what broke chrome flash?

Andrew Haley aph at redhat.com
Sun Nov 4 09:41:45 UTC 2012


On 11/03/12 13:30, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 11/03/2012 09:18 PM, Neal Becker wrote:
>> f17.  Was using nvidia + google-chrome-unstable.
>>
>> Somehow, today flash doesn't work.  chrome about:plugins says:
>> Adobe Flash Player - Version: 11.5.31.1
>> Shockwave Flash 11.5 r31
>> Name:	Shockwave Flash
>> Description:	Shockwave Flash 11.5 r31
>> Version:	11.5.31.1
>> Location:	/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so
>> Type:	PPAPI (out-of-process)
>>  	 Disable
>> MIME types:	
>> MIME type	Description	File extensions
>> application/x-shockwave-flash	Shockwave Flash	
>> .swf
>> application/futuresplash	FutureSplash Player	
>> .spl
>>
>> 1. yum remove xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.  Reboot.  Back to nouveau.  Still no flash
>>
>> 2. yum remove google-chrome-unstable.  yum install google-chrome-beta.  Still no 
>> flash.
>>
>> I don't know what else to try.
>>
> 
> You could try reverting to google-chrome-stable.  It is running just fine for me....
> 

It didn't help me.  Every time it tries to run anything flash, it immediately
crashes.

google-chrome-stable.i386 0:22.0.1229.94-161065
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.16-37.20120306gitf5d1cd2.fc17.x86_64

Andrew.



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