flash video not displayed on firefox 3.6 on ubuntu 10.04

Asked by Rajinder Sandhu

unable to watch flash video on Firefox 3.6 even though the flash player is installed.
Error console is full of key up and key down value meaningless errors...
any suggestion welcome please

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Can you give the output of:

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

Thanks

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Rajinder Sandhu (sandy744) said :
#2

Dear Action
Here is the output
rajinder@rajinder-desktop:~$ dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash;
dpkg -l | grep swf; uname -a
ii adobe-flashplugin
10.0.42.34-1 Adobe Flash Player plugin
version 10
ii libswfdec-0.8-0
0.8.4-1build1 SWF (Macromedia Flash)
decoder library
ii swfdec-mozilla
0.8.2-1ubuntu2 Mozilla plugin for SWF files
(Macromedia Fla
Linux rajinder-desktop 2.6.32-12-generic #17-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 5 08:14:39
UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
rajinder@rajinder-desktop:~$

Thanks
Rajinder
==========================================

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:57 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #100383 on firefox-3.6 in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.6/+question/100383
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested for more information:
> Can you give the output of:
>
> dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf; uname -a
>
> Thanks
>
> --
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Warm regards,

Rajinder Sandhu
Bangalore
India

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Rajinder Sandhu (sandy744) said :
#3

Dear Action
Here is the output
rajinder@rajinder-desktop:~$ dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash;
dpkg -l | grep swf; uname -a
ii adobe-flashplugin
10.0.42.34-1 Adobe Flash Player plugin
version 10
ii libswfdec-0.8-0
0.8.4-1build1 SWF (Macromedia Flash)
decoder library
ii swfdec-mozilla
0.8.2-1ubuntu2 Mozilla plugin for SWF files
(Macromedia Fla
Linux rajinder-desktop 2.6.32-12-generic #17-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 5 08:14:39
UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
rajinder@rajinder-desktop:~$

Thanks
Rajinder
==========================================

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:57 PM, actionparsnip <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #100383 on firefox-3.6 in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.6/+question/100383
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested for more information:
> Can you give the output of:
>
> dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf; uname -a
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> To answer this request for more information, you can either reply to
> this email or enter your reply at the following page:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.6/+question/100383
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Warm regards,

Rajinder Sandhu
Bangalore
India

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#4

Too many dude. Run:

sudo apt-get --purge remove swfdec-mozilla libswfdec-0.8-0 adobe-flashplugin; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

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Rajinder Sandhu (sandy744) said :
#5

still problem remains, unable to view the flash videos in firefox.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#6

Can yuo run:

dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf

Thanks

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Rajinder Sandhu (sandy744) said :
#7

Dear Actionparsnip
Here is the output of the command

rajinder@rajinder-desktop:~$ dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash;
dpkg -l | grep swf
ii flashplugin-installer
10.0.45.2ubuntu1 Adobe Flash Player plugin
installer
ii flashplugin-nonfree
10.0.45.2ubuntu1 Adobe Flash Player plugin
installer (transit
rc libswfdec-0.8-0
0.8.4-1build1 SWF (Macromedia Flash)
decoder library
rajinder@rajinder-desktop:~$
----------------------------------------------------
and the output of error console of firefox:
Warning: Unknown pseudo-class or pseudo-element 'eq'.
Source File: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/
Line: 0
----------------------------------------------------
Hope it throws some light but everything is working fine in Kubuntu
10.04.... it is misbehaving here only in ubuntu 10.04

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:09 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #100383 on firefox-3.6 in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.6/+question/100383
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested for more information:
> Can yuo run:
>
> dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> To answer this request for more information, you can either reply to
> this email or enter your reply at the following page:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.6/+question/100383
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Warm regards,

Rajinder Sandhu
Bangalore
India

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#8

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree; sudo dpkg -P libswfdec-0.8-0

then rerun the previous command, you should get no output. You can then run:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

You ONLY want flashplugin-nonfree installed.

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Rajinder Sandhu (sandy744) said :
#9

Dear All,
After today's 18-02-2010 system update flash video is running fine...
Thanks,
Rajinder Sandhu
======================

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:04 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #100383 on firefox-3.6 in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.6/+question/100383
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree;
> sudo dpkg -P libswfdec-0.8-0
>
> then rerun the previous command, you should get no output. You can then
> run:
>
> sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
>
> You ONLY want flashplugin-nonfree installed.
>
> --
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Rajinder Sandhu
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Rajinder Sandhu (sandy744) said :
#10

After updating my system today (ie 18-02-2010), flash video is running fine.
I did not remove any thing just ran the update there after checked and found video is playing....don't know the exact reason but it has started working so closing the question.
Thanks,
Rajinder Sandhu

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#11

if yu run the command to list your flash plugins you will most likely find you only have one

Glad you got the gold :)