kubuntu 9.04 flashplayer issue!?

jcrail · 10-12-2009, 02:25 PM

Hi,
Im using Kubuntu 9.04 with firefox and i have a nvidia geforce 8400GS.Most videos i play on youtube fail.What flash plugin do i need!?!?!?!?I tried so many different ones.PLEASE help me find a answer to this issue.Firefox downloaded the proper plugins and flashplayer automaticly but i cant seem to find any progress.PLEASE HELP?!?!?!?

ZachK18 · 10-13-2009, 01:21 AM

Hello! Did you try Adobe? If not download it from the Adobe site and make sure it's the .deb version.

jcrail · 10-13-2009, 11:56 PM

what exactly do i have to do to get adobe on here.Im a little new to linux.Could you explain Step by step...please,
thanks

jcrail · 10-14-2009, 12:17 AM

what other flashplugins and extras do i need to get a normal browsing experience.I just downloaded the adobe flash plugin, but it didnt do much.
Its pretty much the same, very annoying.Did i miss something?

ZachK18 · 10-14-2009, 08:31 PM

So what exactly happens when you go to a site requiring flash? Does the video play? Does the video play but skip badly? Please give me some details...

Antongarou · 10-19-2009, 12:03 AM

I'm not the OP, but I'm having similar problems: I'm on the same version of kubuntu and using firefox youtube movies(and flash in general) just stay a black screen rather then playing.I checked and both video play and sound are enabled.

ZachK18 · 10-19-2009, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antongarou

I'm not the OP, but I'm having similar problems: I'm on the same version of kubuntu and using firefox youtube movies(and flash in general) just stay a black screen rather then playing.I checked and both video play and sound are enabled.

Have you installed Flash from the Adobe site? If not, make sure it's the .deb file when you do.

Antongarou · 10-20-2009, 01:01 AM

I did install Flash from the Adobe site using the .deb file. didn't make any change I can notice, unfortunately.

hurry_hui · 10-20-2009, 02:04 AM

After installing any .deb or .tar.gz you should make sure that flash player is correctly installed by entering about:plugins at firefox.

You should get similar as follows

Code:

Shockwave Flash

    File name: libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 10.0 r22

Antongarou · 10-20-2009, 11:11 AM

what I get is

Quote:

File name: libswfdecmozilla.so
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r999

is this OK or should I uninstall the plugin and reinstall it?If I should, how do I go about uninstallation?

hurry_hui · 10-20-2009, 12:11 PM

Well, it is better to use libflashplayer.so from adobe site.

Actually, what you need is to download the plugin at adobe site in .tar.gz, extract it to your home directory, and copy extracted file (libflashplayer.so) to same directory where libswfdecmozilla.so is located.

To uninstall libswfdecmozilla.so you can use your package manager.

PS: you need to uninstall libswfdecmozilla.so first...to avoid conflict.

jmc1987 · 10-20-2009, 12:21 PM

Download the tar file to your home. the run

Code:

$ cd /home
$ tar xvf filename
# cp filename.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

Restart firefox and you should be good.

Antongarou · 10-21-2009, 02:03 AM

Thank you, that worked great.Where do I open a bug report about the .deb version of Adobe Flash installer?it's supposed to be the installer for Ubuntu 8.04+ but when I installed it mozilla didn't recognize Flash as plugin

hurry_hui · 10-21-2009, 02:17 AM

glad to hear it works now.

as for reporting bug, don't bother. Somebody has already reported it.

jmc1987 · 10-21-2009, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antongarou

Thank you, that worked great.Where do I open a bug report about the .deb version of Adobe Flash installer?it's supposed to be the installer for Ubuntu 8.04+ but when I installed it mozilla didn't recognize Flash as plugin

Not really sure. I have always had issues using rpm files on centOS so I always just did it that way. works everytime.

Glad to see its working