Slackware 13.1 software problems

siawash · 06-17-2010, 10:49 AM

Hi, I upgraded to 13.1 and found the restart, shutdown buttons do not work. I have to resort to the terminal commands init 6, or poweroff.

I then tried to install flash plugin. I modified the slackbuild script as per normal. Then issued the following command which seemed to succeed. But when I try to play utube movie it says flash is not installed.

Can anyone throw some light on this. Do I need to rebuild the system?

Code:

root@redeemer:/tmp# installpkg flash-player-plugin-10.0_r45-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz
Verifying package flash-player-plugin-10.0_r45-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz.
Installing package flash-player-plugin-10.0_r45-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz:
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
# flash-player-plugin (flash plugin for web browsers)
#
# Provides Adobe Flash plugin for browsers that recognize
# /usr/lib(64)/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
#
Package flash-player-plugin-10.0_r45-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz installed.

dive · 06-17-2010, 10:52 AM

For 1) Are you in power group?
2) no idea on that, but I've used whichever version is on sbo.

siawash · 06-17-2010, 11:41 AM

Yes, as you can see by hash symbol I am doing this as root. So I guess I will have to try a rebuild.

MrJackson · 06-17-2010, 02:12 PM

It looks like that SBO is putting the flash plugin into the wrong directory. On my system it goes into /usr/lib64/firefox-3.6.3/plugins/

You can use this line to find out where it should go on any system,

Quote:

find / -name libnullplugin.so -print

dive · 06-17-2010, 03:01 PM

Sorry if this is obvious but make sure you set ARCH:

ARCH=x86_64 ./*.SlackBuild

siawash · 06-18-2010, 06:01 AM

Here is the script. Looking at it I thought it automatically determine the architecture we're building on before the "case" statements. But seeing it kept asking for the 32 bit source I edited the Arch
variable. As already mentioned it seemed to install but flash still wont run.

Code:

libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
slack-desc
siawacsh@redeemer:~/packages/flash/build/flash-player-plugin$ cat flash-player-plugin-SlackBuild
cat: flash-player-plugin-SlackBuild: No such file or directory
siawacsh@redeemer:~/packages/flash/build/flash-player-plugin$ cat flash-player-plugin.SlackBuild
#!/bin/sh

## Written by hollywoodb (hollywoodb@fastmail.fm)
# Modified by the SlackBuilds.org project
# Script maintained by Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>

PRGNAM=flash-player-plugin
VERSION=10.0_r45
BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}

SRC_VERSION=10.0.45.2

# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
case "$( uname -m )" in
  i?86) ARCH=x86_64 ;;
  arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
  # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
     *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
esac

# If you use or intend to use Opera at some point, and you want
# this plugin available to it, then pass "yes" as the value to this
# variable:    USE_OPERA=yes ./flash-player-plugin.SlackBuild
# Note that this should *NOT* be needed if you installed Opera using
# the SlackBuilds.org build script, as we do a simple patch there to
# make it look in /usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/mozilla/plugins
USE_OPERA=${USE_OPERA:-no}

CWD=$(pwd)
TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}  

set -e

rm -rf $PKG
mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
cd $TMP

if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
  tar xvf $CWD/libflashplayer-${SRC_VERSION}.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
elif [ "$ARCH" = "i386" ]; then
  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
  tar xvf $CWD/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
else
  printf "\n\n$ARCH is unsupported...\n"
  exit 1
fi

Here is the results of the find command

Code:

root@redeemer:/home/siawacsh# find / -name libnullplugin.so -print 
/usr/lib/firefox-3.6.3/plugins/libnullplugin.so
/usr/lib/seamonkey-2.0.4/plugins/libnullplugin.so
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/ProgramData/Application Data'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/ProgramData/Desktop'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/ProgramData/Documents'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/ProgramData/Favorites'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/ProgramData/Start Menu'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/ProgramData/Templates'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Documents and Settings'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/All Users'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/AppData/Local/Application Data'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/AppData/Local/History'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/AppData/Local/Temporary Internet Files'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/Application Data'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/Cookies'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/Documents/My Music'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/Documents/My Pictures'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/Documents/My Videos'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/Local Settings'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/My Documents'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/NetHood'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/PrintHood'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/Recent'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/SendTo'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/Start Menu'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default/Templates'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Default User'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Public/Documents/My Music'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Public/Documents/My Pictures'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/Public/Documents/My Videos'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/AppData/Local/Application Data'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/AppData/Local/History'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/AppData/Local/Temporary Internet Files'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/Application Data'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/Cookies'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/Documents/My Music'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/Documents/My Pictures'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/Documents/My Videos'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/Local Settings'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/My Documents'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/NetHood'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/PrintHood'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/Recent'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/SendTo'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/Start Menu'
find: warning: not following the symbolic link `/fat-d/Users/siavasj/Templates'

siawash · 07-14-2010, 04:53 PM

Just to let you all know I rebuilt slackware 13.1 several times. On each occassion I noticed the icons for shutting down and restarting were not responding. Flash player installation exhibited same problem as described earlier. I am surprised no one is experiencing same problems. I am back on slackware 13. Good thing I did't purchase the official CD...

