On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:00:20 +0000 AG <computing.acco...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 15/03/11 20:05, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On 2011-03-15, AG<computing.acco...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello all > >> > >> In Iceape and other browsers (e.g. Opera) I can watch embedded > >> (streaming?) videos on-line. In Iceweasel/ Swiftfox I cannot. > >> Insterad I get a variation on this message: "Note: Either you do > >> not have Adobe Flash Player installed on your computer or your > >> Flash Version is outdated. You need Flash Player in order to view > >> this item. Download Flash Player > >> now.<http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer>" > >> > >> I have double-checked and I have the latest flashplugin-nonfree > >> installed and seems to be accessible to the other browsers, so why > >> doesn't IW "see" the plugin and use it as well? In my > >> ~.mozilla/plugins/ directory the library libflashplayer.so is > >> installed > > That may well be the problem. Installing flashplugin-nonfree makes > > the plug-in available system-wide; having libflashplayer.so in > > ~/.mozilla/plugins/ means that you also have a personal copy. > > > > > >> and executable and as far as I can tell, the plugins are > >> registered with IW as seen by doing about:plugins in the address > >> bar. > > Try removing your personal copy (or just start with a new > > ~/.mozilla to experiment). > > > > > > Hi Liam > > I changed the name of the local libflashplayer.so and fired up IW > again > - still the same issue though. > > So I mv'd the entire ~/.mozilla directory and ran IW again, losing > extensions, etc., in the process. There is now no plugins directory > under ~/.mozilla and after inspecting /usr/lib/iceweasel and > /usr/lib/mozilla both have flashplugin-alternative.so installed. > > According to about:plugins shockwave flash version 10.1r102 > (libflashplayer.so) is installed and enabled. > > However, still the same error message. Any further ideas? My version of the flashplugin is 10.3 d162. Try running "update-flashplugin-nonfree --install" and see if you get a newer version. That command did nothing on my box but maybe that is because I have the newest version. Let us know. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110316155827.5d357...@debian.ok.shawcable.net