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can't see video's any more ! WHY ?

Asked by Lynne Stevens

Well it is 11.04 and after upgrade flash video is no longer able to load . . Why did it change and how do I get it back

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druisan (druisan) said : 		#1

Have you tried reinstalling it? I suggest you the "non-free" one.

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Lynne Stevens (jackie40d) said : 		#2

Well so much for that one . . I clicked on the Get Adobe button Downloaded the new version in .RPM did the Sudo Alien ( file name here ) and it converted it to .DEB tried to install it got error bad conversion or some other reason failed to install . . Back to square 1 keep getting same thing . . Says Get Adobe on the screen even went to mozilla and added low flash to watch video on Fire fox . .

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Why did you get the RPM, there is a DEB on the site. Not only that but the package in the software centre will installflash FOR YOU so you don't even need to visit the adobe website....

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'

And we can advise.

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Lynne Stevens (jackie40d) said : 		#4

I got it directly from Adobe it gives you 3 or 4 choices as what to download ( YUM, Tarball, RPM and last I forgot ) since converting RPM is simple I downloaded the .RPM and from root converted to .DEB !

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Lynne Stevens (jackie40d) said : 		#5

Here is the copy of the return

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty
Linux jackie-Aspire-3100 2.6.38-13-generic-pae #55-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 24 15:54:51 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
ii adobe-flash-properties-gtk 11.1.102.55-0natty1 GTK+ control panel for Adobe Flash Player plugin version 11
ii adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.55-0natty1 Adobe Flash Player plugin version 11
ii browser-plugin-gnash 0.8.9-1ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Plugin for Mozilla and derivatives
rc flashplugin-installer 11.1.102.55ubuntu0.11.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii gnash 0.8.9-1ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player
ii gnash-common 0.8.9-1ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Common files/libraries

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

You have too many plugins installed. This will cause a conflict and you will get nothing.

This will clean you up:

sudo apt-get --purge remove adobe-flash-properties-gtk adobe-flashplugin browser-plugin-gnash gnash gnash-common; sudo dpkg -P flashplugin-installer; sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

Run that as ONE big command and it will remove ALL flash, then install only the Adobe flash plugin, you can now close all browsers and relaunch. It will most likely work..

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Lynne Stevens (jackie40d) said : 		#7

Ok I copied and pasted this into ABI and saved it as a file So it wil be on the back up drive also from now on ! Thanks for the re print