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how do we get charts to work in google finance?

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I go to google finance type in a stock symbol and everything excpt the chart showes up. Sometimes it says "missing plugin".

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Its flash based. Can you give the output of:

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

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Mike (w-mike45) said : 		#2

Output:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux mike-PL308AA-ABA-a735w 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:04:05 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
ii flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.236ubuntu0.12.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii gnash 0.8.10-5ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player
ii gnash-common 0.8.10-5ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player - Common files/libraries

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-installer gnash gnash-common
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Close all browsers then rerun

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