Flash plugin RPM installed but not being used by Firefix

[Gary Stainburn]

Hi folks.

I've followed the instructions to install the flash plugin by downloading the 
YUM version and then installing the RPM. I got no errors when doing any of 
this. However, flash still does not work in Firefox. If I do 'about:plugins' 
it isn't listed.

Any suggestions on what to try next. All I'm getting from Google is variations 
of the same instructions I've already done.
[root@gary ~]# uname -a
Linux gary.ringways.co.uk 3.8.13-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon May 13 13:36:17 
UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep firefox
firefox-21.0-3.fc17.x86_64
[gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep flash
flash-plugin-11.2.202.285-release.i386
[gary@gary ~]$ ll /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
total 172
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     39 Jun  6 13:21 
libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 176032 May 15 10:53 nppdf.so
[gary@gary ~]$

[Rejy M Cyriac]

On 06/06/2013 06:16 PM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> I've followed the instructions to install the flash plugin by downloading the 
> YUM version and then installing the RPM. I got no errors when doing any of 
> this. However, flash still does not work in Firefox. If I do 'about:plugins' 
> it isn't listed.
>
> Any suggestions on what to try next. All I'm getting from Google is variations 
> of the same instructions I've already done.
> [root@gary ~]# uname -a
> Linux gary.ringways.co.uk 3.8.13-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon May 13 13:36:17 
> UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> [gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep firefox
> firefox-21.0-3.fc17.x86_64
> [gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep flash
> flash-plugin-11.2.202.285-release.i386
> [gary@gary ~]$ ll /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> total 172
> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     39 Jun  6 13:21 
> libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 176032 May 15 10:53 nppdf.so
> [gary@gary ~]$

Try out the open source version - gnash-plugin  :-)

yum remove flash-plugin

....

yum install gnash-plugin

[Gary Stainburn]

Reindl, I had installed the flash RPM too.

Frank, there were selinux entries in the audit log but there was no timestamp 
on the entries I was unable to re-create them by running firefox and 
accessing youtube.

Rejy, I did as you suggested below and I can now watch videos on youtube. I 
haven't yet tried anything else such as the webcam.

Thanks for you help

Gary

On Thursday 06 June 2013 13:57:25 Rejy M Cyriac wrote:
> Try out the open source version - gnash-plugin  :-)
>
> yum remove flash-plugin
>
> ....
>
> yum install gnash-plugin
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Rejy M Cyriac (rmc)

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 14:22:34 +0100 Gary Stainburn
 wrote:
> Reindl, I had installed the flash RPM too.
>
> Frank, there were selinux entries in the audit log but there was no timestamp 
> on the entries I was unable to re-create them by running firefox and 
> accessing youtube.
>
> Rejy, I did as you suggested below and I can now watch videos on youtube. I 
> haven't yet tried anything else such as the webcam.
>
> Thanks for you help
>
> Gary
>
> On Thursday 06 June 2013 13:57:25 Rejy M Cyriac wrote:
> > Try out the open source version - gnash-plugin  :-)
> >
> > yum remove flash-plugin
> >
> > ....
> >
> > yum install gnash-plugin

gnash-plugin does anything? this would be a major advance in my book!

i will try it.

ranjan

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[Frank Murphy]

On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 13:46:17 +0100
Gary Stainburn  wrote:
> Hi folks.

selinux?
su -c "cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | grep mozilla"

[Reindl Harald]

Am 06.06.2013 14:46, schrieb Gary Stainburn:
> I've followed the instructions to install the flash plugin by downloading the 
> YUM version and then installing the RPM. I got no errors when doing any of 
> this. However, flash still does not work in Firefox. If I do 'about:plugins' 
> it isn't listed

have you *really installed* the plugin or only the release

this is *not* the same and all the hacks with
symlinks are bad and useless in case of the RPM

[harry@rh:~]$ rpm -qa | grep adobe-release
adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch

[harry@rh:~]$ rpm -qa | grep flash
flash-plugin-11.2.202.285-release.x86_64

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 06 June 2013, Gary Stainburn sent:
> [gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep firefox
> firefox-21.0-3.fc17.x86_64

x86_64 means 64-bit
> [gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep flash
> flash-plugin-11.2.202.285-release.i386

i386 means 32-bit

Probably isn't compatible without some sort of handler between the two
of them.

