Re: flash / iceweasel / all that
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:23:04PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 01/28/2009 07:52 PM, Glenn Becker wrote:
>>
>> Hi all -
>>
>> I should probably admit that I haven't been booting my Debian install
>> lately, and it has mainly been due to irritation with Iceweasel and not
>> doing anything constructive about it b/c it worked fine over on another
>> Linux system I have (no names ...).
>>
>> I am running testing and have been for some time. I don't recall when
>> Flash stopped working, but this has been the case for some time. At
>> first, I searched in Aptitude for anything related to Flash, just to
>> make sure I had everything available installed. No help.
>>
>> I just read over a few threads in the -user list, & on the strength of
>> what I found I tried simply following the "install the latest version"
>> link from a Flash-intensive site ... chose the (Ubuntu) .deb and
>> installed it. Restarted Iceweasel, enabled the new Flash player v. 10
>> in the plugins dialogue and disabled the older ones. Restarted
>> Iceweasel.
>
> You mean install_flash_player_10_linux.deb? I got that, installed it
> with "dpkg -i", and now have (squeezing out spaces):
>
> $ dpkg -l | grep flash
> ii adobe-flashplugin 10.0.15.3-1hardy1 Adobe Flash Player plugin
> version 10
>
> Flash works perfectly.
>
> http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/Iceweasel-Add-ons.png
>
>> No Flash. Still got the lovely
>
> Dumb question: did you restart Iceweasel?
>
>> "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of
>> Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player."
>>
>> Javascript is on. I did a dpkg-reconfigure on adobe-flashplugin.
>> Restarted Iceweasel, checked plugins ... and v. 10 of the Flash player
>> had disappeared and I was still getting the same message when I tried
>> to play anything on Youtube.
>>
>> I'm 98% certain I am doing something stupid here, but would appreciate
>> it if someone could point me in the direction of ... something that
>> will tell me how to diagnose the problem and make it all better. Cuz
>> I'm close to throwing the laptop (or just my Debian installation)
>> against the wall.
>
> --
Clear anything else you've downloaded. Use the adobe-flashplugin in Sid
non-free - which will go to the Adobe website, download the correct
thing and install it.
It's one .deb from Sid, so you won't necessarily hose your whole system.
HTH,
AndyC
> Ron Johnson, Jr.
> Jefferson LA USA
>
> "I am not surprised, for we live long and are celebrated poopers."
>
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