[SOLVED] Certain Flash sites not working in Firefox 4...

colbert · 2011-04-15 22:39:52

EDIT: Solved in post #15

Using Firefox 4 stable from extra repo, something is up with my Flash where certain sites aren't seeing it, while others are. When it works, it plays fine. Here's some screenshots to illustrate what I mean:

When I start a new session of a Firefox all Youtube videos are in the small window (even when I'm logged in) and the first video I watch, to get it to the bigger window I click the enlarge button as seen: http://i.imgur.com/vmmSF.png

It plays fine in this little window, but when I click that button and it enlarges, it looks like this http://i.imgur.com/4xzoy.png

Sometimes it will play and I can hear the audio while I only have that grey rectangle. Now, I can hit refresh and it will play back fine now on in this larger size, but this does not occur on my laptop with Arch and same packages.

Then Vimeo, nearly all videos are like this http://i.imgur.com/zYkIT.png

And on Break I don't even see anything: http://i.imgur.com/SIkT2.png

Many sites tell me to upgrade my flash. Here is package info I am using just in case:

Name           : firefox
Version        : 4.0-1
URL            : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox
Licenses       : MPL  GPL  LGPL
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : xulrunner=2.0  desktop-file-utils
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 1952.00 K
Packager       : Ionut Biru <ibiru@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : i686
Build Date     : Mon 21 Mar 2011 01:58:57 PM EDT
Install Date   : Tue 22 Mar 2011 09:26:54 PM EDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description    : Standalone web browser from mozilla.org

Name           : flashplugin
Version        : 10.2.153.1-1
URL            : http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer
Licenses       : custom
Groups         : None
Provides       : flashplayer
Depends On     : mozilla-common  libxt  gtk2  nss  curl
Optional Deps  : libvdpau: GPU acceleration on Nvidia card
Required By    : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : flashplugin-beta
Installed Size : 14224.00 K
Packager       : Ionut Biru <ibiru@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : i686
Build Date     : Tue 22 Mar 2011 06:46:42 AM EDT
Install Date   : Tue 22 Mar 2011 09:26:58 PM EDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description    : Adobe Flash Player

I have even removed my profile folder recently and started fresh, but it's still doing this Appreciate any help, thanks folks!

Last edited by colbert (2011-04-17 02:17:44)

jeslinmx · 2011-04-16 00:37:42

How did you install flash? Over pacman?

jeslinmx · 2011-04-16 00:38:57

Oh wait, oops.

the sad clown · 2011-04-16 01:11:17

Have you checked to make sure Firefox has flash listed in its plugins?

colbert · 2011-04-16 03:28:05

the sad clown wrote:

Have you checked to make sure Firefox has flash listed in its plugins?

Good call! Look at this:

Then I click on More and:

Here is my ~/.mozilla/plugins folder:

ll
total 7.8M
-rw-r--r-- 1 bobby 1000  856 Jan 29  2010 flashplayer.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bobby 1000 7.8M Jan 29  2010 libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bobby 1000   40 Jan 29  2010 libnpsoplugin.so -> /opt/openoffice/program/libnpsoplugin.so

Now here's the flash plugin running, I just did psaux xulrunner:

bobby     8179  0.4  0.7 120712 25620 ?        Sl   20:51   0:38 /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/plugin-container /home/bobby/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so -grebase /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0 -appbase /usr/lib/firefox-4.0 8080 plugin

Before I fudge anything too badly I'll hang on for advice but looks like for some reason these files aren't being updated or somethin'?

anonymous_user · 2011-04-16 03:41:18

~/.mozilla/plugins means its inside your home folder so if you want to update it, you have to replace the files manually. However I would recommend removing it and just using the system-wide Flash (install flashplugin from the repo).

Last edited by anonymous_user (2011-04-16 03:41:49)

colbert · 2011-04-16 03:44:13

anonymous_user wrote:

~/.mozilla/plugins means its inside your home folder so if you want to update it, you have to replace the files manually. However I would recommend removing it and just using the system-wide Flash (install flashplugin from the repo).

