update-manager seems to lose flash 9

please post your .mozilla/pluginreg.dat

Thanks,
 - Aleaxnder

FYI, I searched through my installed packages, and the only thing matching "flash" is flashplugin-nonfree (which I assume is providing: /home/reuben/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so). Where does /home/reuben/.mozilla/plugins/nprhapengine.so come from?

Thanks

from pluginreg.dat:

/home/reuben/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

... so you still have a old flashplayer install in your profile. removing the flashplayer files from /home/reuben/.mozilla/plugins will fix this for you.

 - Alexander

Yeah, but it's not my job to clean up after the app. Also, flash 9 worked on Feisty no problem, so what happened that broke things, during the upgrade?

Thanks

Also note that both flash 7 and flash 9 lay claim to libflashplayer.so (in my first comment). I will wipe and cleanup manually, but this is something the app should manage.

its the obligation of the user to manage whatever they installed in the profile. Ubuntu cannot anything about it. Flashplayer 9 was updated by adobe because it had bad bugs ... as usual.

Remove things from your profile plugins/ folder and you will be fine.

In firefox 3 you will get the ability to manage your profile plugins through the firefox addons manager.

Sorry, but not really. If I install openoffice 2.0, and then upgrade to 2.2, am I required to delete openoffice 2.0 manually? No.

The bug here, if there is one, is that Firefox's installation for Flash 9 apparently didn't remove Flash 7. For some reason, these coexisted in the version of Firefox that was in Feisty, but apparently do not in the one that's in Gutsy. Given this change in behaviour in your app, you should detect the condition and inform the user. Defaulting to an older version also seems to be incorrect behaviour; surely, if there are multiple versions, you should default to the newer.

Today I accepted the Ubuntu Firefox updates. Firefox became unstable, for instance google.com doesn't resolve and gives this message:

ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
Stack Trace:
0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
1:()
2:()
3:()
4:epsGetAttr([object Object],alias)
5:()
6:SRCH_SVC_getEngineByAlias(https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+filebug)
7:getEngineByAlias(https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+filebug)
8:getShortcutOrURI(https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+filebug,[object Object])
9:canonizeUrl([object KeyboardEvent],[object Object])
10:handleURLBarCommand([object KeyboardEvent])
11:anonymous(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
12:fireEvent(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
13:onTextEntered()
14:handleEnter(false)
15:onKeyPress([object KeyboardEvent])
16:onxblkeypress([object KeyboardEvent])

I've looked at /usr/me/.mozilla/pluginreg.dat and only one line mentions flash:

cat pluginreg.dat | grep flash
/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so:$

Some sites resolve, like mail.yahoo.com. Being a novice I lack the background to determine whether this is the same problem mentioned above since adobe isn't mentioned or involved and I've not manually loaded anything other than through Synaptic. I'm with Reuben Firmin, Ubuntu should not break stuph when update notices are accepted.

Any workaround in my case?

--Albert

Further data: Entering about:plugins into Firefox gives the following error message:

ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
Stack Trace:
0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
1:()
2:()
3:()
4:epsGetAttr([object Object],alias)
5:()
6:SRCH_SVC_getEngineByAlias(about:plugins)
7:getEngineByAlias(about:plugins)
8:getShortcutOrURI(about:plugins,[object Object])
9:canonizeUrl([object KeyboardEvent],[object Object])
10:handleURLBarCommand([object KeyboardEvent])
11:anonymous(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
12:fireEvent(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
13:onTextEntered()

This is slightly different than the error message above.

WTF?

--Albert

Why did you comment on this bug? Your issue is in bug 338785.
Please do not comment on old bugs unless you have something to add to
the existing bug. If it's a new issue, please open a new bug report.

Thanks.

