I recently installed Debian on this laptop. Here's the detail:
$ uname -a
Linux laptop 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.54-2 i686 GNU/Linux
I'm using the IceWeasel browser, but I can't play a Youtube video. I
don't want to install Flash because I just cannot stand Adobe.
I searched around and found this:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=51504
I did what they said there, namely:
$ sudo apt-get install gecko-mediaplayer iceweasel-greasemonkey
Now IceWeasel shows a drop-down menu with a GreaseMonkey icon, and it is
enabled.
However, I still cannot watch any video on youtube.com. When I click to
a video, it shows a black rectangle where the video should be, with the
message "An error occurred, please try again later."
I can right-click in the black rectangle, and I do see a pop-up menu
with options like "Movie Control / Play". But it just doesn't work.
Is this Gnash/GreaseMonkey stuff really a viable alternative to Adobe
Flash? Maybe resistance is futile here, and I just need to be
assimilated by Adobe. Say it isn't so.
-- Patrick
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