I use Firefox bouth in WindowsXP and in Fedora Core 5. As usual, in Windows-word no problems. In Fedora Core Firefox works otherwise well but untill recently I have not gotten *Flash Player *plugin* *to install. I found some advice and did everything asked (a long list follows):
[fossiili@localhost ~]$ su - Password: [root@localhost ~]# yum install flash-plugin Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories livna [1/7] livna 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 flash [2/7] flash 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 core [3/7] core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 jpackage-fedora [4/7] jpackage-fedora 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 jpackage-generic [5/7] jpackage-generic 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras [6/7] extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 updates [7/7] updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 148 kB 00:02 livna : ################################################## 454/454 Added 9 new packages, deleted 4 old in 0.71 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 5.7 kB 00:00 jpackage-f: ################################################## 25/25 Added 0 new packages, deleted 0 old in 0.11 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 366 kB 00:06 jpackage-g: ################################################## 1597/1597 Added 0 new packages, deleted 0 old in 1.20 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.4 MB 00:23 extras : ################################################## 4749/4749 Added 202 new packages, deleted 111 old in 8.51 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 372 kB 00:06 updates : ################################################## 1005/1005 Added 15 new packages, deleted 71 old in 3.21 seconds Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for flash-plugin to pack into transaction set. flash-plugin-7.0.63-1.i38 100% |=========================| 6.0 kB 00:00 ---> Package flash-plugin.i386 0:7.0.63-1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check
Dependencies Resolved
============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: flash-plugin i386 7.0.63-1 flash 998 k
Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 998 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): flash-plugin-7.0.6 100% |=========================| 998 kB 00:16 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 8df56d05 Public key for flash-plugin-7.0.63-1.i386.rpm is not installed Retrieving GPG key from http://macromedia.mplug.org/FEDORA-GPG-KEY Importing GPG key 0x8DF56D05 "Fedora Linux (RPMS) security@fedora.us" Is this ok [y/N]: y Key imported successfully Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: flash-plugin ######################### [1/1]
Installed: flash-plugin.i386 0:7.0.63-1 Complete! [root@localhost ~]# mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/ [root@localhost ~]# ln -s /etc/X11/fs/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config [root@localhost ~]#
But this did not help :(
I know, this is Linux world, but I did not want to change back to Windows when I need Flash Playing.
On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 10:06:50AM +0300, Heikki Pesonen wrote:
I use Firefox bouth in WindowsXP and in Fedora Core 5. As usual, in Windows-word no problems. In Fedora Core Firefox works otherwise well but untill recently I have not gotten *Flash Player *plugin* *to install. I found some advice and did everything asked (a long list follows):
[fossiili@localhost ~]$ su - Password: [root@localhost ~]# yum install flash-plugin Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories livna [1/7] livna 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 flash [2/7] flash 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 core [3/7] core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 jpackage-fedora [4/7] jpackage-fedora 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 jpackage-generic [5/7] jpackage-generic 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras [6/7] extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 updates [7/7] updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 148 kB 00:02 livna : ################################################## 454/454 Added 9 new packages, deleted 4 old in 0.71 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 5.7 kB 00:00 jpackage-f: ################################################## 25/25 Added 0 new packages, deleted 0 old in 0.11 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 366 kB 00:06 jpackage-g: ################################################## 1597/1597 Added 0 new packages, deleted 0 old in 1.20 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.4 MB 00:23 extras : ################################################## 4749/4749 Added 202 new packages, deleted 111 old in 8.51 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 372 kB 00:06 updates : ################################################## 1005/1005 Added 15 new packages, deleted 71 old in 3.21 seconds Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for flash-plugin to pack into transaction set. flash-plugin-7.0.63-1.i38 100% |=========================| 6.0 kB 00:00 ---> Package flash-plugin.i386 0:7.0.63-1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check
Dependencies Resolved
============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: flash-plugin i386 7.0.63-1 flash 998 k
Transaction Summary
Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 998 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): flash-plugin-7.0.6 100% |=========================| 998 kB 00:16 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 8df56d05 Public key for flash-plugin-7.0.63-1.i386.rpm is not installed Retrieving GPG key from http://macromedia.mplug.org/FEDORA-GPG-KEY Importing GPG key 0x8DF56D05 "Fedora Linux (RPMS) security@fedora.us" Is this ok [y/N]: y Key imported successfully Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: flash-plugin ######################### [1/1]
Installed: flash-plugin.i386 0:7.0.63-1 Complete! [root@localhost ~]# mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/ [root@localhost ~]# ln -s /etc/X11/fs/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config [root@localhost ~]#
But this did not help :(
I know, this is Linux world, but I did not want to change back to Windows when I need Flash Playing.
