How can i have a Flash 11 in a Firefox 16 on Slackware 14 working?

fir0n · 11-04-2012, 02:34 PM

hi everybody,

i'm new to linux and i want to learn it in a hard way.
So, i installed slackware 14 32bits and upgraded it. now firefox is 16.0.2

I downloaded install_flash_player_11_linux_i386.tar.gz from adobe, created the pkg with src2pkg and installed with installpkg.

My browser is freezing when i try to open a youtube video.

I tried

Code:

cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

didn't work as well.

Is there any other way to get it working?

wallison · 11-04-2012, 02:45 PM

Try the flashplayer-plugin.SlackBuild script available in the 'extra' directory instead. That's what I used and haven't had any problems.

hitest · 11-04-2012, 02:57 PM

You can also install a flashplayer package from Alien Bob's site:

http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbui...player-plugin/

cfdisk · 11-04-2012, 08:01 PM

You could be banging your head against the wall (as I did) if your computer is old.

Run

cat /proc/cpuinfo

and see list of 'flags'. If there is 'sse', you need Flash Player 10.

lyle_s · 11-04-2012, 10:53 PM

Are you using the nvidia driver?

If so, see http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=177380

Unfortunately, there aren't any solutions to this problem as of yet.

Lyle.

fir0n · 11-07-2012, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfdisk

You could be banging your head against the wall (as I did) if your computer is old.

Run

cat /proc/cpuinfo

and see list of 'flags'. If there is 'sse', you need Flash Player 10.

my laptop is not so old. those are the flags results of the "cat /proc/cpuinfo":

Code:

flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyle_s

Are you using the nvidia driver?

If so, see http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=177380

Unfortunately, there aren't any solutions to this problem as of yet.

Lyle.

No, my video card if a Intel GMA HD.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hitest

You can also install a flashplayer package from Alien Bob's site:

http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbui...player-plugin/

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallison

Try the flashplayer-plugin.SlackBuild script available in the 'extra' directory instead. That's what I used and haven't had any problems.

i downloaded
http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbui...386-1alien.txt
then did src2pkg and installpkg

Code:

root@bushido:~/Downloads# src2pkg flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz 
Found source archive: flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz
Deleting old build files - Done
Creating working directories:
   PKG_DIR=/tmp/flashplayer-plugin-i386-1
   SRC_DIR=/tmp/flashplayer-plugin-src-1
Unpacking source archive - Done
Correcting source permissions - Done
Checking for patches - None found
Skipped configure_source - 
Found Slackware package content - Contents of the install directory are
copied into the CWD. Be sure to correct if needed and rebuild package.
Checking contents - Done!
Copying contents to PKG_DIR - Done!
Skipping fake_install - 
Processing package content:
Correcting package permissions - Done
Stripping ELF binaries - Using: strip -p --strip-unneeded Done
Stripping shared libraries - Using: strip -p --strip-unneeded Done
   Notice - Renaming doc directory installed without a version number.
Checking for standard documents - Done
WARNING! The supplied slack-desc is not valid.
You need 9-13 lines that begin with 'flashplayer:' for this package.
Creating slack-desc - From default text
Rechecking package correctness:
Checking for misplaced dirs - Done
Rechecking package permissions - Done
Checking for dead links in PKG_DIR - Done
Found doinst.sh in CWD - Inserting in the PKG_DIR
Package dependencies:
/lib/libc.so.6
/lib/libdl.so.2
/lib/libm.so.6
/lib/libpthread.so.0
/lib/librt.so.1
/usr/lib/libICE.so.6
/usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
/usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4
/usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
/usr/lib/libQtSvg.so.4
/usr/lib/libSM.so.6
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6
/usr/lib/libXau.so.6
/usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1
/usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6
/usr/lib/libXext.so.6
/usr/lib/libXft.so.2
/usr/lib/libXpm.so.4
/usr/lib/libXrender.so.1
/usr/lib/libXt.so.6
/usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libcairo.so.2
/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
/usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libkdecore.so.5
/usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
/usr/lib/libkutils.so.4
/usr/lib/libnspr4.so
/usr/lib/libnss3.so
/usr/lib/libnssutil3.so
/usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib/libplc4.so
/usr/lib/libplds4.so
/usr/lib/libsmime3.so
/usr/lib/libssl3.so
Creating package: flashplayer-plugin-i386-1.txz - Done
Package Creation - Successful! Package Location:
/tmp/flashplayer-plugin-i386-1.txz

root@bushido:~/Downloads# installpkg /tmp/flashplayer-plugin-i386-1.txz 
Verifying package flashplayer-plugin-i386-1.txz.
Installing package flashplayer-plugin-i386-1.txz:
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
# flashplayer
# 
# No description was given for this package.
# 
# Packaged by src2pkg
Executing install script for flashplayer-plugin-i386-1.txz.
Package flashplayer-plugin-i386-1.txz installed.

