Flash plugin missing, not working or crashing on browsers
Dont' know why or if it is related, after upgrading Ubuntu 10.04 kernel ( I guess from 2.6.32-38 to -42) I can's see youtube videos or any video requiring Shockwave Flash. It happens on the three browsers I have (Chrome, Chromium and Firefox). The plugins are supposedly installed as the code below shows:
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williepabon@raquel-desktop:~$ sudo lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark' |
What video card and driver are you using?
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Ubuntu 10.04
is a bit on the old side so what version of Firefox is installed ? the current is 15 and what version of flash ? is the 10.04 install a 64 bit ? or 32 bit???? is the firefox a 32 bit or the 64 bit ( the 32 bit is default a lot on 64 bit OS's ) is the flash 32 bit OR 64 bit ???? this makes a VERY BIG difference the install instructions for the 64 bit flash on the 64 bit FF are VERY VERY different than the 32 bit flash on a 32 bit ff( or 64) on a 32 bit Ubuntu 1) 32 bit ubuntu, 32 bit firefox , 32 bit flash 2) 64 bit ubuntu , 32 bit firefox , 32 bit flash 3) 64 bit Ubuntu , 64 bit FireFox, 64 bit Flash all 3 have different instructions then ad in "alternatives " this is used for having many different versions of the same program installed at the same time i am betting that /usr/lib64/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so is a link to the 32 bit/usr/lib and that in turn is linked to "/etc/alternatives/" and that is linked to a "flash" folder someplace or did you manually install firefox to it own folder say ??? /usr/lib/firefox is so YOU have to make the plugin folder in the new ff folder and manually put the plugins in there. |
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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] [5333:8d04] (Part of pc Main Board) @JohnVV: I assume the plugins are all 32 bit. Here are the locations (taken from the browsers themselves): In Chromium: Flash (2 files) - Version: 11.2 r202 Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202 Name: Shockwave Flash Version: 11.2 r202 Location: /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so Type: NPAPI Disable MIME types: MIME type Description File extensions application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash .swf application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player .spl Name: Shockwave Flash Version: 11.2 r202 Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so Type: NPAPI Disable MIME types: MIME type Description File extensions application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash .swf application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player .spl In Firefox: Shockwave Flash File: libflashplayer.so Version: Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202 MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Firefox version is 15 and the pc is an old 32 bit Compaq Presario |
Try disabling hardware acceleration (if it's enabled) as written down here.
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Since this is an old computer, you may have the wrong CPU for version 11 of Flash. Use
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep sse2 and if nothing is printed, that's your problem: see the following for more information on what to do (parts 4, 5, and 6) http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...us-4175420481/ |
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Thanks again. |
Look here for a way to prevent updates to a specific package.
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