Sounds like the RPM may have not dropped the flash plugin files into the right place.
Take a look in ~/.mozilla/plugins and see if these two files are there:
flashplayer.xpt libflashplayer.so
If not, find where the installer put them and copy them to that location. Then exit firefox and restart it, and then the flash plugin should work.
On 8/30/06, fredex fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
Sounds like the RPM may have not dropped the flash plugin files into the right place.
Take a look in ~/.mozilla/plugins and see if these two files are there:
flashplayer.xpt libflashplayer.so
They are in the foulder ~/.mozilla/plugins.
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 09:06, Heikki Pesonen wrote:
I use Firefox bouth in WindowsXP and in Fedora Core 5. As usual, in Windows-word no problems. In Fedora Core Firefox works otherwise well but untill recently I have not gotten *Flash Player *plugin* *to install. I found some advice and did everything asked (a long list follows):
You'll probably find that you need to create links from Firefox to the Flash-plugin.
ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/local/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt /usr/local/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt
You'll probably have to change the Firefox path on the link, as mine on FC2 is in /usr/local.
Nigel.
On 8/30/06, Nigel Henry cave.dnb@tiscali.fr wrote:
You'll probably find that you need to create links from Firefox to the Flash-plugin.
ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/local/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt /usr/local/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt
You'll probably have to change the Firefox path on the link, as mine on FC2 is in /usr/local.
I tryed the following:
[fossiili@localhost plugins]$ ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so ln: creating symbolic link `/home/fossiili/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so' to `/usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so': Fil e exists [fossiili@localhost plugins]$ ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt ~/.mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt ln: creating symbolic link `/home/fossiili/.mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt' to `/usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt': File exists [fossiili@localhost plugins]$
Then I closed Firefox and started it again. In spite of your kind help. no Flash plugin working ...
Heikki Pesonen wrote:
On 8/30/06, Nigel Henry cave.dnb@tiscali.fr wrote:
You'll probably find that you need to create links from Firefox to the Flash-plugin.
ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/local/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt /usr/local/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt
You'll probably have to change the Firefox path on the link, as mine on FC2 is in /usr/local.
I tryed the following:
[fossiili@localhost plugins]$ ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so ln: creating symbolic link `/home/fossiili/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so' to `/usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so': Fil e exists [fossiili@localhost plugins]$ ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt ~/.mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt ln: creating symbolic link `/home/fossiili/.mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt' to `/usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt': File exists [fossiili@localhost plugins]$
Then I closed Firefox and started it again. In spite of your kind help. no Flash plugin working ...
Instead of symlinks, try copying the libflashplayer.so and .xpt files to the relevant /usr/lib plugin directories. I don't think symlinks work for flash.
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Jay Cliburn wrote:
Instead of symlinks, try copying the libflashplayer.so and .xpt files to the relevant /usr/lib plugin directories. I don't think symlinks work for flash.
Really? They've worked for me for a long time.
$ ll /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.6/plugins/ | grep flash total 48K lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Aug 13 13:07 flashplayer.xpt -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Aug 13 13:07 libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
Hekki, where is firefox installed on your system? Was it installed via yum/rpm or from a mozilla.org tar.gz?
