On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:23:04PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/28/2009 07:52 PM, Glenn Becker wrote: >> >> Hi all - >> >> I should probably admit that I haven't been booting my Debian install >> lately, and it has mainly been due to irritation with Iceweasel and not >> doing anything constructive about it b/c it worked fine over on another >> Linux system I have (no names ...). >> >> I am running testing and have been for some time. I don't recall when >> Flash stopped working, but this has been the case for some time. At >> first, I searched in Aptitude for anything related to Flash, just to >> make sure I had everything available installed. No help. >> >> I just read over a few threads in the -user list, & on the strength of >> what I found I tried simply following the "install the latest version" >> link from a Flash-intensive site ... chose the (Ubuntu) .deb and >> installed it. Restarted Iceweasel, enabled the new Flash player v. 10 >> in the plugins dialogue and disabled the older ones. Restarted >> Iceweasel. > > You mean install_flash_player_10_linux.deb? I got that, installed it > with "dpkg -i", and now have (squeezing out spaces): > > $ dpkg -l | grep flash > ii adobe-flashplugin 10.0.15.3-1hardy1 Adobe Flash Player plugin > version 10 > > Flash works perfectly. > > http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/Iceweasel-Add-ons.png > >> No Flash. Still got the lovely > > Dumb question: did you restart Iceweasel? > >> "Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of >> Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player." >> >> Javascript is on. I did a dpkg-reconfigure on adobe-flashplugin. >> Restarted Iceweasel, checked plugins ... and v. 10 of the Flash player >> had disappeared and I was still getting the same message when I tried >> to play anything on Youtube. >> >> I'm 98% certain I am doing something stupid here, but would appreciate >> it if someone could point me in the direction of ... something that >> will tell me how to diagnose the problem and make it all better. Cuz >> I'm close to throwing the laptop (or just my Debian installation) >> against the wall. > > -- Clear anything else you've downloaded. Use the adobe-flashplugin in Sid non-free - which will go to the Adobe website, download the correct thing and install it.
It's one .deb from Sid, so you won't necessarily hose your whole system. HTH, AndyC > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > "I am not surprised, for we live long and are celebrated poopers." > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org