[PLUG] Slackware at the Clinic

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Wed Dec 19 00:06:19 UTC 2018


On 12/18/18 4:01 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
> First, Pepperflash is chrome specific. That's it, that's the reality and
> there is NOTHING else. Pepperflash is a GOOGLE specific product intended
> for use with other GOOGLE products.
> Firefox is a MOZILLA product. The difference and why pepperflash isn't
> working should be obvious.
>
> After >10 emails I feel the need to put a lid on all the misinformation.
>
>
> To confirm flash functionality in firefox, open a new tab and type
> 'about:plugins'
>
> On a fresh install you will see 2 items
> Flash, if installed will make 3.
>
>
> On new installs of Slackware I always download Alien Bob's
> flashplayer-plugin package and restart Firefox. It takes 60 seconds. 30
> seconds if Firefox was not already running.
> http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/
>
> If I want to use Chromium, then I install pepperflash from the same repo.
> -Ben
>

Problem resolved. Flash plays on Firefox now.

Thanks for the clarifications.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens




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