper-flash-9.0.48.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz' (libarchive error)

I already tried the kmplayer workaround, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work.

[luk@raptor ~]$ tail -n 4 .kde/share/config/kmplayerrc
[application/x-shockwave-flash]
player=npp
plugin=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

[luk@raptor ~]$ ls -lh /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7.8M 2008-02-11 00:46 /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Last edited by LB06 (2008-02-18 23:01:58)

holytrousers

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From: 3rd Rock from the Sun

Registered: 2007-10-19

Posts: 75

Re: [flash] Konqueror

the kmplayer workaround wont work here neither.

mips1

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Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 99

Re: [flash] Konqueror

The kmplayer workaround used to work for me. I was away for about 2 weeks and did a pacman -Syu when I got back and since then the workaround no longer works. This flash thing is becoming a pita.

mips1

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Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 99

Re: [flash] Konqueror

I just had a look at the wiki and I noticed that the location of my  libflashplayer.so file has changed from /opt to /usr.

Editing the path in ~/.kde/share/config/kmplayerrc rectified the problem.

This is on my 32bit system. Have not tried it on my 64bit system yet as I seem to have a hardware (memory) problem which I have tpo sort out first.

holytrousers

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From: 3rd Rock from the Sun

Registered: 2007-10-19

Posts: 75

Re: [flash] Konqueror

my path is set correctly, and it ain't working. A 64 bit arch.
Gnash doesn't work neither ( youtube, dailymotion ), though installed the proper clients and set the correct settings in the embedded player for x-shockwave.
I Don't know what i can do, i hate firefox, and do not want to change to a 32 bit system ( i have a 64 amd which causes problems )

vision

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Registered: 2008-02-27

Posts: 15

Re: [flash] Konqueror

I'm in the same boat, and I refuse to switch to Arch32. I tried doing:

yaourt -S nspluginwrapper-flash-7

but I get a 404 error.. currently using the nspluginwrapper-ubuntu package and it doesn't change anything (I currently have nspluginwrapper-flash installed until I can get 7 working, or an earlier version of 9.. Ubuntu forums mention that r115 of Flash9, which is the latest, is bugged)..

vision

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Registered: 2008-02-27

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Re: [flash] Konqueror

Just installed this package and success.

http://packages.mortals.dy.fi/nspluginw … pkg.tar.gz

fflarex

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Registered: 2007-09-15

Posts: 466

Re: [flash] Konqueror

The latest gnash doesn't work because of an upgrade in ffmpeg. Although it is much easier to downgrade gnash than to downgrade the official adobe flash player, it will require downgrading multiple packages that ffmpeg also relies on. But gnash does work with YouTube and at least, and that's almost all I need. For other sites I use keepvid.com to download flash videos and watch them on my desktop.

As for sites in which flash is an integral part of the website... I can't begin to tell you how much I wish flash would disappear off the face of the earth (I think the mods might kick me around a bit if I voiced my stream of conscienceness on that). Gnash needs to get a move on and drastically improve compatability, and hopefully put some pressure on

Anyways, I just installed the package that vision found and it worked well for me too. (and I am completely aware of my hypocracy for installing flash...)

Last edited by fflarex (2008-02-28 00:11:29)

LB06

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 435

Re: [flash] Konqueror

Just installed this package and success.

http://packages.mortals.dy.fi/nspluginw … pkg.tar.gz

Thanks! Finally flash on my pc.

Btw I've mirrored the package since your mirror seems to be very, very slow. This one has a dual gbit uplink to the i'net so it should be faster:
http://stuwww.uvt.nl/~s178024/nspluginw … pkg.tar.gz (located in Europe)

Last edited by LB06 (2008-02-29 21:19:54)

neowolf

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From: North Carolina

Registered: 2008-01-27

Posts: 105

Re: [flash] Konqueror

KDEmod's current version is now patched so that the latest flash plugin will work fine. Granted if you're 64-bit you'll still have to wrap it.

holytrousers

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From: 3rd Rock from the Sun

Registered: 2007-10-19

Posts: 75

Re: [flash] Konqueror

I confirm !
I just updated the system, and flash in nspluginwrapper works fine !
Great !

GOwin

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Registered: 2008-04-03

Posts: 18

Re: [flash] Konqueror

Just installed this package and success.

http://packages.mortals.dy.fi/nspluginw … pkg.tar.gz

Thanks! Finally flash on my pc.

Btw I've mirrored the package since your mirror seems to be very, very slow. This one has a dual gbit uplink to the i'net so it should be faster:
http://stuwww.uvt.nl/~s178024/nspluginw … pkg.tar.gz (located in Europe)

Thanks. Flash is now working - on firefox and epiphany.

prol

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Registered: 2008-03-27

Posts: 75

Re: [flash] Konqueror

So how do u make flash work with konq 32bit