F13 and adobe flash

[Gregory P. Ennis]

Everyone,

I did a upgrade from F12 to F13 by means of using preupgrade-cli.  I had
some difficulty with the disc space available on /boot but was able to
use the published work arounds to make the installation happen.

Everything seems to be working normally except for multiple crashes of
evolution.  (See Buzilla 598189) as well as not being able to use
youtube videos.

Adobe flash seems to be installed properly, but the youtube videos will
not function properly.  Any body have a solution for this?

Greg

[Neal Becker]

Gregory P. Ennis wrote:

> > Tom Horsley wrote:
> > 
> >> On Mon, 31 May 2010 13:41:13 -0500
> >> Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Adobe flash seems to be installed properly, but the youtube videos will
> >>> not function properly.  Any body have a solution for this?
> >> 
> >> I did a clean install of f13 and video works fine for me. You
> >> might want to try creating a brand new user and see if it
> >> can play video, may be something incompatible leftover
> >> in ~/.mozilla.
> >> 
> >> There was also a mysterious problem I had when I made /home
> >> be a symlink. Some firefox stuff wouldn't work. I changed it
> >> to use a bind mount instead and all was well.
> > 
> > Install chrome, AFAIK it has flash builtin.  On youtube, use html5
> > anyway.
> > 
> > [google-chrome]
> > name=google-chrome
> > baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64
> > enabled=1
> > gpgcheck=1
> > 
> > Neal,
> > 
> > I already have xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-2.fc13.i686 installed.  I
> > was under the impression that html5 did not work with firefox :
> > 
>  
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=0aa3175f8fbb924a...
> > 
> > Thanks for your response!!!!
> > 
> > Greg
> > 
> > 
>  xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-2.fc13.i686 has nothing to do with google
>  chrome, that's an X11 driver.
>  
>  OTOH, I have the same problem as you.  flash isn't working for me either.
>  Did under F12.
>  ----------------------------
>  
>  Nael.... thanks for the information.  Sorry it does not work for you too,
>  but it does make me feel a little better :)
>   
Working now.

I installed flashplayer 10.1rc6.  Moved libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/flash-
plugin.  Symlinked to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.  Ran (as root)  mozilla-
plugin-config -i -v.
visit 
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
seems to be working under google chrome 6.0.408.1
BTW, my system is x86-64.

[Neal Becker]

Gregory P. Ennis wrote:

> >> Tom Horsley wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On Mon, 31 May 2010 13:41:13 -0500
> >>> Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> Adobe flash seems to be installed properly, but the youtube videos
> >>>> will
> >>>> not function properly.  Any body have a solution for this?
> >>> 
> >>> I did a clean install of f13 and video works fine for me. You
> >>> might want to try creating a brand new user and see if it
> >>> can play video, may be something incompatible leftover
> >>> in ~/.mozilla.
> >>> 
> >>> There was also a mysterious problem I had when I made /home
> >>> be a symlink. Some firefox stuff wouldn't work. I changed it
> >>> to use a bind mount instead and all was well.
> >> 
> >> Install chrome, AFAIK it has flash builtin.  On youtube, use html5
> >> anyway.
> >> 
> >> [google-chrome]
> >> name=google-chrome
> >> baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64
> >> enabled=1
> >> gpgcheck=1
> >> 
> >> Neal,
> >> 
> >> I already have xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-2.fc13.i686 installed.  I
> >> was under the impression that html5 did not work with firefox :
> >> 
> > 
>  
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=0aa3175f8fbb924a...
> >> 
> >> Thanks for your response!!!!
> >> 
> >> Greg
> >> 
> >> 
> > xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-2.fc13.i686 has nothing to do with google
> > chrome, that's an X11 driver.
> > 
> > OTOH, I have the same problem as you.  flash isn't working for me either.
> > Did under F12.
> > ----------------------------
> > 
> > Nael.... thanks for the information.  Sorry it does not work for you too,
> > but it does make me feel a little better :)
> > 
>  
>  Working now.
>  
>  I installed flashplayer 10.1rc6.  Moved libflashplayer.so to
>  /usr/lib/flash-
>  plugin.  Symlinked to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.  Ran (as root)  mozilla-
>  plugin-config -i -v.
>  visit
>  http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
>  seems to be working under google chrome 6.0.408.1
>  BTW, my system is x86-64.
>  
>  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
>  Neal,
>  
>  Thanks much.  I used your method and firefox worked for me too.  I even
>  downloaded the browser, chrome, and it worked as well.
>  
>  Thanks much for your help.  I hope this thread saves a lot of time for
>  others!!!!
>  
>  Greg
>  
>   
To make it work under chrome, I symlinked all the files in 
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins-wrapped to /usr/lib64/chromium-browser/plugins 
after running mozilla-plugin-config.

[Gregory P. Ennis]

> > Tom Horsley wrote:
> > 
> >> On Mon, 31 May 2010 13:41:13 -0500
> >> Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Adobe flash seems to be installed properly, but the youtube videos will
> >>> not function properly.  Any body have a solution for this?
> >> 
> >> I did a clean install of f13 and video works fine for me. You
> >> might want to try creating a brand new user and see if it
> >> can play video, may be something incompatible leftover
> >> in ~/.mozilla.
> >> 
> >> There was also a mysterious problem I had when I made /home
> >> be a symlink. Some firefox stuff wouldn't work. I changed it
> >> to use a bind mount instead and all was well.
> > 
> > Install chrome, AFAIK it has flash builtin.  On youtube, use html5
> > anyway.
> > 
> > [google-chrome]
> > name=google-chrome
> > baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64
> > enabled=1
> > gpgcheck=1
> > 
> > Neal,
> > 
> > I already have xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-2.fc13.i686 installed.  I
> > was under the impression that html5 did not work with firefox :
> > 
>  
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=0aa3175f8fbb924a...
> > 
> > Thanks for your response!!!!
> > 
> > Greg
> > 
> > 
>  xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-2.fc13.i686 has nothing to do with google
>  chrome, that's an X11 driver.
>  
>  OTOH, I have the same problem as you.  flash isn't working for me either.
>  Did under F12.
>  ----------------------------
>  
>  Nael.... thanks for the information.  Sorry it does not work for you too,
>  but it does make me feel a little better :)
>   
Working now.

I installed flashplayer 10.1rc6.  Moved libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/flash-
plugin.  Symlinked to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.  Ran (as root)  mozilla-
plugin-config -i -v.
visit 
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
seems to be working under google chrome 6.0.408.1
BTW, my system is x86-64.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Neal,

Thanks much.  I used your method and firefox worked for me too.  I even
downloaded the browser, chrome, and it worked as well.

Thanks much for your help.  I hope this thread saves a lot of time for
others!!!!

Greg

[Tom Horsley]

On Mon, 31 May 2010 15:59:29 -0500
Gregory P. Ennis wrote:

>  Since I have only one sound card
>  do you still think I need to add a sound.conf file to /etc/modprobe.d/
>  directory. 
I wouldn't think so, but I've also seen things like usb webcams
get listed 1st and confuse things. "aplay -l" will show
the device list. If your built-in audio is index 0 then
that should not be a problem.

Of course the other thing to check is to see if the volume
is set to zero. I don't know where the initial volume setting
comes from but I've had it set to zero on initial installs
before and it confused me for the longest time. (I've
also had it set to "login sound blows you out of your
chair" :-).

[Gregory P. Ennis]

On Mon, 31 May 2010 15:59:29 -0500
Gregory P. Ennis wrote:

>  Since I have only one sound card
>  do you still think I need to add a sound.conf file to /etc/modprobe.d/
>  directory. 
I wouldn't think so, but I've also seen things like usb webcams
get listed 1st and confuse things. "aplay -l" will show
the device list. If your built-in audio is index 0 then
that should not be a problem.

Of course the other thing to check is to see if the volume
is set to zero. I don't know where the initial volume setting
comes from but I've had it set to zero on initial installs
before and it confused me for the longest time. (I've
also had it set to "login sound blows you out of your
chair" :-).

---------------------------------------------------
Tom,

Great tip on aplay -l :

card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 - IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Modem [Intel ICH6 Modem], device 0: Intel ICH - Modem [Intel ICH6 Modem - Modem]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

I checked the sound for sure because I have chased a phantom sound
problem before too.  I can play mp3 files without difficulty as well as
ogg files.  It looks like the sound of the flash plug-in does not work
on my 2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686.PAE

Greg

[Gregory P. Ennis]

>  Tom Horsley wrote:
>  
> > On Mon, 31 May 2010 13:41:13 -0500
> > Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> > 
> >> Adobe flash seems to be installed properly, but the youtube videos will
> >> not function properly.  Any body have a solution for this?
> > 
> > I did a clean install of f13 and video works fine for me. You
> > might want to try creating a brand new user and see if it
> > can play video, may be something incompatible leftover
> > in ~/.mozilla.
> > 
> > There was also a mysterious problem I had when I made /home
> > be a symlink. Some firefox stuff wouldn't work. I changed it
> > to use a bind mount instead and all was well.
>  
>  Install chrome, AFAIK it has flash builtin.  On youtube, use html5 anyway.
>  
>  [google-chrome]
>  name=google-chrome
>  baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64
>  enabled=1
>  gpgcheck=1
>  
>  Neal,
>  
>  I already have xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-2.fc13.i686 installed.  I
>  was under the impression that html5 did not work with firefox :
>  
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=0aa3175f8fbb924a...
>  
>  Thanks for your response!!!!
>  
>  Greg
>  
>   
xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-2.fc13.i686 has nothing to do with google 
chrome, that's an X11 driver.

OTOH, I have the same problem as you.  flash isn't working for me either.  
Did under F12.
----------------------------

Nael.... thanks for the information.  Sorry it does not work for you too, but it does make
me feel a little better :)

[Gregory P. Ennis]

On Mon, 31 May 2010 15:02:30 -0500
Gregory P. Ennis wrote:

>  That was a good thought, but no cigar yet.  It looks like the video
> is
>  working now, but there is no sound.  Thanks for your response. 
If you installed the 32bit flash on a 64bit system, you'll need
to explicitly do something like "yum install pulseaudio-libs.i686"
to get the 32 bit audio libs flash needs.

Also on my system, I have two audio cards, and flash seems to
unerringly pick the wrong one by default. I need to make my
default audio be index 0 in the alsa list by adding a .conf
file in /etc/modprobe.d/ with this sort of stuff in it:

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel index=0
alias snd-card-1 snd-ca0106
options snd-ca0106 index=1
---------------------------------------

Tom,

I am using a 32bit laptop; my only sound card is Intel ICH6 with
Cx20468-31 which worked fine on F12.  Since I have only one sound card
do you still think I need to add a sound.conf file to /etc/modprobe.d/
directory.

Greg

[Neal Becker]

Gregory P. Ennis wrote:

>  Tom Horsley wrote:
>  
> > On Mon, 31 May 2010 13:41:13 -0500
> > Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> > 
> >> Adobe flash seems to be installed properly, but the youtube videos will
> >> not function properly.  Any body have a solution for this?
> > 
> > I did a clean install of f13 and video works fine for me. You
> > might want to try creating a brand new user and see if it
> > can play video, may be something incompatible leftover
> > in ~/.mozilla.
> > 
> > There was also a mysterious problem I had when I made /home
> > be a symlink. Some firefox stuff wouldn't work. I changed it
> > to use a bind mount instead and all was well.
>  
>  Install chrome, AFAIK it has flash builtin.  On youtube, use html5 anyway.
>  
>  [google-chrome]
>  name=google-chrome
>  baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64
>  enabled=1
>  gpgcheck=1
>  
>  Neal,
>  
>  I already have xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-2.fc13.i686 installed.  I
>  was under the impression that html5 did not work with firefox :
>  
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=0aa3175f8fbb924a...
>  
>  Thanks for your response!!!!
>  
>  Greg
>  
>   
xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-2.fc13.i686 has nothing to do with google 
chrome, that's an X11 driver.

