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adobe-flashplugin package

Flash is not happy in any browser

Asked by peas blossom

I see similar questions have been asked before but I can't find one that fits my problem. I upgraded Firefox to 3.6.6 not long ago and Flash crashed so often I disabled it. I have since had updates so am now on 3.6.10 and the situation is not improved. Indeed my other browser, Chrome, is not that happy with it either. The videos either play jerkily or in staccato mode. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing flash, btw. Has anyone got any further ideas? (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS since you ask.)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

uname -a; lsb_release -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf

Thanks

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peas blossom (lumos60) said : 		#2

This is the output:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy
ii adobe-flashplugin 10.1.82.76-1 Adobe Flash Player plugin version 10
rc flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.246.0ubuntu1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

This will fix you up. You are using the wrong plugin.

sudo apt-get --purge remove adobe-flashplugin; sudo dpkg -P flashplugin-nonfree; sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Should be fine

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peas blossom (lumos60) said : 		#4

Well I've just done that and it's still crashing. :¬(

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Ok what is the output of:

uname -a; lsb_release -a; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf

Thanks

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peas blossom (lumos60) said : 		#6

 No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy
ii flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+really9.0.283.0ubuntu1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

ok try:

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-nonfree; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

If this doesn't work I'll do it manual style.

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peas blossom (lumos60) said : 		#8

We'll have to resort to the manual method, actionparsnip. Ah well.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#9

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-nonfree flashplugin-installer

To remove the plugin.

mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins; cd ~/.mozilla/plugins; wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz; tar zxvf ./install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz; rm ./install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz

Then restart Firefox. You can get flash in Chrome with:

cd /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/ && sudo cp ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so .

Should be ok.

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peas blossom (lumos60) said : 		#10

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.