I downloaded flash player for linux and installed it, but when i go to a website with flash it just shows up as a puzzle piece... Do i somehow need to register it with mozilla? Here's what happens when i install:
[john@localhost john]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost john]#
Copyright(C) 2002-2003 Macromedia, Inc. All rights reserved.
Macromedia Flash Player 6 for Linux
Macromedia Flash Player 6 will be installed on this machine.
You are running the Macromedia Flash Player installer as the "root" user.
Macromedia Flash Player 6 will be installed system-wide.
Support is available at
http://www.macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/
To install Macromedia Flash Player 6 now, press ENTER.
To cancel the installation at any time, press Control-C.
[enter]
NOTE: Macromedia Flash Player requires two font packages
to be installed, ttfonts and urw-fonts.
Press ENTER to continue...
[enter]
NOTE: Please exit any browsers you may have running.
Press ENTER to continue...
[enter]
Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape,
or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): /usr/lib/mozilla [enter]
WARNING: Please enter a valid installation path.
Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape,
or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla): /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.1 [enter] [this mozilla dir has more files then the other so i figured it was a newer version or something]
WARNING: A newer version of the Macromedia Flash Player has been detected in
/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.1/plugins.
The installer will overwrite this existing binary.
----------- Install Action Summary -----------
Macromedia Flash Player 6 will be installed in the following directory:
Browser installation directory = /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.1
Proceed with the installation? (y/n/q): y
[enter]
Installation complete.
Perform another installation? (y/n): n
[enter]
Please log out of this session and log in for the changes to take effect.
The Macromedia Flash Player installation is complete.
[root@localhost install_flash_player_6_linux]#
[enter]
[root@localhost install_flash_player_6_linux]#
[enter]
what do i do now?
thanks!
[azqaz]