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Re: flashplayer9?



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On 12/14/06 16:31, Wulfy wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 12/14/06 15:09, Wulfy wrote:
>>  
>>> I got fed up with messages on sites saying "please update your
>>> flashplayer". so, not finding a deb for it, I googled and found this
>>> page;
>>>
>>> http://wizah.blogspot.com/2006/10/debian-how-to-flash-9.html
>>>
>>> I followed the instructions on that page, purged all the debs for
>>> flashplayer, installed the .so and restarted Firefox.
>>>
>>> Firefox still insists it has the v.7 player.  It also says way down on
>>> about:config that it has the v.9 player.
>>>
>>> Sites like <http://www.bagbybeowulf.com/video/index.html> still say I
>>> have to update...
>>>
>>> How do I get FF to forget about v.7???
>>>     
>>
>> $ wajig policy flashplugin-nonfree
>> flashplugin-nonfree:
>>   Installed: 9.0.21.78.3
>>   Candidate: 9.0.21.78.3
>>   Version table:
>>  *** 9.0.21.78.3 0
>>         500 ftp://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/contrib Packages
>>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>>
>> - --
>> Ron Johnson, Jr.
>> Jefferson LA  USA
> I saw the etch/sid deb...  I'm running sarge....
> 
> The dependencies seemed to be very different.  I thought it would be
> unsafe to install that deb.

Ah, ok.  I think I'd "locate" libflashplayer.so and rm them.  Then
follow debian-how-to-flash-9.html.

Sarge is kinda old, though.  Does it meet FP9's minimum requirements?

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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