Problem with Flash Player on Fedora 9

Todx · 08-12-2008, 02:43 PM

Hey guys, as you can see I'm new on this forums also to Linux. To the point:

I'm using Fedora 9 x86_64 system. I installed flash player using .rpm file. If I go to Add/Remove software I can see flash player plugin installed, but if I go to Mozilla Firefox and open youtube and try to watch a video, it says that I don't have Flash Player installed.

I googled my problem, and checked forums, but whatever I did, it didn't fix my problem.

Can anyone help me?

ddaemonunics · 08-12-2008, 03:39 PM

This problem seems to appear on every distribution I've used.
This is how I do it.
I get firefox (tar version) from mozila untar it and execute firefox to open the browser
I get the flash plugin (tar version) from adobe and untar it and copy the flash_plugin.so in plugins folder in the firefox folder previously untar-ed.
Restart the browser..
And it works

the trooper · 08-12-2008, 04:33 PM

That will work if you install the x86 version of Firefox and flash-plugin.
If you want to use the x86-64 browser you can use nspluginwrapper.
I found this guide for someone else with the same problem:

http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/how.../flash64.shtml

Hope this helps.
Regards.
The Trooper.

Todx · 08-13-2008, 02:34 AM

I tried both solutions that you guys gave me, but I still can't see firefox plugin in about

lugins page.

Also I couldn't install the second nsplugin (nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.4-1.x86_64.rpm).

the trooper · 08-13-2008, 11:45 AM

You tried the 32bit version of Firefox and plug-in and it didn't work?
And no luck with with nspluginwrapper?.
If it was my machine i would uninstall the 32bit version of Firefox and start again.
I found a good Fedora install guide via this site:

http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f9.html

It will walk you through installing all manner of multimedia applications.
Have a read, try the methods shown.
I am not going to do all the work!

Any more problems post back.
Good Luck.
Regards.
The trooper.

huntercheif · 08-14-2008, 07:51 AM

I also am having trouble with flash on my Fedora 9 (32 bit). I installed the flash-plugin by downloading the RPM package and it was working fine. So I installed a flash-blocker and that worked great at blocking the flash ads and I just clicked and the flash would play, youtube and everything. But days later flash just stopped working. And now the plugin is not showing up in Firefox 3.0.1 Tools -> Add-ons -> plugins.

I have the plugin in the plugins directory:

Code:

[stav@reaper lib]$ find /usr/lib/ -name libflashplayer.so | xargs ls -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8115888 2008-03-25 17:21 /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      39 2008-08-03 14:22 /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so 
                                             -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so

Also, yum sees it:

Code:

[root@reaper cgi-bin]# yum info flash*
Loaded plugins: protectbase, refresh-packagekit
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
Installed Packages
Name       : flash-plugin
Arch       : i386
Version    : 9.0.124.0
Release    : release
Size       : 7.8 M
Repo       : installed
Summary    : Adobe Flash Player 9.0
URL        : http://www.adobe.com/downloads/
License    : Commercial
Description: Adobe Flash Plugin 9.0.124.0 Fully Supported: Mozilla SeaMonkey
           : 1.0+, Firefox 1.5+, Mozilla 1.7.13+

So I figure I'll try to see if I can get flash working without firefox, maybe its flash itself. I download flash_player_9_linux_dev.tar.gz from adobe.com and I run it and it works, my shockwaves play fine.

Code:

[stav@reaper ~]$ ./flashplayer -v
9,0,124,0

Where does Firefox look for the plugins if not in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins?