new flash plugin package doesn't work?

nirvanix · 2006-02-12 19:07:48

Just upgraded to flashplugin 7.0.61.0-2, but firefox can't find it when I go to a website that uses flash. When I step back down to the previous version it works fine.

ozar · 2006-02-12 19:13:18

Not sure this will help, but it might:

http://archlinux.org/news.php#199

Cerebral · 2006-02-12 19:15:41

Make sure you upgrade to the latest mozilla-firefox and mozilla-common packages, then log out and back in

That should fix it - but it may 'break' other plugins -- the plugins folder is moving from /opt/mozilla-plugins to /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins and so the new flashplugin installs to the new directory. Unfixed packages may install to the old dir still, and cause problems

nirvanix · 2006-02-13 03:21:13

Yes, the installation directory is changed for the plugins, and I still had the old plugin directory installed so it put it there. Problem is solved - thanks everyone for your help! The Arch gang is the best!

Munna · 2006-03-24 23:52:08

The plugin has to be in the right dir, but not in

/opt/mozilla/lib/plugins

in my case...

I had move the plugin from above dir to

/opt/mozilla/lib/firefox-1.5.0.1/plugins

I'm using firefox 1.5.0.1-3 and flashplugin 7.0.63.0-1

Cerebral · 2006-03-24 23:55:36

Munna - you shouldn't need to do this. if you've installed mozilla-common it places a shell script in /etc/profile.d that gets sourced every login - this shell script should set the mozilla plugins dir to /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins

Munna · 2006-03-25 10:30:42

@Cerebral
mozilla-common is installed, the script is there.
The flashpugin was therefore installed in /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins.
And it doesn't worked in my case.

Maybe firefox 1.5.0.1-3 itself doesn't use the "mozilla-common dir" anymore?

JGC · 2006-03-25 11:21:31

When you install mozilla-common, it places a file in /etc/profile.d/mozilla-common.sh, which gets sourced when you log in. Now this is the trick:

- you login to your system, start X, etc
- you open a terminal, switch to root and run pacman -S mozilla-firefox
- a new icon appears in your panel, you launch it, but it can't find any plugins...

why would this be? because your new profile.d file isn't sourced when you logged in.

Munna · 2006-03-25 16:51:37

Thanks for the replies.
O.K., I'm guilty.

I'm using XDM (and fluxbox), and I had to add the following to .xsession

[ -f /etc/profile ] && . /etc/profile
if [ -f $HOME/.bash_profile ]; then
  . $HOME/.bash_profile
elif [ -f $HOME/.bash_login ]; then
  . $HOME/.bash_login
elif [ -f $HOME/.profile ]; then
  . $HOME/.profile
fi

Arch Linux

#1 2006-02-12 19:07:48

new flash plugin package doesn't work?

#2 2006-02-12 19:13:18

Re: new flash plugin package doesn't work?

#3 2006-02-12 19:15:41

Re: new flash plugin package doesn't work?

#4 2006-02-13 03:21:13

Re: new flash plugin package doesn't work?

#5 2006-03-24 23:52:08

Re: new flash plugin package doesn't work?

#6 2006-03-24 23:55:36

Re: new flash plugin package doesn't work?

#7 2006-03-25 10:30:42

Re: new flash plugin package doesn't work?

#8 2006-03-25 11:21:31

Re: new flash plugin package doesn't work?

#9 2006-03-25 16:51:37

Re: new flash plugin package doesn't work?

Board footer