The silly mess with Firefox 1.5.0.4's Flash plugin

[Heikki Pesonen]

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(a)fedora.us&gt;&quot;
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.

[Fred Smith]

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(a)fedora.us&gt;&quot;
>  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.

-- 
---- Fred Smith -- fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us -----------------------------
    "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of
     heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."
------------------------------ Matthew 7:21 (niv) -----------------------------

[Nigel Henry]

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.

[Heikki Pesonen]

On 8/30/06, fredex <fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us&gt; 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.

[Heikki Pesonen]

On 8/30/06, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb(a)tiscali.fr&gt; 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 ...

[Jay Cliburn]

Heikki Pesonen wrote:
>  On 8/30/06, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb(a)tiscali.fr&gt; 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.

[Todd Zullinger]

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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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[M A Young]

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

[Ski Dawg]

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

[Jay Cliburn]

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.

[Heikki Pesonen]

On 8/30/06, Todd Zullinger <tmz(a)pobox.com&gt; 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).

[M A Young]

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

[Todd Zullinger]

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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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[Fred Smith]

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 06:22:02PM +0300, Heikki Pesonen wrote:
>  On 8/30/06, Todd Zullinger <tmz(a)pobox.com&gt; 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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[Nigel Henry]

On Wednesday 30 August 2006 16:33, Heikki Pesonen wrote:
>  On 8/30/06, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb(a)tiscali.fr&gt; 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.

[Oldman]

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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(a)fedora.us
>  <mailto:[e-mail]>>"
>  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
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Flash player for Linux (WAS: Re: The silly mess with Firefox 1.5.0.4's Flash plugin)

[Ski Dawg]

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!

Flash player for Linux (WAS: Re: The silly mess with Firefox 1.5.0.4's Flash plugin)

[Robin Laing]

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:$

-- 
Robin Laing

Flash player for Linux (WAS: Re: The silly mess with Firefox 1.5.0.4's Flash plugin)

[Nigel Henry]

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/
>
>  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:$
>
>  --
>  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.

Flash player for Linux (WAS: Re: The silly mess with Firefox 1.5.0.4's Flash plugin)

[Ski Dawg]

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

Flash player for Linux (WAS: Re: The silly mess with Firefox 1.5.0.4's Flash plugin)

[Tom Horsley]

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 :-).

[Aaron Konstam]

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: [phone] e-mail: akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net

Flash player for Linux (WAS: Re: The silly mess with Firefox 1.5.0.4's Flash plugin)

[Jim Cornette]

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/
>  
>  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:$ 

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

-- 
You could live a better life, if you had a better mind and a better body.

Flash player for Linux (WAS: Re: The silly mess with Firefox 1.5.0.4's Flash plugin)

[Steven Pasternak]

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/
> >
> > 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:$
>
>
>  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

Flash player for Linux (WAS: Re: The silly mess with Firefox 1.5.0.4's Flash plugin)

[Jim Cornette]

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


-- 
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.

Flash player for Linux (WAS: Re: The silly mess with Firefox 1.5.0.4's Flash plugin)

[Robin Laing]

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.

-- 
Robin Laing

[Heikki Pesonen]

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.