Huge wrote:
> ... as my desktop, running Gnome. I want to get Flash
> running under Firefox 1.5.0.2 so I can watch the YouTube video people
> keep sending me ...
>
> I downloaded Flash Player 7 from Adobe and installed it;
>
> root{/opt/sfw/lib/firefox/plugins}: ls -l
> total 4556
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 856 Oct 17 09:43 flashplayer.xpt
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2271760 Oct 17 09:43 libflashplayer.so

Looks fine, and it works here. What does "aboutlugins" (in the
address field of firefox) show - is the plugin listed there?

Is there a difference if you copy the two flash files into
$HOME/.mozilla/plugins?

mp.
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On 2006-10-17, Martin Paul wrote:
> Huge wrote:
>> ... as my desktop, running Gnome. I want to get Flash
>> running under Firefox 1.5.0.2 so I can watch the YouTube video people
>> keep sending me ...
>>
>> I downloaded Flash Player 7 from Adobe and installed it;
>>
>> root{/opt/sfw/lib/firefox/plugins}: ls -l
>> total 4556
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 856 Oct 17 09:43 flashplayer.xpt
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2271760 Oct 17 09:43 libflashplayer.so
>
> Looks fine, and it works here. What does "aboutlugins" (in the
> address field of firefox) show - is the plugin listed there?

Yep;

Shockwave Flash

File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 7.0 r66

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes
Default Plugin

File name: libnullplugin.so
The default plugin handles plugin data for mimetypes and extensions that are not specified and facilitates downloading of new plugins.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
* All types .* No
Demo Print Plugin for unix/linux

File name: libunixprintplugin.so
The demo print plugin for unix.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-print-unix-nsplugin Demo Print Plugin for Unix/Linux .pnt Yes

> Is there a difference if you copy the two flash files into
> $HOME/.mozilla/plugins?

Nope

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Huge wrote:
> On 2006-10-17, Martin Paul wrote:
>> Huge wrote:
>
>> Looks fine, and it works here. What does "aboutlugins" (in the
>> address field of firefox) show - is the plugin listed there?
>
> Yep;

So it is just youtube, or don't you get to see no flash content
at all (try www.adobe.com as an example)?

mp.
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On 2006-10-17, Martin Paul wrote:
> Huge wrote:
>> On 2006-10-17, Martin Paul wrote:
>>> Huge wrote:
>>
>>> Looks fine, and it works here. What does "aboutlugins" (in the
>>> address field of firefox) show - is the plugin listed there?
>>
>> Yep;
>
> So it is just youtube, or don't you get to see no flash content
> at all (try www.adobe.com as an example)?

It's everywhere. The Flash intro at Adobe doesn't work, either. No
error, no Flash...

Could it be some config in Firefox? I've been through it about half
a dozen times and I can't see anything. I thought for one minute I
might be running the Flashblocker extension - but I'm not.



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On 17 Oct 2006 14:48:08 GMT, Huge wrote:
>
> It's everywhere. The Flash intro at Adobe doesn't work, either. No
> error, no Flash...
>
> Could it be some config in Firefox? I've been through it about half
> a dozen times and I can't see anything. I thought for one minute I
> might be running the Flashblocker extension - but I'm not.

Can we assume java/javascript is enabled in Firefox.

On 2006-10-17, Bit Twister wrote:
> On 17 Oct 2006 14:48:08 GMT, Huge wrote:
>>
>> It's everywhere. The Flash intro at Adobe doesn't work, either. No
>> error, no Flash...
>>
>> Could it be some config in Firefox? I've been through it about half
>> a dozen times and I can't see anything. I thought for one minute I
>> might be running the Flashblocker extension - but I'm not.
>
> Can we assume java/javascript is enabled in Firefox.

Yep. Checked that.

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Huge wrote:
> It's everywhere. The Flash intro at Adobe doesn't work, either. No
> error, no Flash...
>
> Could it be some config in Firefox? I've been through it about half
> a dozen times and I can't see anything. I thought for one minute I
> might be running the Flashblocker extension - but I'm not.

That'd be the next thing I'd check. Either run firefox under a different
(new) user without $HOME/.mozilla, or temporarily rename your .mozilla
to .mozilla.bak.

mp.
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On 2006-10-18, Martin Paul wrote:
> Huge wrote:
>> It's everywhere. The Flash intro at Adobe doesn't work, either. No
>> error, no Flash...
>>
>> Could it be some config in Firefox? I've been through it about half
>> a dozen times and I can't see anything. I thought for one minute I
>> might be running the Flashblocker extension - but I'm not.
>
> That'd be the next thing I'd check. Either run firefox under a different
> (new) user without $HOME/.mozilla, or temporarily rename your .mozilla
> to .mozilla.bak.

You, Sir, are a star.

mv .mozilla dot_mozilla
{restart Firefox}

And now Flash works.

"All" I have to do now is work out why, but I expect I can manage
that! Probably easier just copy my bookmarks over...

Thanks again.



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