Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net today.
On Sunday 23 April 2017 15:15:05 Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 00:21:28 -0400 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
>
> wrote:
> > On Saturday 22 April 2017 23:22:45 Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > > On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 12:24:32 -0400 Gene Heskett
> > > <gheskett@shentel.net>
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > Went to newegg.com to look for some optical fiber but the front
> > > > page, while I think its alive, did not respond to a mouse click
> > > > on any product link. I hope its not contagious.
> > > >
> > > > Many news sites are saying "request entity too large" also.
> > >
> > > Works fine here. Although rendering sometimes is sluggish -- a
> > > few seconds longer. Could be Cox Internet. They get slow at
> > > times. Version 45.9.0 with the latest flashpalyer 25.0.0.148
> > > installed yesterday
> > >
> > > B
> >
> > And how do you get that 10 year newer flash? The adobe site doesn't
> > show me anything newer than the 11.xx.xx.xxx stuff.
>
> That's strange. In your other posts you said you found that "new"
> version, but I get mine just by going to www.adobe.com, and at the
> bottom of the page, right side, click on "flashplayer." That takes me
> to the download page with Linux 64bit already picked, I choose the
> tar.gz file even though there's a .deb one. Download, unpack and
> copy as root libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ after
> mv'ing the old version just in case. Done!
>
> For years while using Fedora, manually was the ONLY way to install
> the flashplayer. And since "install-flashplayer-nonfree" stopped
> working months ago, I reverted to my old Fedora habits..
>
> I noted as you did that there are a lot of other places for the
> player, mostly symbolic links, but the above works for me, so I keep
> doing it that way.
>
> As to how to find out when a new version is out, I wait until Firefox
> during my normal browsing notifies me my version is old and my system
> "..is at risk." Then just do the manual download/install thing. I
> don't use the Firefox link to the new version. Have had problems with
> it before.
>
> B
Problems is an understatement and I blame that for the mess I have now.
Its as if they intended to poison it. They just didn't use a strong
enough dose of arsenic, and created a monster with all the workarounds.
None of which ever worked 100% because the web pages all seemed to be
using a different version. The "it works here" syndrome, essentially
the same as the N.I.H. beliefs. :(
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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