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Todd Zullinger wrote:
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Jay Cliburn wrote:
Instead of symlinks, try copying the libflashplayer.so and .xpt files to the relevant /usr/lib plugin directories. I don't think symlinks work for flash.
Really? They've worked for me for a long time.
Hmmm... I remember always having to copy the files to the plugin dir, and that's the way I have it installed and working now. Sorry for the red herring.
On 8/30/06, Todd Zullinger tmz@pobox.com wrote:
Heikki, where is firefox installed on your system? Was it installed via yum/rpm or from a mozilla.org tar.gz?
What I have read about Linux from some books, I'll suppose Firefox were in the foulder /usr/bin but there is nothing. I can not find it in any other place. By the way, should there not be some tool in Fedora Core 5 like "Find" in Windows? In some Linux journals a nice domestic animal Beagle is praised. Why is it not included in Fedora Core 5?
I installed Fedora Core 5 from a DVD which was included in some number of Linux Format (a journal).
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Heikki Pesonen wrote:
What I have read about Linux from some books, I'll suppose Firefox were in the foulder /usr/bin but there is nothing. I can not find it in any other place.
What does the command "which firefox" tell you (entered into a terminal)?
If you don't have /usr/bin/firefox, then you likely don't have firefox installed the way FC installs it. FC has Firefox 1.5.0.6 with current updates.
By the way, should there not be some tool in Fedora Core 5 like "Find" in Windows?
There are several. A command line tool called locate will find files using a database of all the files on your system, updated each night. There is also the obscurely named find command.
In some Linux journals a nice domestic animal Beagle is praised. Why is it not included in Fedora Core 5?
It is. In Gnome, it's available on the Places menu, called Search. You can use it from the command line as well (beagle-query).
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On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 06:22:02PM +0300, Heikki Pesonen wrote:
On 8/30/06, Todd Zullinger tmz@pobox.com wrote:
Heikki, where is firefox installed on your system? Was it installed via yum/rpm or from a mozilla.org tar.gz?
What I have read about Linux from some books, I'll suppose Firefox were in the foulder /usr/bin but there is nothing. I can not find it in any other place. By the way, should there not be some tool in Fedora Core 5 like "Find" in Windows? In some Linux journals a nice domestic animal Beagle is praised. Why is it not included in Fedora Core 5?
There are several ways to find a file: 1. "which firefox" will tell you where the firefox program is that would be executed if you typed "firefox" at a command prompt. If it returns nothing, then there is no executable by that name in your search path. 2. "locate firefox" will return every file/directory/link name it finds containing the string "firefox". This uses an index of your filesystems that is build every night by a "cron job". If the file you're looking for has been added (or deleted or moved) since that cron job ran, you won't find it, or won't find it where locate says it is. 3. the slowest but most sure way is "find / -name firefox -print" which scans, while you wait, the entire hard drive looking for a file named "firefox". Note that it won't find "firefox.bin" or anything else that is not exactly "firefox". 4. there may be others, but these are the ones I use.
I installed Fedora Core 5 from a DVD which was included in some number of Linux Format (a journal).
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Heikki Pesonen wrote:
Then I closed Firefox and started it again. In spite of your kind help. no Flash plugin working ...
If firefox crashes when you go to a page with flash on it (as mine does with the current FC6 beta) try env XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 firefox You could also check to see if firefox sees the plugins by going to the URL about:plugins I also half-remember having problems (possibly font related) with flash because I had a line like FontPath "unix/:7100" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Michael Young
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 16:33, Heikki Pesonen wrote:
On 8/30/06, Nigel Henry cave.dnb@tiscali.fr wrote:
You'll probably find that you need to create links from Firefox to the Flash-plugin.
ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/local/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt /usr/local/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt
You'll probably have to change the Firefox path on the link, as mine on FC2 is in /usr/local.