OTOH, I have the same problem as you.  flash isn't working for me either.  
Did under F12.

[Gregory P. Ennis]

Tom Horsley wrote:

>  On Mon, 31 May 2010 13:41:13 -0500
>  Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
>  
> > Adobe flash seems to be installed properly, but the youtube videos will
> > not function properly.  Any body have a solution for this?
>  
>  I did a clean install of f13 and video works fine for me. You
>  might want to try creating a brand new user and see if it
>  can play video, may be something incompatible leftover
>  in ~/.mozilla.
>  
>  There was also a mysterious problem I had when I made /home
>  be a symlink. Some firefox stuff wouldn't work. I changed it
>  to use a bind mount instead and all was well. 
Install chrome, AFAIK it has flash builtin.  On youtube, use html5 anyway.

[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

Neal,

I already have xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-2.fc13.i686 installed.  I
was under the impression that html5 did not work with firefox :
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=0aa3175f8fbb924a...

Thanks for your response!!!!

Greg

[Tom Horsley]

On Mon, 31 May 2010 15:02:30 -0500
Gregory P. Ennis wrote:

>  That was a good thought, but no cigar yet.  It looks like the video
> is
>  working now, but there is no sound.  Thanks for your response. 
If you installed the 32bit flash on a 64bit system, you'll need
to explicitly do something like "yum install pulseaudio-libs.i686"
to get the 32 bit audio libs flash needs.

Also on my system, I have two audio cards, and flash seems to
unerringly pick the wrong one by default. I need to make my
default audio be index 0 in the alsa list by adding a .conf
file in /etc/modprobe.d/ with this sort of stuff in it:

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel index=0
alias snd-card-1 snd-ca0106
options snd-ca0106 index=1

[Neal Becker]

Tom Horsley wrote:

>  On Mon, 31 May 2010 13:41:13 -0500
>  Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
>  
> > Adobe flash seems to be installed properly, but the youtube videos will
> > not function properly.  Any body have a solution for this?
>  
>  I did a clean install of f13 and video works fine for me. You
>  might want to try creating a brand new user and see if it
>  can play video, may be something incompatible leftover
>  in ~/.mozilla.
>  
>  There was also a mysterious problem I had when I made /home
>  be a symlink. Some firefox stuff wouldn't work. I changed it
>  to use a bind mount instead and all was well. 
Install chrome, AFAIK it has flash builtin.  On youtube, use html5 anyway.

[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

[Gregory P. Ennis]

On Mon, 31 May 2010 13:41:13 -0500
Gregory P. Ennis wrote:

>  Adobe flash seems to be installed properly, but the youtube videos
> will
>  not function properly.  Any body have a solution for this? 
I did a clean install of f13 and video works fine for me. You
might want to try creating a brand new user and see if it
can play video, may be something incompatible leftover
in ~/.mozilla.

There was also a mysterious problem I had when I made /home
be a symlink. Some firefox stuff wouldn't work. I changed it
to use a bind mount instead and all was well.

--------------
Tom,

That was a good thought, but no cigar yet.  It looks like the video is
working now, but there is no sound.  Thanks for your response.

Greg

[Tom Horsley]

On Mon, 31 May 2010 13:41:13 -0500
Gregory P. Ennis wrote:

>  Adobe flash seems to be installed properly, but the youtube videos
> will
>  not function properly.  Any body have a solution for this? 
I did a clean install of f13 and video works fine for me. You
might want to try creating a brand new user and see if it
can play video, may be something incompatible leftover
in ~/.mozilla.

There was also a mysterious problem I had when I made /home
be a symlink. Some firefox stuff wouldn't work. I changed it
to use a bind mount instead and all was well.