[SOLVED] libflashplayer.so lacks the controls (pause, play, et cetera).

stf92 · 07-13-2012, 04:30 AM

flashplayer 9r277

Hi:
I copied libflasplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ and it works fine. But the controls are missing. Please do not tell me to download some other (new) version. For precise reasons I want this to be installed. The tarball included just one file: libflashplayer.so, i.e., the library.

There is a companion tarball, same version, with a standalone adobe flash player. Its tree is this:

Code:

FLASH/standalone/
|-- flashplayer9r277_linux_sa.tar
`-- install_flash_player_9_linux_sa
    |-- flashplayer
    |-- flashplayer-installer
    `-- usr
        `-- share
            |-- application-registry
            |   `-- flashplayer.applications
            |-- applnk
            |   `-- Internet
            |       `-- flashplayer.desktop
            |-- icons
            |   |-- gflashplayer.xpm
            |   |-- gflashplayer128.xpm
            |   `-- hicolor
            |       |-- 16x16
            |       |   |-- apps
            |       |   |   `-- flash.png
            |       |   `-- mimetypes
            |       |       `-- swf.png
            |       |-- 22x22
            |       |   |-- apps
            |       |   |   `-- flash.png
            |       |   `-- mimetypes
            |       |       `-- swf.png
            |       |-- 32x32
            |       |   |-- apps
            |       |   |   `-- flash.png
            |       |   `-- mimetypes
            |       |       `-- swf.png
            |       `-- 48x48
            |           |-- apps
            |           |   `-- flash.png
            |           `-- mimetypes
            |               `-- swf.png
            |-- mime-info
            |   |-- swf.keys
            |   `-- swf.mime
            `-- mimelnk
                `-- application
                    `-- x-shockwave-flash.desktop

23 directories, 18 files

Maybe some of these files may enable the controls if properly moved. But which ones and what destination?

brianL · 07-13-2012, 04:44 AM

With the newer flash plugins, using the SlackBuild, you get flash-player-properties installed in /usr/bin. That's what gives you the controls you're looking for. Can't remember ever getting those for 9.

stf92 · 07-13-2012, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianL

With the newer flash plugins, using the SlackBuild, you get flash-player-properties installed in /usr/bin. That's what gives you the controls you're looking for. Can't remember ever getting those for 9.

Alright, but 10 hangs my old web browser (Seamonkey from Mozilla, and the same is true for version > 10.

brianL · 07-13-2012, 05:15 AM

Looks like you'll have to do more searching to find a 9 tarball that includes flash-player-properties. Before flash 10 (I think), libflashplayer.so was all we used to get as far as I can remember. Good luck, anyway.

stf92 · 07-13-2012, 05:22 AM

Lo and behold! I copied the standalone player, flashplayer, to /usr/bin, and the volume control appeared when watching youtube (you tube is all I care for, I mean it's the only reason to have the adobe flashplayer).

brianL · 07-13-2012, 05:24 AM

Whooopeee!

Which Slack release are you running? Have you seen this:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ns-4175416440/

stf92 · 07-13-2012, 11:21 AM

In fact, all the controls are there but only volume shows up. And by slowly moving the mouse over the "control bar", on the bottom, you can see that, in some zones, a hand appears. These places where the hand shows up are controls and I can use them just as if they had there icon drawn!

brianL · 07-13-2012, 11:23 AM

Yeah, those are the youtube controls, not the flash-properties controls.

stf92 · 07-13-2012, 11:27 AM

And what if I had the flash-properties controls? Would it be reflected in youtube?

brianL · 07-13-2012, 11:29 AM

They show up when you right click on a video, allowing you to turn hardware acceleration on or off, for instance.

stf92 · 07-13-2012, 11:33 AM

brianL · 07-13-2012, 11:52 AM

You don't need those flash-player-properties controls just to view youtube videos, pause, stop, start, alter volume, etc.

stf92 · 07-13-2012, 11:58 AM

Yes, I see. And thanks for your posts, Brian.

brianL · 07-13-2012, 12:00 PM

That's OK.