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shockwave wont play since 10.10 upgrade from 10.4

Asked by Brian Hersom

Since upgrading to Ubuntu 10.10 from 10.4, I can no longer get my shockwave (swf) programs to run from facebook, etc. Has anyone else had this problem and have you found a fix. I use firefox but even tried under chrome without any luck. In Firefox preferences it is set to "use shockwave flash in firefox"

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

It's flash, shockwave is a completely different plugin (It's windows only for one)

Cab you give the output of:

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

Thanks

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Brian Hersom (hersom-birds) said : 		#2

brian@brian-laptop:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep swf; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
Linux brian-laptop 2.6.35-22-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Sun Oct 10 09:24:00 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
ii libswfdec-0.7-1 0.7.4-1build1 SWF (Macromedia Flash) decoder library
ii libswfdec-0.7-1-dbg 0.7.4-1build1 SWF (Macromedia Flash) decoder library
ii libswfdec-0.8-0 0.8.4-1build1 SWF (Macromedia Flash) decoder library
ii swfdec-mozilla 0.8.8-5ubuntu1 dummy package for transition to browser-plugin-gnash
ii flashplugin-installer 10.1.85.3ubuntu1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii browser-plugin-gnash 0.8.8-5ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Plugin for Mozilla and derivatives
ii gnash 0.8.8-5ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player
ii gnash-common 0.8.8-5ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Common files/libraries
ii gnash-cygnal 0.8.8-5ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Media server
ii gnash-dbg 0.8.8-5ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Debug symbols
ii gnash-tools 0.8.8-5ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Command-line Tools
ii konqueror-plugin-gnash 0.8.8-5ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Plugin for Konqueror
ii mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.8-5ubuntu1 dummy package for renaming to browser-plugin-gnash
ii swfdec-mozilla 0.8.8-5ubuntu1 dummy package for transition to browser-plugin-gnash
brian@brian-laptop:~$
brian@brian-laptop:~$

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

woah dude, WAAAAY too many plugins. You should only have ONE plugin or they conflict and you get nothing.

This will tidy things up:

sudo apt-get --purge remove -y libswfdec-0.7-1 libswfdec-0.7-1-dbg libswfdec-0.8-0 swfdec-mozilla flashplugin-installer browser-plugin-gnash gnash gnash-common gnash-cygnal gnash-dbg gnash-tools konqueror-plugin-gnash mozilla-plugin-gnash swfdec-mozilla; sudo apt-get -y autoremove; sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get -qq update; sudo apt-get install -y flashplugin-nonfree

Run that as ONE big command and it will remove all the mess and install the only package you need. Close all browsers and then rerun your browser, it should now have flash.

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Brian Hersom (hersom-birds) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.