@Viktors: thank you for your detailed answer :D 2010/3/31 Viktors Petrovs <viktors.petr...@gmail.com>: > You can create link to flashplugin manually. Go to firefox plugins > directory: > > cd /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins > > Create symbolic link to flashplugin:
unfortunately that folder is empty on my system (upgraded from previous version) crist...@cristian-asus:/usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins$ ls -al totale 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-02-18 04:06 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2010-02-22 16:50 .. > > sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so > libflashplugin-alternative.so > > Name of the symbolic link must start with "lib" prefix. > > > I have following links on my system: > > /usr/lib/firefox-3.6/plugins > -> ../firefox-addons/plugins I have this folder but the name in my case is /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.3pre I think this is a slightly different version. Please note that this folder contains: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2010-03-16 10:19 plugins -> ../firefox-addons/plugins lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-03-16 10:19 searchplugins -> ../firefox-addons/searchplugins both /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins and /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins are empty! > > /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libflashplugin-alternative.so > -> /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so > /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so > -> /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin Also /usr/lib/firefox/plugin is empty on my system: crist...@cristian-asus:/usr/lib/firefox/plugins$ ls -al totale 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-02-23 12:22 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-01-2 8 09:31 .. > /etc/alternatives/firefox-flashplugin > -> /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so I have no firefox-flashplugin under /etc/alternatives, here you can see the only occurrences for "firefox" I can find in that folder: crist...@cristian-asus:/etc/alternatives$ ls -l | grep firefox lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 2010-01-27 18:49 firefox-homepage -> /usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/firefox-index.html lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 2010-01-27 18:49 firefox-homepage-locales -> /usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/locales-ubuntu > I think there is two problems with flashplugin-installer: > 1) It places link in wrong place (or firefox is installed in wrong > place :D) > 2) It creates link with wrong name! Must be prefixed with "lib"! I may add that, in my case, it even doesn't create links! (as I was saying above I don't find nothing useful if I search "flashplugin" on my system). -- [lucid] flashplugin-installer doesn't work with Firefox 3.6 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532542 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs