[SOLVED (Yippee)]Good Arch64 Flash guide?.

tricky · 2009-05-31 19:32:52

Now youtube says No javascript (which is enabled) or old flashplayer (but it's new).

Still got no plugins installed.

But cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

Gives this :

[root@myhost plugins]# ls
libflashplayer.so mplayerplug-in-gmp.xpt mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
libnpjp2.so mplayerplug-in-qt.so mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt
mplayerplug-in-dvx.so mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt mplayerplug-in.so
mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt mplayerplug-in-rm.so mplayerplug-in.xpt
mplayerplug-in-gmp.so mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt

heleos · 2009-05-31 19:34:31

[offtopic]For all you people that have 64 bit flash working, is there a delay on the sound? My sound is atleast 1 second behind the flash video.... which makes things unable to watch without being very annoyed[/offtopic]

Last edited by heleos (2009-05-31 19:43:27)

Peasantoid · 2009-05-31 19:37:57

heleos wrote:

For all you people that have 64 bit flash working, is there a delay on the sound? My sound is atleast 1 second behind the flash video.... which makes things unable to watch without being very annoyed

Uh... nice hijack?
It's probably because you're using PulseAudio.

heleos · 2009-05-31 19:40:16

[offtopic]OSS actually. And technically this is getting 64bit flash to work properly... so I dont see it as a 'hijack'[/offtopic]

Problem solved!

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Peasantoid · 2009-05-31 19:41:27

The thread wasn't about getting Flash to work "properly", it was about getting it to work at all. Your problem is completely different from the OP's.

tricky · 2009-05-31 19:43:47

Yes.
My flash is not working so that was a hijack.

Anyway it seems that the plugins are there but gran paradiso (firefox) cannot access them?.

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heleos · 2009-05-31 19:45:32

Did you install the lib32-flashplugin package in aur?

tricky · 2009-05-31 19:46:14

heleos wrote:

Did you install the lib32-flashplugin package in aur?

Nopes, I have never used AUR yet.

Can't I wget it or something?.

Last edited by tricky (2009-05-31 19:46:58)

heleos · 2009-05-31 19:47:16

You should try that, I don't think my flash worked until I installed that package.

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15406

dmartins · 2009-05-31 19:50:11

lib32-flashplugin is for if you are running a 32-bit browser on a 64-bit OS so I don't think it applies here but I suppose it can't hurt.
Maybe reinstall firefox.. I don't know, i'm out of ideas.

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tricky · 2009-05-31 19:50:19

Ok TY for that.
If it's not a permissions issue then I am missing something that's only in the AUR.
I have noart or something so I just download the package and double click is that right anyone?.

heleos · 2009-05-31 19:51:34

do you mean yaourt? If so, you can just use yaourt -S packagename if the package is in the AUR

edit: also, instead of the flashplugin from extra, you could try flashplugin-universal from AUR as well

Last edited by heleos (2009-05-31 19:52:34)

Peasantoid · 2009-05-31 19:51:40

Enh... My Flash works fine w/o the AUR package; you probably don't need it. Have you installed `flashplugin`?

tricky · 2009-05-31 19:54:20

Yep installed and reinstalled flash plugin.
How about a different browser, might it be easier to set up in opera or something?.

heleos · 2009-05-31 19:56:36

If you install the opera from AUR, you'll need the lib32-flashplayer, since it installs the i386 version

edit: just kidding, pkgbuild differentiates between 64 and 32 bit. Try opera

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tricky · 2009-05-31 20:01:21

Opera is cool.
The only way I get youtube now is through mplayer.
Links in forums cannot be accessed which is inconvenient.
It's like this pc is 'flash blind' for no obvious reason with firefox.
I don't get how to use AUR.
Kanne find a link.
How do I download what I need and double click?.

Last edited by tricky (2009-05-31 20:04:42)

dmartins · 2009-05-31 20:04:12

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=67314
That link has a couple of things you could try. Definately check the permissions on the plugin directories and the output from "echo $MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH". Symlinks to your home directory should not be necessary!

tricky · 2009-05-31 20:07:45

echo $MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins:/opt/mozilla/lib/plugins

How come pacman -S opera shows nothing?.
'opera not found'
Am I cursed?.
Maybe my repos are wobbly.