Damn! I'm pretty sure this is it. I already have flashplugin installed but it appears that it's been using the one in my home folder all this time. So do I just wipe ~/.mozilla/plugins/ ? How do I get it to use the system-wide flashplugin I already have installed?

anonymous_user · 2011-04-16 03:53:36

Just shutdown Firefox, delete ~/.mozilla/plugins/, open Firefox, and check the plugins page again.

colbert · 2011-04-16 04:04:45

anonymous_user wrote:

Just shutdown Firefox, delete ~/.mozilla/plugins/, open Firefox, and check the plugins page again.

Okay, done, but still the same issue. Now I see this in Plugins:

Shows the date of updated package but still 9.0?! My OP shows 10.2.153.1.

And here is xulrunner process:

bobby    30501  1.7  1.0 131188 36560 ?        Sl   Apr15   0:02 /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/plugin-container /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so -grebase /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0 -appbase /usr/lib/firefox-4.0 30440 plugin

anonymous_user · 2011-04-16 04:15:06

Try uninstalling and reinstalling Flash. Maybe even try a new Firefox profile.

the sad clown · 2011-04-16 05:05:50

Uninstall the plugin from within firefox, then uninstall flash from your system. Then reinstall flash. That should do it.

Last edited by the sad clown (2011-04-16 05:06:25)

colbert · 2011-04-16 17:45:49

I can only enable/disable the add-on within Firefox, how do I completely remove it? I have uninstalled the flashplugin package and reinstalled it, restarted FF and still it shows 9.0.

the sad clown · 2011-04-16 20:03:17

In my set up, this is the file that tells Firefox where to look for plugins (including flash:

.mozilla/firefox/aqcnw4zy.defaults/pluginreg.dat

Your folder after "firefox/" will probably be named differently, but you should still be able to find it. Paste the contents of that file.

Last edited by the sad clown (2011-04-16 20:04:00)

colbert · 2011-04-16 21:16:19

Okay, here is the path for my profile:

 ~/.mozilla/firefox/hov5jr0l.bobbynew

This is the entire pluginreg.dat file:

Generated File. Do not edit.

[HEADER]
Version:0.14:$
Arch:x86-gcc3:$

[PLUGINS]
libnpjp2.so:$
/opt/java/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so:$
:$
1299108618000:1:5:$
The next generation <a href="http://java.sun.com">Java</a> plug-in for Mozilla browsers.:$
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_24:$
34
0:application/x-java-vm:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
1:application/x-java-applet:Java&#153 Plug-in Applet::$
2:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
3:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
4:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
5:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
6:application/x-java-applet;version=1.2:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
7:application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
8:application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
9:application/x-java-applet;version=1.3:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
10:application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
11:application/x-java-applet;version=1.4:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
12:application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
13:application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
14:application/x-java-applet;version=1.5:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
15:application/x-java-applet;version=1.6:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
16:application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_24:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
17:application/x-java-bean:Java&#153 Plug-in JavaBeans::$
18:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
19:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
20:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
21:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
22:application/x-java-bean;version=1.2:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
23:application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
24:application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
25:application/x-java-bean;version=1.3:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
26:application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
27:application/x-java-bean;version=1.4:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
28:application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
29:application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
30:application/x-java-bean;version=1.5:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
31:application/x-java-bean;version=1.6:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
32:application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.6.0_24:Java&#153 Plug-in::$
33:application/x-java-vm-npruntime:::$
libflashplayer.so:$
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so:$
:$
1300790802000:1:4:$
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r115:$
Shockwave Flash:$
2
0:application/x-shockwave-flash:Shockwave Flash:swf:$
1:application/futuresplash:FutureSplash Player:spl:$

[INVALID]

the sad clown · 2011-04-17 01:56:06

The address (/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so) is correct, but the identifying information below it certainly labels it as the old flash. Delete this file and Firefox should recreate it when you start it. See if that doesn't update the identifying information. If you are afraid of deleting it, just rename the file. That will do the same and you will still have the old file available.

colbert · 2011-04-17 02:16:48

the sad clown wrote:

The address (/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so) is correct, but the identifying information below it certainly labels it as the old flash. Delete this file and Firefox should recreate it when you start it. See if that doesn't update the identifying information. If you are afraid of deleting it, just rename the file. That will do the same and you will still have the old file available.

Ha! Genius! It finally works! Jeez, all this time. Just tested Break, Vimeo, Youtube, Dailymotion. No more of these issues. And now in Firefox Plugins it finally shows 10.2 for Flash Thanks so much!!

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