On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:33:35 +0000, franz fripplfrappl wrote:

> I am unable to get Firefox 3 beta 5 to work with flashplayer.
>
> What I don't understand is why Ubuntu upgrade to 8 would replace a
> working version of Firefox with a beta. It would have served us better
> to upgrade to Firefox 3 when it is ready.
>
> In the meantime, anyone care to advise me on how to make flashplayer
> plugin work? I am out of ideas.

The way Ubuntu does things is if Firefox 2 was included with Ubuntu 8.04,
FF 3 would never be part of it. It would have to wait for the next
release. They put FF 3 in even though it was still beta and will update
it to non-beta as soon as possible.

I would suggest using Ubuntu 7.10, which is rock solid for a few more
days if you're concerned about the "bleeding edge" bugs of a new release.

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:05:58 +0000, David 01 shouted out with glee:

> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:33:35 +0000, franz fripplfrappl wrote:
>
>> I am unable to get Firefox 3 beta 5 to work with flashplayer.
>>
>> What I don't understand is why Ubuntu upgrade to 8 would replace a
>> working version of Firefox with a beta. It would have served us better
>> to upgrade to Firefox 3 when it is ready.
>>
>> In the meantime, anyone care to advise me on how to make flashplayer
>> plugin work? I am out of ideas.
>
> The way Ubuntu does things is if Firefox 2 was included with Ubuntu
> 8.04, FF 3 would never be part of it. It would have to wait for the next
> release. They put FF 3 in even though it was still beta and will update
> it to non-beta as soon as possible.
>
> I would suggest using Ubuntu 7.10, which is rock solid for a few more
> days if you're concerned about the "bleeding edge" bugs of a new
> release.

Or just download and install FF2.

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:27:57 +0000, Vance Howard wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:05:58 +0000, David 01 shouted out with glee:
>
>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:33:35 +0000, franz fripplfrappl wrote:
>>
>>> I am unable to get Firefox 3 beta 5 to work with flashplayer.
>>>
>>> What I don't understand is why Ubuntu upgrade to 8 would replace a
>>> working version of Firefox with a beta. It would have served us
>>> better to upgrade to Firefox 3 when it is ready.
>>>
>>> In the meantime, anyone care to advise me on how to make flashplayer
>>> plugin work? I am out of ideas.
>>
>> The way Ubuntu does things is if Firefox 2 was included with Ubuntu
>> 8.04, FF 3 would never be part of it. It would have to wait for the
>> next release. They put FF 3 in even though it was still beta and will
>> update it to non-beta as soon as possible.
>>
>> I would suggest using Ubuntu 7.10, which is rock solid for a few more
>> days if you're concerned about the "bleeding edge" bugs of a new
>> release.
>
> Or just download and install FF2.

And replacements for the other buggy parts.

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:05:58 +0000, David 01 wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:33:35 +0000, franz fripplfrappl wrote:
>
>> I am unable to get Firefox 3 beta 5 to work with flashplayer.
>>
>> What I don't understand is why Ubuntu upgrade to 8 would replace a
>> working version of Firefox with a beta. It would have served us better
>> to upgrade to Firefox 3 when it is ready.
>>
>> In the meantime, anyone care to advise me on how to make flashplayer
>> plugin work? I am out of ideas.
>
> The way Ubuntu does things is if Firefox 2 was included with Ubuntu 8.04,
> FF 3 would never be part of it. It would have to wait for the next
> release. They put FF 3 in even though it was still beta and will update
> it to non-beta as soon as possible.
>
> I would suggest using Ubuntu 7.10, which is rock solid for a few more
> days if you're concerned about the "bleeding edge" bugs of a new release.

Bull****.

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:15:24 -0400, Meat Plow wrote:


> Bull****.
>

I have to agree with that.

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:33:35 +0000, franz fripplfrappl wrote:

> I am unable to get Firefox 3 beta 5 to work with flashplayer.
>
> What I don't understand is why Ubuntu upgrade to 8 would replace a
> working version of Firefox with a beta. It would have served us better
> to upgrade to Firefox 3 when it is ready.
>
> In the meantime, anyone care to advise me on how to make flashplayer
> plugin work? I am out of ideas.

Problem solved, or so I think.
Did a total removal of gnash and all is well.