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lightspark package

cannot play video file on Facebook

Asked by Ted

I am attempting to view a vedeo file on a Facebook page. When I had Flash installed I received a missing plugin message even though I had Flash installed. Whe I installed Lightspark and uninstalled Flash, when I click on the viedo, I am told I must install Flash. Does your plugin do Facebook? I would like to view the video instead. I am running under Ubuntu 12.04 and Firefox. I have tried telling Firefos to use Lightapark via the preeferences/applications, I don't really know which one to change. Previous to installing Lightspark I could not view youtube videos, now I can play them, just not the Facebook page. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ted

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Ted (ted-kell) said : 		#1

I installed the latest Lightspark and now display nothing.

I went to lightspark.sf.net and used that infomation to remove the old Lightspark and update to the latest version as of 8/17/12. Now, when I click on the video, nothing happens except the image goes to gray.

Is there something I can do on my end?

Thanks for working on the SW, it should solve a issue of long standing.

Ted

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Can you give the output of:

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

Thanks

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ted (ted-kell-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

Certainly, here it is.

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

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux JunquePig-II 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:04:05
UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
ii flashplugin-installer
11.2.202.238ubuntu0.12.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
rc gnash
0.8.10-5ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player
rc gnash-common
0.8.10-5ubuntu1 GNU Shockwave Flash (SWF) player
- Common files/libraries
ii lightspark
0.6.0.1-0ubuntu1~ppa1 Experimental high-performance
SWF (Adobe Flash) player
ii lightspark-common
0.6.0.1-0ubuntu1~ppa1 Experimental high-performance
SWF (Adobe Flash) player

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Thanks for any help.

Ted

On 08/17/2012 11:46 AM, actionparsnip wrote:
> lsb_release -a; uname -a;dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-installer lightspark lightspark-common
sudo dpkg -P gnash gnash-common
sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Lucid has less than 9 months support now, I suggest you clean install or upgrade to Precise (possible in one jump from Lucid as it is LTS to LTS)

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ted (ted-kell-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5
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ted (ted-kell-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#6

Perhaps my response got lost. I did the following five commands. It
looked like the first four worked, however, the last one gave me
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$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package flashplugin-nonfree is a virtual package provided by:
  adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.238-0precise1
  flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.238ubuntu0.12.04.1
You should explicitly select one to install.

E: Package 'flashplugin-nonfree' has no installation candidate

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Which one should I use, and what would be the proper command.

Thanks for any help,

ted

On 08/17/2012 12:41 PM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #206134 on lightspark in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightspark/+question/206134
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-installer lightspark lightspark-common
> sudo dpkg -P gnash gnash-common
> sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
>
> Lucid has less than 9 months support now, I suggest you clean install or
> upgrade to Precise (possible in one jump from Lucid as it is LTS to LTS)
>

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