Whereas mine works:
firefox-21.0-3.fc17.x86_64
flash-plugin-11.2.202.285-release.x86_64

[Rex Dieter]

Tim wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 06 June 2013, Gary Stainburn sent:
> > [gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep firefox
> > firefox-21.0-3.fc17.x86_64
>
> x86_64 means 64-bit
> > [gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep flash
> > flash-plugin-11.2.202.285-release.i386
>
> i386 means 32-bit
>
> Probably isn't compatible without some sort of handler between the two
> of them.

Tis true, see also
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash

-- rex

[T.C. Hollingsworth]

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Gary Stainburn
 wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> I've followed the instructions to install the flash plugin by downloading the
> YUM version and then installing the RPM. I got no errors when doing any of
> this. However, flash still does not work in Firefox. If I do 'about:plugins'
> it isn't listed.
>
> Any suggestions on what to try next. All I'm getting from Google is variations
> of the same instructions I've already done.

<snip output>

You have the 32-bit version of the Flash Player installed on a 64-bit
system.  64-bit Firefox cannot use 32-bit NPAPI plugins.  This might
have happened if you downloaded the "adobe-release" RPM on a 32-bit
system or you used an old download from a different system.

To fix this, remove the "adobe-release-i386" and "flash-plugin"
packages with yum:  `yum remove adobe-release-i386 flash-plugin`.
Then visit the Adobe website at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer on
the computer you intend to install it on.  Make sure the Operating
System information at the top reads "Linux 64-bit", and then select
the YUM rpm option, which will download an "adobe-release-x86_64" RPM
as opposed to the "adobe-release-i386" RPM you used previously.
Install it, then run `yum install flash-plugin` and everything should
work fine.

-T.C.

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 18:26:32 -0700, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Gary Stainburn
>  wrote:
> > Hi folks.
> >
> > I've followed the instructions to install the flash plugin by downloading the
> > YUM version and then installing the RPM. I got no errors when doing any of
> > this. However, flash still does not work in Firefox. If I do 'about:plugins'
> > it isn't listed.
> >
> > Any suggestions on what to try next. All I'm getting from Google is variations
> > of the same instructions I've already done.
>
> <snip output>
>
> You have the 32-bit version of the Flash Player installed on a 64-bit
> system.  64-bit Firefox cannot use 32-bit NPAPI plugins.  This might
> have happened if you downloaded the "adobe-release" RPM on a 32-bit
> system or you used an old download from a different system.

Does "nspluginwrapper.i686" still work with the Flash plugin on x86_64?

$ yum search wrapper firefox|grep 86
  nspluginwrapper.i686 : A compatibility layer for Netscape 4 plugins

It used to be the only way to get Adobe's Flash Player for x86_64 when
they didn't ship a build for x86_64. Installing the wrapper will pull in
other i686 packages as dependencies, but that's not a problem for many
users.

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 07 June 2013, Michael Schwendt sent:
> Does "nspluginwrapper.i686" still work with the Flash plugin on
> x86_64?
>
> $ yum search wrapper firefox|grep 86
>   nspluginwrapper.i686 : A compatibility layer for Netscape 4 plugins

Mine has it installed.  And I've been viewing flash in Firefox on
youtube, and other places, for ages.

[Michael Wiktowy]

On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> Does "nspluginwrapper.i686" still work with the Flash plugin on x86_64?

I have had problems recently with 32 bit Flash locking up my 64 bit Firefox
21 when Firefox 20 worked fine on the same system. Making the switch from
the 32 bit Flash to the 64 bit Flash solved the problem for me. So I would
suggest that the nspluginwrapper has developed some incompatibilities with
Firefox starting at version 21.

/Mike

[Gary Stainburn]

On Friday 07 June 2013 02:26:32 T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
> You have the 32-bit version of the Flash Player installed on a 64-bit
> system.  64-bit Firefox cannot use 32-bit NPAPI plugins.  This might
> have happened if you downloaded the "adobe-release" RPM on a 32-bit
> system or you used an old download from a different system.
>
> To fix this, remove the "adobe-release-i386" and "flash-plugin"
> packages with yum:  `yum remove adobe-release-i386 flash-plugin`.
> Then visit the Adobe website at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer on
> the computer you intend to install it on.  Make sure the Operating
> System information at the top reads "Linux 64-bit", and then select
> the YUM rpm option, which will download an "adobe-release-x86_64" RPM
> as opposed to the "adobe-release-i386" RPM you used previously.
> Install it, then run `yum install flash-plugin` and everything should
> work fine.
>
> -T.C.