Found opera in ARchlinuxfr repo.

Still no flash in opera (Grrrr).

Last edited by tricky (2009-05-31 20:31:04)

whoops · 2009-05-31 20:37:10

pacman -Ss opera
... in theory. But I think it's only available from the AUR or archlinuxfr.

... still: does the console you started say anything interesting or did you just confirm that starting firefox from console worked?

(and sorry that I ask such a silly thing, but are you possibly already starting firefox in safe mode all the time and that's why the plug-in doesn't load?)

Last edited by whoops (2009-05-31 20:38:35)

tricky · 2009-05-31 21:05:24

Nopes, I start Firefox in normal mode.
This is baffling.
Even Opera does not work with Youtube.

tricky · 2009-05-31 21:42:32

Bump...

I have to say Flash in firefox is a nasty pain in the butt.

[Edit - Update]
Well hit me with a frozen Haddock..

# chmod -R 755 /usr/lib/mozilla
Fixed it. A little gem from the Wiki.
After running that about:plugins shows them all and ahem, Youtube is now working.

Last edited by tricky (2009-05-31 22:15:01)

dmartins · 2009-05-31 22:14:21

Edit: lol, I left the computer and forgot to click submit on this post. In the meantime you figured it out!

I would say it's more than flash that's giving you trouble since you have several plugins in the correct folder but none of them show up in about:plugins.

Try this:
Open a terminal and use su to switch to the root user. Start firefox as root and check about:plugins. If you have plugins listed now, it's probably a permission problem on /usr/lib/mozilla or /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

Check them with:

ls -ld /usr/lib/mozilla
ls -ld /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

Permissions on both folders should be rxwr-xr-x

Last edited by dmartins (2009-05-31 22:16:06)

whoops · 2009-05-31 22:26:31

I'd recommend you, to try and undo unnecessary "fixes" while you still remember most of what you did (if your current system isn't still the "testing run" and you plan on keeping it).

tricky · 2009-05-31 22:45:32

whoops wrote:

I'd recommend you, to try and undo unnecessary "fixes" while you still remember most of what you did (if your current system isn't still the "testing run" and you plan on keeping it).

I only did the stuff in this thread which should be ok I suppose it would only affect firefox.
But yes I dont want this setup to topple over.

It's the full Arch not testing.

# pacman -Sy --asdeps gtk2 lib32-atk lib32-cairo lib32-expat lib32-fontconfig lib32-freetype2 lib32-gcc-libs \
lib32-glib2 lib32-glibc lib32-gtk2 lib32-libice lib32-libpng lib32-libsm lib32-libx11 lib32-libxau \
lib32-libxcb lib32-libxcursor lib32-libxext lib32-libxfixes lib32-libxft lib32-libxi lib32-libxinerama \
lib32-libxmu lib32-libxrandr lib32-libxrender lib32-libxt lib32-pango lib32-pcre lib32-zlib libxt \
util-linux-ng lib32-alsa-lib lib32-libxdamage lib32-libstdc++5 rpmextract

o $ sudo pacman -Rd flashplugin-nonfree flashplugin-installer
o $ wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs … .so.tar.gz
o $ tar xvf libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
o $ sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
o $ tar xvf libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
o $ mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
o $ mv libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins

I am too noob to undo all that, is that really bad?.

Last edited by tricky (2009-05-31 22:49:10)

whoops · 2009-05-31 23:18:59

Oh, if it's only those two, you can leave it. You'll get the first one when you try to remove all orphans without messing anything up at some point...

And the second one should mostly fix itself, when flashplugin in the repo is updated. Maybe (then) you also will need to:
$ rm ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
$ rmdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
So firefox doesn't use the old copy. Or if that breaks something:
$ mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
$ cp /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins
... well, you'll see when it's updated - no idea.

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