Finally I've been able to get the Lenny DVD to install on the computer I've
been having trouble with.  I downloaded the most recent DVD image on October
21st.  Out of the box, gnash was not working -- I got a black screen on
youtube videos, for example.  I then proceeded to follow directions on the
following link for flash since gnash wasn't working:

http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer

However, I kept getting an error about flash when I tried installing from
the backports.  I received the following error:

Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (1:2.5~bpo50+1) ...
gpg failed to import /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/pubkey.asc
Try again later with "update-flashplugin-nonfree --install".
Using '/usr/bin/iceweasel' to provide 'x-www-browser'.

So instead I went to the Adobe flash website, downloaded the .tar.gz file
and extracted the file, which is named libflashplayer.so to
/usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/ and then presto, flash videos now work!!!  I'm
very excited and am hoping this lenny DVD installs on all my computers so my
students can finally use them after two months of school.

I realize many on this list may not want to use Adobe flash for obvious
reasons, but Gnash wasn't working out of the box from the default
installation (unless there is something I'm supposed to do that I didn't
read about after installation is finished).

I'm hoping this might help others who have been struggling with flash.  If
anyone knows how to get gnash working, or if it's just a bug that will be
fixed eventually, that would be great.

Thanks,

Tim

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