CurlySurmudgeon wrote:
> > Further data: Entering about:plugins into Firefox gives the following
error message:
> >
> > ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
> > Stack Trace:
> > 0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
> > 1:()
> > 2:()
> > 3:()
> > 4:epsGetAttr([object Object],alias)
> > 5:()
> > 6:SRCH_SVC_getEngineByAlias(about:plugins)
> > 7:getEngineByAlias(about:plugins)
> > 8:getShortcutOrURI(about:plugins,[object Object])
> > 9:canonizeUrl([object KeyboardEvent],[object Object])
> > 10:handleURLBarCommand([object KeyboardEvent])
> > 11:anonymous(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
> > 12:fireEvent(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
> > 13:onTextEntered()
> >
> > This is slightly different than the error message above.
> >
> > WTF?
> >
> > --Albert
> >

--- On Wed, 8/5/09, Micah Gersten <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Micah Gersten <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 153133] Re: update-manager seems to lose flash 9
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 6:19 PM

Why did you comment on this bug?
Because it bugs me.

Your issue is in bug 338785.
Thanks for telling me, I didn't know that.

Please do not comment on old bugs unless you have something to add to
the existing bug.  If it's a new issue, please open a new bug report.
If I had known it was an old bug I'd have gone there.  Why do you have to be such an asshole to people who are trying to help?

--Albert

Thanks.

CurlySurmudgeon wrote:
> > Further data:  Entering about:plugins into Firefox gives the following
error message:
> >
> > ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
> > Stack Trace:
> > 0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
> > 1:()
> > 2:()
> > 3:()
> > 4:epsGetAttr([object Object],alias)
> > 5:()
> > 6:SRCH_SVC_getEngineByAlias(about:plugins)
> > 7:getEngineByAlias(about:plugins)
> > 8:getShortcutOrURI(about:plugins,[object Object])
> > 9:canonizeUrl([object KeyboardEvent],[object Object])
> > 10:handleURLBarCommand([object KeyboardEvent])
> > 11:anonymous(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
> > 12:fireEvent(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
> > 13:onTextEntered()
> >
> > This is slightly different than the error message above.
> >
> > WTF?
> >
> > --Albert
> >

--
update-manager seems to lose flash 9
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Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
Binary package hint: update-manager

Before I updated, firefox ran flash 9. Now, firefox won't play flash 9 content, even though flashplugin-nonfree 9.x is still installed. about:plugins in firefox shows:

Shockwave Flash

    File name: libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 7.0 r61

MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes
Shockwave Flash

    File name: libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 9.0 r48

MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes

--- On Wed, 8/5/09, Micah Gersten <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Micah Gersten <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 153133] Re: update-manager seems to lose flash 9
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 6:19 PM

Why did you comment on this bug?
Uhm, what do you think a bug report list is for?
Your issue is in bug 338785.
Thank you, I did not know that.
Please do not comment on old bugs unless you have something to add to
the existing bug.  If it's a new issue, please open a new bug report.
State the obvious, why don't you?  Are you an asshole in real life too?
Thanks.
You're welcome.

CurlySurmudgeon wrote:
> > Further data:  Entering about:plugins into Firefox gives the following
error message:
> >
> > ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
> > Stack Trace:
> > 0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
> > 1:()
> > 2:()
> > 3:()
> > 4:epsGetAttr([object Object],alias)
> > 5:()
> > 6:SRCH_SVC_getEngineByAlias(about:plugins)
> > 7:getEngineByAlias(about:plugins)
> > 8:getShortcutOrURI(about:plugins,[object Object])
> > 9:canonizeUrl([object KeyboardEvent],[object Object])
> > 10:handleURLBarCommand([object KeyboardEvent])
> > 11:anonymous(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
> > 12:fireEvent(textentered,[object KeyboardEvent])
> > 13:onTextEntered()
> >
> > This is slightly different than the error message above.
> >
> > WTF?
> >
> > --Albert
> >

--
update-manager seems to lose flash 9
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153133
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
Binary package hint: update-manager

Before I updated, firefox ran flash 9. Now, firefox won't play flash 9 content, even though flashplugin-nonfree 9.x is still installed. about:plugins in firefox shows:

Shockwave Flash

    File name: libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 7.0 r61

MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes
Shockwave Flash

    File name: libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 9.0 r48

MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes