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#1 2008-11-26 20:33:35

ssl6
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flash not working on fresh 32bit install

so i reloaded my laptop last night after having issues with xorg, or something after an update, couldn't find any other resolution

now flash doesnt work, or i think its flash. i usually use youtube to test flash, and it tells me that either flash or java arent working. i have jre and the flashplugin installed, and they do appear when i go to about:plugins

any advice?


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#2 2008-11-27 10:12:52

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Re: flash not working on fresh 32bit install

Have you changed the default shell from bash to anything else? Once I did that and I had a similar problem, flash was there but not working. If not that no idea, maybe try to delete ~/.adobe and ~/.macromedia and ~/.mozilla then run firefox again (make sure that your default shell is bash, you have to logout and login if you have changed it before it comes into effect).


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#3 2008-11-27 16:22:58

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Re: flash not working on fresh 32bit install

i haven't changed the default shell, wouldn't know how to. its a clean install, so i don't know


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#4 2008-11-29 05:13:21

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Re: flash not working on fresh 32bit install

no one has any suggestions?


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#5 2008-11-29 06:45:25

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Re: flash not working on fresh 32bit install

Well, first it would be wise to narrow it down to whether the issue is with flash or java.

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#6 2008-11-29 07:06:41

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Re: flash not working on fresh 32bit install

how can i figure that out? both show up in about:plugins, its a fresh install so it should be up to date?

as far as java, i have jre installed

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#7 2008-11-29 17:13:15

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Re: flash not working on fresh 32bit install

Well, if it doesn't work on youtube its a flash problem.
No idea why it doesn't want to work though, for me it worked every time.


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#8 2008-11-29 18:19:56

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Re: flash not working on fresh 32bit install

check permission  /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. needs to be 755.


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#9 2008-11-29 19:59:58

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Re: flash not working on fresh 32bit install

does this say anything?

[urmom@urmom-pc mozilla]$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/lib/mozilla/extensions
Password:
chmod: cannot access `/usr/lib/mozilla/extensions': No such file or directory

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#10 2008-11-29 22:10:21

fmma
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Re: flash not working on fresh 32bit install

Hi,

had the same problem with flash after a new install of arch

pacman -S flash

installs libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

However, it needs to go into

/usr/lib/mozilla/extensions

So I just created one and copied libflashplayer.so in this directory

cp /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/extensions/libflashplayer.so

Hope this helps

fr

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#11 2008-11-30 00:59:53

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Re: flash not working on fresh 32bit install

i just tried it, it doesnt seem to have helped, im rebooting, maybe after it will work?


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