T3slider · 07-14-2010, 05:07 PM

For shutdown/restarting you must be a member of the power group and you must be in runlevel 4, not 3. I'm not sure if it would work or not as root -- it is using HAL, so you cannot assume that everything will work for root...root would likely have to be added to the power group as well (and it is best tested as a regular user who has been added to the power group). As for your flash woes, were you actually using Slackware64-13.1 and not 32-bit Slackware 13.1? The output of the find command makes me want to believe that you were using 32-bit Slackware.../usr/lib/firefox* shouldn't exist (/usr/lib64/firefox* should). I don't know why your system wasn't detecting i386 if it was 32-bit and instead built a package for the 64-bit version...if you *were* running 64-bit Slackware then your directories were completely messed up...

No one else was experiencing these problems because you were doing something wrong. Some of that output doesn't look right for a 64-bit system and if you were using a 32-bit system then you were building (well, re-packaging) 64-bit flash, which would act as if it doesn't exist in Firefox.

Alien Bob · 07-14-2010, 05:09 PM

I assume that with "I rebuilt slackware 13.1 several times" you really meant to say "I re-installed slackware 13.1 several times"...

Looking at your earlier posts, you are obviously running 32-bit Slackware. That is why the flashplayer SlackBuild script wants to have the 32-bit version of the flash player tarball. And, that is why "installpkg flash-player-plugin-10.0_r45-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz" did not work for you because that is a 64-bit package which will not work on 32-bit Slackware.

You never answered to the question "1) Are you in power group?". Because, if your account is not in the "power" group, the shutdown button of your desktop manager will not work.

Eric

siawash · 07-14-2010, 06:26 PM

Yes, by rebuild I did mean a reinstall. You raise an interesting point which ilicits another question. Namely, an SBo package normally does not get created within /tmp if the correct script is run. That should mean I edited ( THE ARCH ) and ran the 64 bit package. As for my system, I am definitely using a 64 bit version. If I am doing something wrong why is not happening with slack 13.?

I don't remember if the shutdown and restart buttons worked for root account. I will have to wait for another install to check that out, whenever I get the time.

rkelsen · 07-14-2010, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by siawash

Namely, an SBo package normally does not get created within /tmp if the correct script is run.

I don't know what you're trying to say here, since SBo scripts always use /tmp.

Quote:

Originally Posted by siawash

I don't remember if the shutdown and restart buttons worked for root account.

This has nothing to do with the root account. You were asked if your user account was in the 'power' group.

Alien Bob · 07-15-2010, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by siawash

As for my system, I am definitely using a 64 bit version. If I am doing something wrong why is not happening with slack 13.?

Please post the output of the command

Code:

uname -a

when you run that on your Slackware system.

Eric

siawash · 07-15-2010, 07:38 AM

Here you are

Code:

siawacsh@redeemer:~$ sudo uname -a
Password:
Linux redeemer 2.6.29.6 #2 SMP Mon Aug 17 11:58:18 CDT 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         
920  @ 2.67GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
siawacsh@redeemer:~$

dugan · 07-15-2010, 08:56 AM

Post the output of groups please. Launch Konsole, enter the command, and paste the output into your reply.

Alien Bob · 07-15-2010, 09:00 AM

You upgraded to Slackware 13.1 yet the kernel you are using is the kernel of Slackware 13.0. Please upgrade to the 13.1 kernel.

This computer is indeed running 64-bit Slackware but then I do not understand why you get this:

Code:

root@redeemer:/home/siawacsh# find / -name libnullplugin.so -print 
/usr/lib/firefox-3.6.3/plugins/libnullplugin.so
/usr/lib/seamonkey-2.0.4/plugins/libnullplugin.so

because the search results indicate a 32-bit OS. Perhaps you have mixed 32-bit and 64-bit packages on your 64-bit Slackware?

What is the result of

Code:

ls /var/log/packages/*i486*

Eric