[PLUG] trying to get flash to work in epiphany and iceweasel

[Carlos Konstanski]

On Sun, 19 Apr 2009, Victor Soich wrote:

> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:46:47 -0700
> From: Victor Soich <vsoich at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help,	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] trying to get flash to work in epiphany and iceweasel
> 
> I believe I successfully untarred the libflashplayer.so file.  I
> copied it to the mozilla, epiphany, and iceweasel plugins directories
> successfully as far as I can tell.  See below.  When I go to a flash
> test page like http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/
> I am told I need to download the flash plugin.  Did I do something wrong?
>
>
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins$ ls
> libflashplayer.so            libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt
> libtotem-basic-plugin.so     libtotem-mully-plugin.so
> libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt    libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt
> libtotem-complex-plugin.so   libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
> libtotem-complex-plugin.xpt  libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt
> libtotem-gmp-plugin.so       nppdf.so
>
> /usr/lib/epiphany/2.14/plugins$ ls
> libdesktopfileplugin.la  libdesktopfileplugin.so  libflashplayer.so
>
> /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins$ ls
> libflashplayer.so            libtotem-mully-plugin.so
> libtotem-basic-plugin.so     libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt
> libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt    libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
> libtotem-complex-plugin.so   libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt
> libtotem-complex-plugin.xpt  libunixprintplugin.so
> libtotem-gmp-plugin.so       nppdf.so
> libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt

Sorry I haven't been following this whole thread.  Has the CPU
architecture already been discussed?  Are you trying to use a 32 bit
flash player in a 64 bit browser?  Flash is now available in a 64 bit
build.

Carlos