T.C. I finally managed to follow your in structions and it has indeed fixed 
the problem viewing youtube as well as web chatting/Skype.  However, although 
I can watch the other person's web cam I can't get mine to work.

Anyone got any ideas? I've tried manually setting the library path before 
calling firefox as per one google result but that didin't do it

[poma]

On 06.06.2013 14:46, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> I've followed the instructions to install the flash plugin by downloading the 
> YUM version and then installing the RPM. I got no errors when doing any of 
> this. However, flash still does not work in Firefox. If I do 'about:plugins' 
> it isn't listed.
>
> Any suggestions on what to try next. All I'm getting from Google is variations 
> of the same instructions I've already done.

http://mozilla.github.io/shumway/

poma

[Stephen Morris]

On 06/17/2013 01:30 PM, poma wrote:
> On 06.06.2013 14:46, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > Hi folks.
> >
> > I've followed the instructions to install the flash plugin by downloading the
> > YUM version and then installing the RPM. I got no errors when doing any of
> > this. However, flash still does not work in Firefox. If I do 'about:plugins'
> > it isn't listed.
> >
> > Any suggestions on what to try next. All I'm getting from Google is variations
> > of the same instructions I've already done.
>
> http://mozilla.github.io/shumway/
>
> poma

Hi Gary,
     You haven't mentioned whether you are using the 64 bit version of 
Fedora with the 64 bit version of firefox. I'm using the upstream 
nightly version of firefox and have had the same problem, which I have 
subsequently solved.
     The issue I found was the Fedora installs the flash plugin in 
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins but firefox (irrespective of whether its the 
32 bit or 64 bit version) looks for its plugins in 
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. I resolved the issue by inserting a link to 
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins 
(I called the link libflashplayer.so for simplicity).

regards,
Steve

[Gary Stainburn]

On Thursday 20 June 2013 11:06:48 Stephen Morris wrote:
> Hi Gary,
>      You haven't mentioned whether you are using the 64 bit version of
> Fedora with the 64 bit version of firefox. I'm using the upstream
> nightly version of firefox and have had the same problem, which I have
> subsequently solved.
>      The issue I found was the Fedora installs the flash plugin in
> /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins but firefox (irrespective of whether its the
> 32 bit or 64 bit version) looks for its plugins in
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. I resolved the issue by inserting a link to
> /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> (I called the link libflashplayer.so for simplicity).
>
> regards,
> Steve

Steve,  this was my original problem as I had a 32-bit plugin installed. 
However, I now have 64-bit installed.  I can watch other people's webcams now 
but mine still refuses to work.

It does work in Skype on the same laptop.

Gary

[gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep firefox
firefox-21.0-3.fc18.x86_64
[gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep flash
flash-plugin-11.2.202.291-release.x86_64
[gary@gary ~]$ uname -a
Linux gary.ringways.co.uk 3.9.5-201.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 11 19:40:51 UTC 
2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[gary@gary ~]$ ll /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
total 176
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179552 Jun 14 17:00 nppdf.so
[gary@gary ~]$ ll /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
total 388
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     41 Jun 13 13:40 
libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     41 Jun 11 15:14 
libjavaplugin.so -> /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   7040 Oct 17  2012 
librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 106640 Jan  4 13:42 libtotem-cone-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 111344 Jan  4 13:42 libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  73504 Jan  4 13:42 libtotem-mully-plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  86288 Jan  4 13:42 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
[gary@gary ~]$

[Stephen Morris]