I tryed the following:
[fossiili@localhost plugins]$ ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so ln: creating symbolic link `/home/fossiili/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so' to `/usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so': Fil e exists [fossiili@localhost plugins]$ ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt ~/.mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt ln: creating symbolic link `/home/fossiili/.mozilla/plugins/flashplayer.xpt' to `/usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt': File exists [fossiili@localhost plugins]$
Then I closed Firefox and started it again. In spite of your kind help. no Flash plugin working ...
Ok. I've just fired up FC5 to check what I told you. if Firefox is installed you should have a directory in /usr/lib for Firefox. Mine has several versions, 1.5.0.4 being one of them. You need to create the softlinks from this directory to the flash-plugin directory, which is also in /usr/lib, as root. Leave the .mozilla directory in /home/user out of the equation.
So, after su'ing to root, type.
ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/flashplayer.xpt /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt
I'm sorry about the "ln" being misplaced. Something to do with Kmails composer.
As someone else has said, there are problems with some websites that are insisting on Flashplayer 9 (the Windows version), and perhaps it's about time that Macromedia got their act together.
This site works ok with Flashplayer 7 http://laracameron.com
Nigel.
On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 10:06 +0300, Heikki Pesonen wrote:
I use Firefox bouth in WindowsXP and in Fedora Core 5. As usual, in Windows-word no problems. In Fedora Core Firefox works otherwise well but untill recently I have not gotten Flash Player plugin to install. I found some advice and did everything asked (a long list follows):
<snip>
But this did not help :(
I know, this is Linux world, but I did not want to change back to Windows when I need Flash Playing.
After reading this thread, I am wondering if it more a problem with the site, rather than your setup.
First of all, ask Firefox what is installed. In the address bar type about:plugins (without <>). It will show you all the plugins that Firefox thinks are installed.
If Flash is listed (mine is the first plugin, Shockwave Flash), then it is not a problem with your setup, but rather a problem with the site.
Adobe, in their infinite wisdom, has not released a Flash player for Linux past version 7.0 r63. There are many sites out there now, that are using Flash that require at least Flash 8 in order to work. What site are you trying to view the Flash on?
I did read somewhere what Adobe is working on Flash 9 for Linux (and the rest of the world), maybe on this list, but there was no information about when it would be released to the public.
HTH, -- Doug
Registered Linux User #285548 (http://counter.li.org) ---------------------------------------- Random Thought: Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. -- Alexander Pope
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Ski Dawg wrote:
Adobe, in their infinite wisdom, has not released a Flash player for Linux past version 7.0 r63. There are many sites out there now, that are using Flash that require at least Flash 8 in order to work. What site are you trying to view the Flash on?
I did read somewhere what Adobe is working on Flash 9 for Linux (and the rest of the world), maybe on this list, but there was no information about when it would be released to the public.
I think they estimated the start of next year. Running the windows version of firefox under wine does at least partially work with flash 9.
Michael Young
On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 16:34 +0100, M A Young wrote:
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Ski Dawg wrote: I did read somewhere what Adobe is working on Flash 9 for Linux (and the
rest of the world), maybe on this list, but there was no information about when it would be released to the public.
I think they estimated the start of next year. Running the windows version of firefox under wine does at least partially work with flash 9.
Just a follow up to this. I just read an interview with the lead engineer for Adobe's Flash Player team. He says the Flash 9 player for Linux is expected for early 2007.
Read the interview at http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=96 (originally linked from /. http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/08/30/0531253.shtml )
You can read his blog, called Penguin SWF, at http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf
He did say that they are currently working on x86 based Flash Player. If you want something else (alternative OS, like BSD or 64 bit or PPC) to use the Wish Form at http://www.adobe.com/go/wish rather than posting in the Penguin SWF blog. -- Doug
Registered Linux User #285548 (http://counter.li.org) ---------------------------------------- Random Thought: YOW!! Everybody out of the GENETIC POOL!
Ski Dawg wrote:
On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 16:34 +0100, M A Young wrote:
Just a follow up to this. I just read an interview with the lead engineer for Adobe's Flash Player team. He says the Flash 9 player for Linux is expected for early 2007.
Read the interview at http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=96 (originally linked from /. http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/08/30/0531253.shtml )
You can read his blog, called Penguin SWF, at http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf
He did say that they are currently working on x86 based Flash Player. If you want something else (alternative OS, like BSD or 64 bit or PPC) to use the Wish Form at http://www.adobe.com/go/wish rather than posting in the Penguin SWF blog. -- Doug
There is also a work around that I came across that will work with some sites that request Flash 9.
From
http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/flash-9-for-xubuntu/
1) Make a back-up of the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat:
cp ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat.bak
2) Edit that file:
nano ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat
3) Replace the lines that say
Shockwave Flash 7.0 r63:$
to
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r63:$
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 22:31, Robin Laing wrote:
Ski Dawg wrote:
On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 16:34 +0100, M A Young wrote:
Just a follow up to this. I just read an interview with the lead engineer for Adobe's Flash Player team. He says the Flash 9 player for Linux is expected for early 2007.
Read the interview at http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=96 (originally linked from /. http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/08/30/0531253.shtml )
You can read his blog, called Penguin SWF, at http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf
He did say that they are currently working on x86 based Flash Player. If you want something else (alternative OS, like BSD or 64 bit or PPC) to use the Wish Form at http://www.adobe.com/go/wish rather than posting in the Penguin SWF blog. -- Doug
There is also a work around that I came across that will work with some sites that request Flash 9.
From
http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/flash-9-for-xubuntu/
- Make a back-up of the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat:
cp ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat.bak
- Edit that file:
nano ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat
- Replace the lines that say
Shockwave Flash 7.0 r63:$
to
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r63:$
-- Robin Laing
Hi Robin. That's interesting. I don't access sites that use Flash much, but have you got a link to a site that needs Flash 9, so that I can try the workaround. Not a crude site please.
Nigel.
On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 22:54 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
Hi Robin. That's interesting. I don't access sites that use Flash much, but have you got a link to a site that needs Flash 9, so that I can try the workaround. Not a crude site please.
I know that the videos used on CNET http://www.cnet.com or on CNET TV http://www.cnettv.com/ require a higher version of Flash. -- Doug
Registered Linux User #285548 (http://counter.li.org) ---------------------------------------- Random Thought: Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 15:27 -0600, Ski Dawg wrote:
On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 22:54 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
Hi Robin. That's interesting. I don't access sites that use Flash much, but have you got a link to a site that needs Flash 9, so that I can try the workaround. Not a crude site please.
I was just trying to access TNT TV's web site for The Closer and it wants a higher version. I tried the hack, but all it does is fail to draw most of the stuff you need to navigate around the site (but it no longer complains about the old version :-).
Robin Laing wrote:
There is also a work around that I came across that will work with some sites that request Flash 9.
From
http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/flash-9-for-xubuntu/
- Make a back-up of the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat:
cp ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat.bak
- Edit that file:
nano ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat
- Replace the lines that say
Shockwave Flash 7.0 r63:$
to
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r63:$
Thanks for the trick. The bothersome site that distracted the kids to use Linux was the disneychannel.com site. The site came up with the edited file. Firefox worked somewhat but needed the old killall -9 firefox-bin after some clicking. What features they use that require Flash 9 will always be a mystery to me.
Anyway, I'm assamed to inform a kid that Windows can go to this site but Linux cannot. Hopefully a genuine Flash 9 version hits Linux soon. I don't want the kids corrupted into using windows.
Jim
Jim Cornette wrote:
Robin Laing wrote:
There is also a work around that I came across that will work with some sites that request Flash 9.
