Rich Shepard wrote: > I would like to understand why the latest flash player does not work > properly in firefox and Slackware-13.37/x86_64. When trying to view a video > a message pops up that the latest version needs to be installed. Last night > I went through the process again: download the *.tar.gz file, > uncompress/untar it, chmod to make the install file executable, then ran > that file. Finally copied libflashplayer to ~/.mozilla/firefox/plugins. > > Does firefox need to be restarted to see the new plugin? I'm at a loss to > understand why this one host has issues with flash player when the other > portable and the server/workstation do not have problems. > Have you checked to make sure that you don't have two flash players in the system. I usually put mine in /usr/lib/firefox-x.x.x/plugins/ Flash sure is a pain in as butt though. I have often had versions that I have tried that will crash Firefox. Wayne
_______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug