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flashplugin-nonfree package

Flash 9 for AMD64 (nspluginwrapper) does not work on Ubuntu Hardy

Bug #270868 reported by Νίκος Αλεξανδρής
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flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I' ve been trying for a while to get flash working (with firefox) and I always face the same "...get latest Flash..." message in youtube for example. The strange thing is that flash works correctly with epiphany-browser (which I use currently!).

Details below:

nik@vertical:~$ uname -a
Linux vertical 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 20 17:53:40 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

nik@vertical:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
#Initially an upgrade from Gutsy then a clean Hardy installation performed

#I used/linked to the npwrapper.libflashplayer.so which is to be found under the /var/lib/flash-nonfree/ directory!!

nik@vertical:~$ ls -al /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-09-16 13:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-05-05 18:42 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2008-09-16 13:19 flashplugin-alternative.so -> /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 2008-06-17 19:34 nphelix.so -> /usr/local/realplayer11/mozilla/nphelix.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 2008-06-17 19:34 nphelix.xpt -> /usr/local/realplayer11/mozilla/nphelix.xpt

nik@vertical:~$ ls -al /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-09-16 13:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2008-09-15 12:49 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 2008-06-17 20:36 nphelix.so -> /usr/local/realplayer11/mozilla/nphelix.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 2008-06-17 20:36 nphelix.xpt -> /usr/local/realplayer11/mozilla/nphelix.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 60 2008-09-16 13:22 npwrapper.libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so

nik@vertical:~$ ls -l /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 56 2008-09-16 13:31 /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so -> /var/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so

nik@vertical:~$ ls /var/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/ -l
total 84
-rwxr-xr-x 1 nik nik 78248 2008-09-16 13:19 npwrapper.libflashplayer.so

#In firefox the "about:plugins" page gives:

Shockwave Flash
        File name: npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
        Shockwave Flash 9.0 r124

        (Column Enabled is filled with "Yes" for both the
        application/x-shockwave-flash and application/futuresplash MIME
        Types)

See original description
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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote :

Does about:plugins in firefox show "Shockwave Flash" installed as npwrapper.libflashplayer.so?
Did you install the package from the repository - flashplugin-nonfree or using the installer direct from adobe?

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Νίκος Αλεξανδρής (nikos.alexandris) wrote : Re: [Bug 270868] Re: Flash 9 for AMD64 (nspluginwrapper) does not work on Ubuntu Hardy

On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 12:43 +0000, Alan Pope wrote:
> Does about:plugins in firefox show "Shockwave Flash" installed as npwrapper.libflashplayer.so?

Yes.

Shockwave Flash
        File name: npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
        Shockwave Flash 9.0 r124

        (Column Enabled is filled with "Yes" for both the
        application/x-shockwave-flash and application/futuresplash MIME
        Types.

> Did you install the package from the repository - flashplugin-nonfree or using the installer direct from adobe?

I followed this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=772490

I tried in adittion once to install the official adobe package.

>
> ** Changed in: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: None => flashplugin-nonfree
> Status: New => Incomplete

description: updated
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Kilz (kilz) wrote :

I think flashplugin-alternative.so is part of swfdec and should be removed when flashplugin-nonfree is installed. If it isnt it is a conflicting flash plugin.

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Νίκος Αλεξανδρής (nikos.alexandris) wrote :

Just FYI,

flash works with Epiphany and Opera but not with Firefox and Galeon in my system. I've bombed Kilz' sticky thread with questions and still no way to get the Flash Player working under Firefox 3.

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freackout (tommyclegg89) wrote :

try remove flash programmes in synaptic then installfrom source not synaptic or youtube works fine rememberto get 64bit or 32 cependingon system uname -a use the sh ./flash(tab) from the directory downloaded.

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Alex Denvir (coldfff) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it has not been updated for some time. Please reopen it if you have more information to submit, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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