flashplugin problem

R00KIE · 2008-09-21 16:27:53

Hello, I don't know if this was already covered before but a search didn't help me.
I have installed the flashplugin (pacman -S flashplugin) and it worked just fine in a root account but not in a normal user account. I have solved the permisions problem in /usr/lib/mozilla like it was mentioned in another thread but still it didn't work.
I have figured that in a normal user account .adobe and .macromedia aren't created, if these folders are copied from the root account then the plugin works (these folders are created automatically even if deleted).
Anyone noticed this too?

Errrmmmm well as it seems this is related with the shell .... I have changed the default shell to tcsh (because some programs I intend to use need it to be that way) and it seems that was the cause of the problem, I have changed it back to bash and deleted the .adobe and .macromedia directories and started firefox again and voila, it worked. Seems like I'll be using bash after all and just call tcsh when needed.

Last edited by R00KIE (2008-09-21 18:43:54)

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#1 2008-09-21 16:27:53

flashplugin problem

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