On 06/20/2013 08:25 PM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> On Thursday 20 June 2013 11:06:48 Stephen Morris wrote:
> > Hi Gary,
> >       You haven't mentioned whether you are using the 64 bit version of
> > Fedora with the 64 bit version of firefox. I'm using the upstream
> > nightly version of firefox and have had the same problem, which I have
> > subsequently solved.
> >       The issue I found was the Fedora installs the flash plugin in
> > /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins but firefox (irrespective of whether its the
> > 32 bit or 64 bit version) looks for its plugins in
> > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. I resolved the issue by inserting a link to
> > /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> > (I called the link libflashplayer.so for simplicity).
> >
> > regards,
> > Steve
>
> Steve,  this was my original problem as I had a 32-bit plugin installed.
> However, I now have 64-bit installed.  I can watch other people's webcams now
> but mine still refuses to work.
>
> It does work in Skype on the same laptop.
>
> Gary
>
> [gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep firefox
> firefox-21.0-3.fc18.x86_64
> [gary@gary ~]$ rpm -qa|grep flash
> flash-plugin-11.2.202.291-release.x86_64
> [gary@gary ~]$ uname -a
> Linux gary.ringways.co.uk 3.9.5-201.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 11 19:40:51 UTC
> 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> [gary@gary ~]$ ll /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> total 176
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 179552 Jun 14 17:00 nppdf.so
> [gary@gary ~]$ ll /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
> total 388
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     41 Jun 13 13:40
> libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     41 Jun 11 15:14
> libjavaplugin.so -> /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   7040 Oct 17  2012
> librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 106640 Jan  4 13:42 libtotem-cone-plugin.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 111344 Jan  4 13:42 libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  73504 Jan  4 13:42 libtotem-mully-plugin.so
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  86288 Jan  4 13:42 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
> [gary@gary ~]$

Hi Gary,
     Does your version of firefox see the totem plugins?
     Even though you have the Fedora 64 bit version of Firefox installed 
if they haven't changed the upstream defaults then it is presumably 
still looking for its plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins, hence it 
shouldn't see the totem plugins either.

regards,
Steve.
>

[Gary Stainburn]

On Thursday 20 June 2013 11:51:18 Stephen Morris wrote:
> Hi Gary,
>      Does your version of firefox see the totem plugins?
>      Even though you have the Fedora 64 bit version of Firefox installed
> if they haven't changed the upstream defaults then it is presumably
> still looking for its plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins, hence it
> shouldn't see the totem plugins either.
>
> regards,
> Steve.

Steve

about:plugins

lists the following

Shockwave Flash

File: libflashplayer.so
    Version: 11,2,202,291
    State: Enabled
    Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202

IcedTea-Web Plugin (using IcedTea-Web 1.4 (fedora-0.fc18-x86_64))

File: IcedTeaPlugin.so
    Version: 
    State: Enabled
    The IcedTea-Web Plugin executes Java applets.

Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Videos)

File: libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
    Version: 
    State: Enabled
    The Videos 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.

DivX® Web Player

File: libtotem-mully-plugin.so
    Version: 
    State: Enabled
    DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233

VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Videos 3.6.3)

File: libtotem-cone-plugin.so
    Version: 
    State: Enabled
    The Videos 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6

File: libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
    Version: 
    State: Enabled
    The Videos 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.

NPAPI Plugins Wrapper 1.4.4

File: npwrapper.so
    Version: 
    State: Enabled
    nspluginwrapper is a cross-platform NPAPI plugin viewer, in particular for 
linux/i386 plugins. This beta software is available under the terms of the 
GNU General Public License.

iTunes Application Detector

File: librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
    Version: 
    State: Enabled
    This plug-in detects the presence of iTunes when opening iTunes Store URLs 
in a web page with Firefox.

[Mickey]

On 06/20/2013 06:06 AM, Stephen Morris wrote:
> On 06/17/2013 01:30 PM, poma wrote:
> > On 06.06.2013 14:46, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > > Hi folks.
> > >
> > > I've followed the instructions to install the flash plugin by 
> > > downloading the
> > > YUM version and then installing the RPM. I got no errors when doing 
> > > any of
> > > this. However, flash still does not work in Firefox. If I do 
> > > 'about:plugins'
> > > it isn't listed.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions on what to try next. All I'm getting from Google is 
> > > variations
> > > of the same instructions I've already done.
> >
> > http://mozilla.github.io/shumway/
> >
> > poma
>
> Hi Gary,
>     You haven't mentioned whether you are using the 64 bit version of 
> Fedora with the 64 bit version of firefox. I'm using the upstream 
> nightly version of firefox and have had the same problem, which I have 
> subsequently solved.
>     The issue I found was the Fedora installs the flash plugin in 
> /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins but firefox (irrespective of whether its 
> the 32 bit or 64 bit version) looks for its plugins in 
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. I resolved the issue by inserting a link to 
> /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so in 
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (I called the link libflashplayer.so for 
> simplicity).
>
> regards,
> Steve

This also happens in Fedora 13.