[PLUG] Flashplayer Issue

Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wevl at pacifier.com
Fri Oct 19 04:01:11 UTC 2012


Rich Shepard wrote:
>    I would like to understand why the latest flash player does not work
> properly in firefox and Slackware-13.37/x86_64. When trying to view a video
> a message pops up that the latest version needs to be installed. Last night
> I went through the process again: download the *.tar.gz file,
> uncompress/untar it, chmod to make the install file executable, then ran
> that file. Finally copied libflashplayer to ~/.mozilla/firefox/plugins.
>
>    Does firefox need to be restarted to see the new plugin? I'm at a loss to
> understand why this one host has issues with flash player when the other
> portable and the server/workstation do not have problems.
>   
Have you checked to make sure that you don't have two flash players in 
the system. I usually put mine in /usr/lib/firefox-x.x.x/plugins/
Flash sure is a pain in as butt though. I have often had versions that I 
have tried that will crash Firefox.
Wayne




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