On Sat, 24 Jun 2017 22:17:13 -0400 Maureen L Thomas
<silverorb@verizon.net> wrote:
On 06/24/2017 07:29 PM, The Wanderer wrote:
On 2017-06-24 at 18:56, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
As a last desperate attempt I completely removed firefox-esr and
reinstalled it. I opened it up and the first game actually came
up. But the next two games again stated that I needed flash. So I
shut down thinking that firefox had a problem and restarted it and
none of the games will run. I am at a complete loss. What the
hell could be going on?
What does about:plugins report for Flash?
I also have a niggling idea related to the Firefox click-to-activate
model and the sometimes-missable "doorhanger" drop-down prompt
related to that model, but I'm not sure how to express the question
about that much less how to recommend checking into it.
The plugin says it is not there. All the others are there except for
flash. It has to be something with where libflashplayer.so is but I
have no idea where to start? I am seriously considering going to a
different distro. I really hate that idea but this is just to damn
much for me to figure out. At 67 I just want to browse and play my
damn games.
Just install the flash plugin manually. That's what I do and have done
so since I started using Linux 15+ years ago.
In firefox-esr, go to www.adobe.com. Make sure that's all that's in
the URL. (It may take you to the Adobe Cloud app page.) Toward the
bottom of the page, right hand side, you should see listed Adobe
Reader, Flash Player, etc. Click Flash Player and you should be taken
to the Download Page. The OS should say Linux, if not change it to. The
player version should be 26.something. Using the Type dropdown menu,
select tar.gz. NOT .DEB! Click Download. Don't do any of the following
"install" steps. This is a manaul install, remember. Plus, the
auto-install never worked for me. Check if the download suceeded.
Depending on how you've got firefox-esr configured, the file should be
in Downloads in your home directory or possibly on your Desktop. Using
a file manager, exact the tar.gz file to the same place it was
downloaded. The only file you need be concerned with is
libflashplayer.so As root, using a terminal (or if your filemanager is
able to switch to root priviledge), copy libflashplayer.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
Restart firefox-esr, do the about:plugin thing and see if FlashPlayer
is there and enabled. Also, by entering about: in the URL line, see if
firefox-esr version is 52.2.something. That's the lastest version of
esr.
Test if it works with your game sites, etc.
FWIW, you said you were "upgraded" to Stretch automatically. From
Jessie, I assume. This was most likely caused by your Debian
Repositories being set to "Stable." I had this happen 10+ years ago
when I first tried Debian (Sarge). I was "upgraded" to Etch, IIRC, and
it caused problems since it was a improper upgrade with a bastard
system mix of Sarge and Etch. To make a long story short, the fix was
a clean install. You may have to do that (clean install of either
Jessie or Stretch), too, to get things working properly. If everything
was working with Jessie, I suggest you install that. With Debian's Long
Term Support, Jessie will be supported for another 3 years or so.
Good Luck.
B