Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)
On 26 April 2010 17:30, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > > The proper way to remove the 32-bit flash is to remove the package > with "sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree". Some more tips at > http://simos.info/blog/archives/804 > > Hope this helps, Well it did and it didn't. I completely removed everything and followed the instructions on the link that you posted. It worked to a certain extent - for example, the flash on Adobe's Flashplayer website worked fine, but I still kept having problems with iPlayer and YouTube. I gave up because it was getting to be too annoying. Today, however, everything seems to work perfectly. Thanks for your advice! -- Regards, Gus -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)
The one that worked for you is probably the same one that worked for me, did that tutorial tell you to remove the last line from a file by any chance? ~Daniel On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Simos Xenitellis < simos.li...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:19 PM, A J Binnie wrote: > > Hi Simos, > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > On 26 April 2010 16:27, Simos Xenitellis > wrote: > >> > >> Verify what you have at the moment, at 'about:plugins'. > >> With the latest 64-bit Flash from > >> http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html > >> (follow link for 64-bit Linux version), you should have “Shockwave > >> Flash 10.0 r45”. > > > > Checked about:plugins in Firefox and Chromium and they both show up with > the > > correct version. > > > >> > >> You would normally dump libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ > >> and Firefox will pick it up automatically when you restart it. That is, > >> sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > > > > Yup. I copied it to that location and did a search to see where else it > > might be. It came up with: > > /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer, and > > /opt/Adobe AIR/Versions/1.0/Resources > >> > >> To verify whether a random 'libflashplayer.so' is 32 or 64 bit, run > >> ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > >> > >> If it is 64-bit, it should show /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 > > This should be lots of output and a single line should be that one above. > You can use the command > ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so | grep lib64 > > which filters and shows you only any lines that have the 'lib64' string in > them. > > >> If it is 32-bit, it should show many references to 'lib32'. > > > > I got a page full of gobbledegook, so I'm assuming it's the latter > > situation! The frustrating thing is that I've copied the new file to all > the > > locations that came up in the search. > > There is also a file called npwrapper.libflash.so, with various links to > it > > - I'm thinking this might have something to do with it, but I'm not > sure. If > > I decide to completely remove all flash-related stuff and start from > > scratch, is it safe to delete all these files? > > Everything worked out of the box with 32-bit versions, but 64-bit is > doing > > my head in. Never let it be said that I don't like a challenge!!! > > The proper way to remove the 32-bit flash is to remove the package > with "sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree". Some more tips at > http://simos.info/blog/archives/804 > > Hope this helps, > Simos > > -- > A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion > Q. Why is top posting bad? > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ~Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:19 PM, A J Binnie wrote: > Hi Simos, > Thanks for your reply. > > On 26 April 2010 16:27, Simos Xenitellis wrote: >> >> Verify what you have at the moment, at 'about:plugins'. >> With the latest 64-bit Flash from >> http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html >> (follow link for 64-bit Linux version), you should have “Shockwave >> Flash 10.0 r45”. > > Checked about:plugins in Firefox and Chromium and they both show up with the > correct version. > >> >> You would normally dump libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ >> and Firefox will pick it up automatically when you restart it. That is, >> sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > > Yup. I copied it to that location and did a search to see where else it > might be. It came up with: > /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer, and > /opt/Adobe AIR/Versions/1.0/Resources >> >> To verify whether a random 'libflashplayer.so' is 32 or 64 bit, run >> ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so >> >> If it is 64-bit, it should show /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 This should be lots of output and a single line should be that one above. You can use the command ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so | grep lib64 which filters and shows you only any lines that have the 'lib64' string in them. >> If it is 32-bit, it should show many references to 'lib32'. > > I got a page full of gobbledegook, so I'm assuming it's the latter > situation! The frustrating thing is that I've copied the new file to all the > locations that came up in the search. > There is also a file called npwrapper.libflash.so, with various links to it > - I'm thinking this might have something to do with it, but I'm not sure. If > I decide to completely remove all flash-related stuff and start from > scratch, is it safe to delete all these files? > Everything worked out of the box with 32-bit versions, but 64-bit is doing > my head in. Never let it be said that I don't like a challenge!!! The proper way to remove the 32-bit flash is to remove the package with "sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree". Some more tips at http://simos.info/blog/archives/804 Hope this helps, Simos -- A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)
Hi Simos, Thanks for your reply. On 26 April 2010 16:27, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > > Verify what you have at the moment, at 'about:plugins'. > With the latest 64-bit Flash from > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html > (follow link for 64-bit Linux version), you should have “Shockwave > Flash 10.0 r45”. > Checked about:plugins in Firefox and Chromium and they both show up with the correct version. > You would normally dump libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ > and Firefox will pick it up automatically when you restart it. That is, > sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > Yup. I copied it to that location and did a search to see where else it might be. It came up with: /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer, and /opt/Adobe AIR/Versions/1.0/Resources To verify whether a random 'libflashplayer.so' is 32 or 64 bit, run > ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > > If it is 64-bit, it should show /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 > If it is 32-bit, it should show many references to 'lib32'. I got a page full of gobbledegook, so I'm assuming it's the latter situation! The frustrating thing is that I've copied the new file to all the locations that came up in the search. There is also a file called npwrapper.libflash.so, with various links to it - I'm thinking this might have something to do with it, but I'm not sure. If I decide to completely remove all flash-related stuff and start from scratch, is it safe to delete all these files? Everything worked out of the box with 32-bit versions, but 64-bit is doing my head in. Never let it be said that I don't like a challenge!!! Regards, Gus -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:42 PM, A J Binnie wrote: > Hi folks, > On 26 April 2010 14:53, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >> >> It's all good; I've been running 64-bit for over a year. Just make >> sure you download the 64-bit Flash player from Adobe rather than using >> the version in the repos (which drags in the 32-bit version and a >> wrapper). > > I've tried downloading the 64-bit plugin from Adobe, but I can't get it to > work. It took me ages to get it to work on Karmic (and I'm damned if I can > find the how-to that eventually worked for me). > Firefox simply exits if I try to load a page with flash on it. Chromium is a > bit more polite - it will load the page, but it tells me that the plugin has > crashed. > Flash was installed already (I'm assuming that it was the 32-bit version. It > worked with some flash pages, but not with BBC iPlayer (or YouTube, IIRC), > but I removed this prior to installing the 64-bit version. > Any suggestions? Verify what you have at the moment, at 'about:plugins'. With the latest 64-bit Flash from http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html (follow link for 64-bit Linux version), you should have “Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45”. You would normally dump libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ and Firefox will pick it up automatically when you restart it. That is, sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so To verify whether a random 'libflashplayer.so' is 32 or 64 bit, run ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so If it is 64-bit, it should show /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 If it is 32-bit, it should show many references to 'lib32'. Simos -- A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)
Hi folks, On 26 April 2010 14:53, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > > It's all good; I've been running 64-bit for over a year. Just make > sure you download the 64-bit Flash player from Adobe rather than using > the version in the repos (which drags in the 32-bit version and a > wrapper). I've tried downloading the 64-bit plugin from Adobe, but I can't get it to work. It took me ages to get it to work on Karmic (and I'm damned if I can find the how-to that eventually worked for me). Firefox simply exits if I try to load a page with flash on it. Chromium is a bit more polite - it will load the page, but it tells me that the plugin has crashed. Flash was installed already (I'm assuming that it was the 32-bit version. It worked with some flash pages, but not with BBC iPlayer (or YouTube, IIRC), but I removed this prior to installing the 64-bit version. Any suggestions? Regards, Gus -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