From
http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/flash-9-for-xubuntu/
- Make a back-up of the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat:
cp ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat.bak
- Edit that file:
nano ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat
- Replace the lines that say
Shockwave Flash 7.0 r63:$
to
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r63:$
Thanks for the trick. The bothersome site that distracted the kids to use Linux was the disneychannel.com site. The site came up with the edited file. Firefox worked somewhat but needed the old killall -9 firefox-bin after some clicking. What features they use that require Flash 9 will always be a mystery to me.
Anyway, I'm assamed to inform a kid that Windows can go to this site but Linux cannot. Hopefully a genuine Flash 9 version hits Linux soon. I don't want the kids corrupted into using windows.
Jim
I agree that windows is corruption, but if a website is something that you CAN'T live without, just use wine to install firefox and flash 9. It works Just as good as under linux. I seem to recall having some ugly fonts to start with, so just play around with the firefox preferences (specifically tools>options>content>advanced) and use the Arial font instead of Times New Roman. If you REALLY want to fool somebody, you can install a firefox theme (noia and phoenity are my favorites) and put a simple bash script in you $HOME/bin (or anywhere else, just make sure that it is the FIRST entry in the $PATH variable) that looks like this: #!/bin/bash wine $HOME/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program\ Files/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe $@
Now the firefox in the Kmenu (or the applications menu in GNOME) will run the wine firefox instead of the native one. Test it with something like 'firefox kde.org' to see if it works. Now nobody can tell the difference. I don't know if wine does sound without using winecfg first, so you might have to do that, too. For things like embedded video, just use a native linux browser because WMP and Quicktime don't do great under wine (and I never tried it with wine firefox either ;-) Hope you find some of this useful! -Steven
Steven Pasternak wrote:
Jim Cornette wrote:
...
Anyway, I'm ashamed to inform a kid that Windows can go to this site but Linux cannot. Hopefully a genuine Flash 9 version hits Linux soon. I don't want the kids corrupted into using windows.
Jim
I agree that windows is corruption, but if a website is something that you CAN'T live without, just use wine to install firefox and flash 9. It works Just as good as under linux. I seem to recall having some ugly fonts to start with, so just play around with the firefox preferences (specifically tools>options>content>advanced) and use the Arial font instead of Times New Roman. If you REALLY want to fool somebody, you can install a firefox theme (noia and phoenity are my favorites) and put a simple bash script in you $HOME/bin (or anywhere else, just make sure that it is the FIRST entry in the $PATH variable) that looks like this: #!/bin/bash wine $HOME/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program\ Files/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe $@
Now the firefox in the Kmenu (or the applications menu in GNOME) will run the wine firefox instead of the native one. Test it with something like 'firefox kde.org' to see if it works. Now nobody can tell the difference. I don't know if wine does sound without using winecfg first, so you might have to do that, too. For things like embedded video, just use a native linux browser because WMP and Quicktime don't do great under wine (and I never tried it with wine firefox either ;-) Hope you find some of this useful! -Steven
Thanks for the tip. I have this really old windows version mahjong's game which the wife, daughter and granddaughter like to play. It runs fine in wine but does not create a desktop icon. Your suggestions will help with getting this game to show an ICON for their ease of usage.
Regarding Disney, I would not want to emulate a program that is available for Linux just to run Flash 9. There should already be a Linux version of Flash 9 available. I might try it for the visual effect or for the TNT and "The Closer" website goodies.
Thanks, Jim
Jim Cornette wrote:
Robin Laing wrote:
Thanks for the trick. The bothersome site that distracted the kids to use Linux was the disneychannel.com site. The site came up with the edited file. Firefox worked somewhat but needed the old killall -9 firefox-bin after some clicking. What features they use that require Flash 9 will always be a mystery to me.
Anyway, I'm assamed to inform a kid that Windows can go to this site but Linux cannot. Hopefully a genuine Flash 9 version hits Linux soon. I don't want the kids corrupted into using windows.
Jim
Do people that have problems with accessing sites actually take the time to write to those sites?
I have written to some but not to others.
I have had problems with commercial sites that I tried to access and informed the companies that I couldn't access their sites and thus couldn't purchase their products.
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Heikki Pesonen wrote:
I use Firefox bouth in WindowsXP and in Fedora Core 5. As usual, in Windows-word no problems. In Fedora Core Firefox works otherwise well but untill recently I have not gotten *Flash Player *plugin* *to install. I found some advice and did everything asked (a long list follows):
[fossiili@localhost ~]$ su - Password: [root@localhost ~]# yum install flash-plugin Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories livna [1/7] livna 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 flash [2/7] flash 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 core [3/7] core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 jpackage-fedora [4/7] jpackage-fedora 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 jpackage-generic [5/7] jpackage-generic 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras [6/7] extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 updates [7/7] updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 148 kB 00:02 livna : ################################################## 454/454 Added 9 new packages, deleted 4 old in 0.71 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 5.7 kB 00:00 jpackage-f: ################################################## 25/25 Added 0 new packages, deleted 0 old in 0.11 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 366 kB 00:06 jpackage-g: ################################################## 1597/1597 Added 0 new packages, deleted 0 old in 1.20 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.4 MB 00:23 extras : ################################################## 4749/4749 Added 202 new packages, deleted 111 old in 8.51 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 372 kB 00:06 updates : ################################################## 1005/1005 Added 15 new packages, deleted 71 old in 3.21 seconds Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for flash-plugin to pack into transaction set. flash-plugin-7.0.63-1.i38 100% |=========================| 6.0 kB 00:00 ---> Package flash-plugin.i386 0:7.0.63-1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check
Dependencies Resolved
============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: flash-plugin i386 7.0.63-1 flash 998 k
Transaction Summary
Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 998 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): flash-plugin-7.0.6 100% |=========================| 998 kB 00:16 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 8df56d05 Public key for flash-plugin-7.0.63-1.i386.rpm is not installed Retrieving GPG key from http://macromedia.mplug.org/FEDORA-GPG-KEY Importing GPG key 0x8DF56D05 "Fedora Linux (RPMS) <security@fedora.us mailto:security@fedora.us>" Is this ok [y/N]: y Key imported successfully Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: flash-plugin ######################### [1/1]
Installed: flash-plugin.i386 0:7.0.63-1 Complete! [root@localhost ~]# mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/ [root@localhost ~]# ln -s /etc/X11/fs/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config [root@localhost ~]#
But this did not help :(
I know, this is Linux world, but I did not want to change back to Windows when I need Flash Playing.
It's been a while since I had this problem, but IIRC there is/was a problem with selinux compatibility that affected the installation of Flash. I believe if you go to permissive mode you will be able to install it.
usr/sbin/setenforce 0
IIRC you do need to ensure that flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so are either installed in ~/.mozilla/plugins or /usr/lib/firefox?.?.?.? (latest installed version)/plugins/ or that they are symlinked there.
there is a further problem caused by the move to Xorg 7 that causes some audio problems, but we'll save that until you get the player installed!
Scott
On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 10:06 +0300, Heikki Pesonen wrote:
I use Firefox bouth in WindowsXP and in Fedora Core 5. As usual, in Windows-word no problems. In Fedora Core Firefox works otherwise well but untill recently I have not gotten Flash Player plugin to install. I found some advice and did everything asked (a long list follows):
The flash Player plugin you get from the macromedia.repo .
-- ======================================================================= Throw away documentation and manuals, and users will be a hundred times happier. Throw away privileges and quotas, and users will do the Right Thing. Throw away proprietary and site licenses, and there won't be any pirating. If these three aren't enough, just stay at your home directory and let all processes take their course. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@sbcglobal.net
Now I found a simple way to solve the problem how to get Firefox use the Flash Player plugin:
I started my computer using Knoppix 5.0.1. DVD which came with Linux Magazine September 2006. Firefox installed the Flash Player without any problems! And Knoppix can also be installed on the hard disk.
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