Re: Flash videos not playing in Fedora 11 firefox browser

[Patrick Bartek]

--- On Wed, 6/30/10, ranjan sundar <njan79(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  I tried to download flashplayer for linux from adobe website and
>  downloaded this zip file. i extracted it and found that it contained
>  only 1 file with .so extension (shared object).
>
>  [snip] 
 
My guess--and it's only a guess--is that you downloaded the Windows version of the
flash plugin.  Zip is usually used by Windows.  Linux uses .rpm, .tar.gz, and a few
others, but rarely just plain ol' .zip.

Go here to download the latest version.  The page should recognize that you're running
Linux.  If not, click "Choose another operating system...."

   http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP

This is the 32-bit version.  There is no 64-bit version anymore.  So, if your Fedora 11 is
64-bit, you'll have to wrap the 32-bit version with  nspluginwrapper.  Or install a
32-bit browser.  Or find someone who still has the old 64-bit one (10.0.45 Alpha was the
last, IIRC), but it has a major security hole.  However, I've been using it since its
release back in February of this year on my 64-bit F12, and have had no incidents of
viruses or trojans, etc.


B

Flash videos not playing in Fedora 11 firefox browser

[Bill Davidsen]

Patrick Bartek wrote:
>  --- On Wed, 6/30/10, ranjan sundar <njan79(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  
> > I tried to download flashplayer for linux from adobe website and
> > downloaded this zip file. i extracted it and found that it contained
> > only 1 file with .so extension (shared object).
> >
> > [snip]
>   
>  My guess--and it's only a guess--is that you downloaded the Windows version of the
> flash plugin.  Zip is usually used by Windows.  Linux uses .rpm, .tar.gz, and a few
> others, but rarely just plain ol' .zip.
>  
>  Go here to download the latest version.  The page should recognize that you're
> running Linux.  If not, click "Choose another operating system...."
>  
>     http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP
>  
>  This is the 32-bit version.  There is no 64-bit version anymore.  So, if your Fedora 11
> is 64-bit, you'll have to wrap the 32-bit version with  nspluginwrapper.  Or install a
> 32-bit browser.  Or find someone who still has the old 64-bit one (10.0.45 Alpha was the
> last, IIRC), but it has a major security hole.  However, I've been using it since its
> release back in February of this year on my 64-bit F12, and have had no incidents of
> viruses or trojans, etc.
>   
This is Adobe doing its part to support HTML5. ;-)

I run 32 bit stripped FC13 under KVM and just move selected things out. Gives me 
the most secure flash rendition and an extra layer of isolation. At the cost of 
being a PITA if you don't have a base up-to-date 32 bit VM laying around to 
clone with qemu-img.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen(a)tmr.com&gt;
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot

Flash videos not playing in Fedora 11 firefox browser

[Patrick Bartek]

--- On Wed, 6/30/10, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 15:39 -0700,
>  Patrick Bartek wrote:
>  > > Zip is used for some Linux stuff, besides which
>  the OP says
>  > > he extracted
>  > > a .so file, so it is for Linux.
>  > 
>  > As far as I've found Adobe doesn't distribute Flash
>  for Linux in .zip.
>  > Check the link I gave.  (The other OSes don't
>  list endings, and I have
>  > no desire to download them all to check.)  Either
>  the OP got a
>  > repackaged file from someone other than the real Adobe
>  or it's for
>  > another OS that uses .so endings or something else?
>  
>  Whatever. I was just answering the "no zip on Linux" point.
>  Also, .so
>  files are used on several Unix-like systems
>  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format)
>  so
>  strictly speaking it doesn't mean he had a Linux version.
>  However it's
>  pretty clear it wasn't Windows version as was suggested. 
In either case, it was the wrong flash.  The OP needs to start over with the correct file.
 And since we haven't heard from him since his initial post, maybe, he did and
there's no problem anymore.

B

Flash videos not playing in Fedora 11 firefox browser

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 15:39 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>  > Zip is used for some Linux stuff, besides which the OP says
>  > he extracted
>  > a .so file, so it is for Linux.
>  
>  As far as I've found Adobe doesn't distribute Flash for Linux in .zip.
>  Check the link I gave.  (The other OSes don't list endings, and I have
>  no desire to download them all to check.)  Either the OP got a
>  repackaged file from someone other than the real Adobe or it's for
>  another OS that uses .so endings or something else? 
Whatever. I was just answering the "no zip on Linux" point. Also, .so
files are used on several Unix-like systems
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format) so
strictly speaking it doesn't mean he had a Linux version. However it's
pretty clear it wasn't Windows version as was suggested.

poc

Flash videos not playing in Fedora 11 firefox browser

[Patrick Bartek]

--- On Wed, 6/30/10, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 09:51 -0700,
>  Patrick Bartek wrote:
>  > > I tried to download flashplayer for linux from
>  adobe website and
>  > > downloaded this zip file. i extracted it and
>  found that it contained
>  > > only 1 file with .so extension (shared object).
>  > >
>  > > [snip]
>  >  
>  > My guess--and it's only a guess--is that you
>  downloaded the Windows
>  > version of the flash plugin.  Zip is usually used
>  by Windows.  Linux
>  > uses .rpm, .tar.gz, and a few others, but rarely just
>  plain ol' .zip.
>  
>  Zip is used for some Linux stuff, besides which the OP says
>  he extracted
>  a .so file, so it is for Linux. 
As far as I've found Adobe doesn't distribute Flash for Linux in .zip.  Check the
link I gave.  (The other OSes don't list endings, and I have no desire to download
them all to check.)  Either the OP got a repackaged file from someone other than the real
Adobe or it's for another OS that uses .so endings or something else?

B

Flash videos not playing in Fedora 11 firefox browser

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 09:51 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>  > I tried to download flashplayer for linux from adobe website
> and
>  > downloaded this zip file. i extracted it and found that it contained
>  > only 1 file with .so extension (shared object).
>  >
>  > [snip]
>   
>  My guess--and it's only a guess--is that you downloaded the Windows
>  version of the flash plugin.  Zip is usually used by Windows.  Linux
>  uses .rpm, .tar.gz, and a few others, but rarely just plain ol' .zip. 
Zip is used for some Linux stuff, besides which the OP says he extracted
a .so file, so it is for Linux.

poc