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aniruddha

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Registered: 2009-05-31

Posts: 12

Flash plugin not working

I was running Arch 64-bit but switched to 32-bit because of various problems. In  64-bit Flash worked fine in Firefox. But in 32-bit I have problems getting it to work at all. I also get a strange error after the installation succeeded. What can I try to get it working?

# pacman -S flashplugin

resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): flashplugin-10.0.22.87-1  

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   12.66 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
checking package integrity...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
(1/1) installing flashplugin                        [#####################] 100%
warning: directory permissions differ on usr/lib/mozilla/
filesystem: 700  package: 755

Last edited by aniruddha (2009-06-02 13:26:44)

whoops

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Registered: 2009-03-19

Posts: 891

Re: Flash plugin not working

sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/lib/mozilla
?

Last edited by whoops (2009-06-02 13:35:30)

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: Flash plugin not working

the solution is in front of your eyes.

warning: directory permissions differ on usr/lib/mozilla/
filesystem: 700  package: 755

chmod 755 /usr/libb/mozilla

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aniruddha

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Registered: 2009-05-31

Posts: 12

Re: Flash plugin not working

That's quick! Anyone knows why the permissions are incorrect on a vanilla Arch install? Should I file a bug report?

Edit:
Which other package provides /usr/lib/mozilla? It isn't firefox, thunderbird os mozilla-common. But there has to be a package out there that sets the wrong permssions in the frst place

Last edited by aniruddha (2009-06-02 14:44:46)

Kabi

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Registered: 2007-12-05

Posts: 42

Re: Flash plugin not working

Fixed it here to....

But how does this happen after only installing base system, openbox, firefox and flashplayer...?