root@bushido:~/Downloads#

after that i tried to open the youtube with firefox and it freezes when i open any video. but is show the "you need a plugin" msg and then freezes.

with konqueror, the video space just shows black and white letters written "undefined". nothing happens as well. it doesn't freeze.

i tried as well:

Code:

root@bushido:~# installpkg /tmp/flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz
Verifying package flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz.
Installing package flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz:
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
# flashplayer-plugin (flash plugin for web browsers)
#
# Provides Adobe Flash plugin for browsers that recognize
# /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins as a valid plugin directory
#
# Plugin is subject to Adobe terms of use: 
#  http://www.adobe.com/go/labs_term_of_use
#
# Plugin is subject to Adobe Flash EULA:
#  http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/eula/flashplayer.html
#
Executing install script for flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz.
Package flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz installed.

same

cendryon · 11-07-2012, 02:37 AM

Hi

Quote:

Originally Posted by fir0n

i downloaded
http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbui...386-1alien.txt
then did src2pkg and installpkg

You downloaded AlienBob's Slackware package, ready to install : you don't have to use src2pkg, simply install it.
Edit: you already do that

Beware that AlienBob's package and the package created with the extra/ SlackBuild don't have the same name : you need to uninstall any previously installed Flash package before installing AlienBob's.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyle_s

Are you using the nvidia driver?

If so, see http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=177380

Unfortunately, there aren't any solutions to this problem as of yet.

Lyle.

It's a bug in Flash, but as usual they blame others.
And there IS a solution, libvdpau developpers added a patch in libvdpau 0.5 for that: I'm using AlienBob's Flash package with NVidia blob driver on Slackware64 and no more blueish videos in Youtube.
I compiled and installed libvdpau from SBo with a mere version bump.

Cheers

fir0n · 11-07-2012, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cendryon

Hi

You downloaded AlienBob's Slackware package, ready to install : you don't have to use src2pkg, simply install it.
Edit: you already do that

Beware that AlienBob's package and the package created with the extra/ SlackBuild don't have the same name : you need to uninstall any previously installed Flash package before installing AlienBob's.

i'm removing from /tmp/ with removepkg:

Code:

install.flash.player.11.linux-install.flash.player.11.linux-i386-1.txz
flashplayer-plugin-i386-1.txz
flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz

and downloaded:

Code:

http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/flashplayer-plugin/pkg/14.0/flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz

Code:

root@bushido:~/Downloads# installpkg flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz 
Verifying package flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz.
Installing package flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz:
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
# flashplayer-plugin (flash plugin for web browsers)
#
# Provides Adobe Flash plugin for browsers that recognize
# /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins as a valid plugin directory
#
# Plugin is subject to Adobe terms of use: 
#  http://www.adobe.com/go/labs_term_of_use
#
# Plugin is subject to Adobe Flash EULA:
#  http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/eula/flashplayer.html
#
Executing install script for flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz.
Package flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.243-i386-1alien.txz installed.

restarted firefox and it freezes even without openning youtube. after removing the pkg it gets normal again.

Cheesesteak · 11-07-2012, 04:40 AM

What do you see when you execute

Code:

 ls /var/log/packages | grep flash

jtsn · 11-07-2012, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fir0n

I downloaded install_flash_player_11_linux_i386.tar.gz from adobe, created the pkg with src2pkg and installed with installpkg.

Just one note: When using src2pkg, make sure you actually have a source tarball. There isn't any source code for the Flash Plugin available, neither from Adobe nor from elsewhere.

Habitual · 11-07-2012, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfdisk

cat /proc/cpuinfo

and see list of 'flags'. If there is 'sse', you need Flash Player 10.

Code:

grep sse /proc/cpuinfo

fir0n · 11-07-2012, 02:56 PM

Code:

bash-4.2# ls /var/log/packages/ | grep flash
bash-4.2# 
bash-4.2# grep sse /proc/cpuinfo
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bash-4.2#

am i the only one with that flash problem with firefox?

i'm downloading google-chome to see what happens...

svii · 11-10-2012, 03:55 PM

First, try to check if flash plugin is installed by entering

Code:

about:plugins

in firefox.

I could see most of youtube videos without flash.

---------- Post added 11-10-12 at 09:55 PM ----------

Though, you could also read from these articles, it helped for me:
http://www.neiland.net/blog/article/...-on-slackware/ and
http://slackerboyabhi.wordpress.com/...ackware-13-37/

Lennie · 11-11-2012, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfdisk

You could be banging your head against the wall (as I did) if your computer is old.

Run

cat /proc/cpuinfo

and see list of 'flags'. If there is 'sse', you need Flash Player 10.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fir0n

Code:

bash-4.2# grep sse /proc/cpuinfo
flags	[...] sse sse2 [...]

Have you tried Flash Player 10?

dgrames · 11-11-2012, 09:00 AM

I have the sse and sse2 flags, Flash 11 works fine for me.

Don