Flashplugin not working in Konqueror (8.10)

I can confirm this bug, Kubuntu 8,10, 32bit

Hmm, this used to work. I can see this issue to.

This is was the Konsole gives me : http://paste.ubuntu.com/58933/

Does it work without gtk-qt-engine installed (needs reboot to take affect)?

No. it doesnt work with gtk-qt-engine installed.

I just upgraded hardy -> intrepid on my other machine and am getting the same issue. versions below:

jussi@jussi-navicron:~$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree
flashplugin-nonfree:
  Installed: 10.0.12.36ubuntu1
  Candidate: 10.0.12.36ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 10.0.12.36ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
jussi@jussi-navicron:~$ apt-cache policy konqueror
konqueror:
  Installed: 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
jussi@jussi-navicron:~$ apt-cache policy gtk-qt-engine
gtk-qt-engine:
  Installed: 1:1.1+svn20080816-0ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:1.1+svn20080816-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:1.1+svn20080816-0ubuntu5 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
jussi@jussi-navicron:~$

Example pages where it doesnt work:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ (you need to be outside the UK - advertising on top and other parts of the screen)

http://www.cnn.com/ (advertising on right of screen)

@Jussi what version of nspluginwrapper is installed?

Daniel,

jussi@jussi-navicron:~$ apt-cache policy nspluginwrapper
nspluginwrapper:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.1.0-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
     1.1.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
jussi@jussi-navicron:~$

Went through a few steps with Daniel on IRC, listed below:

Uninstalled gtk-qt-engine and rebooted, the problem is still reproduceable. (yes, I misread)

Tried Purging flashplugin-nonfree and nspluginwrapper, then installing adobe-flashplugin from the partner repo, which made youtube not work also (it works with flashplugin-nonfree).

Dump of konqueror run from terminal when BBC site was loaded:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/59189/

Anything else, please dont hesitate to ask me here or on IRC.

Konqueror output when run from teminal and navigated to BBC sport site, with kdebugdialog -> select all run prior.
http://paste.ubuntu.com/59247/

I've got the same issue on Youtube. It is remarkable that the Flash plugin is loaded (noticeable by a short gray 'flash' on the place where the video is supposed to be, and right clicking on that empty space gives you a context menu). So I guess that once the Flash plugin is started, I gets stuck somewhere.

It works in Firefox.

I also confirm this bug. Flash doesn't work on konqueror.

I can confirm this bug. I noticed that if I open a video of youtube with Firefox and later open the same video with Konqueror it is displayed correctly.

I found a workaround: just install the flashplugin-nonfree package from hardy-backports.

Steps:
* go to http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy-backports/i386/flashplugin-nonfree/download
* download the package from a mirror
* sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree
* sudo dpkg -i flashplugin-nonfree_10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.124.0ubuntu2_i386.deb
* open a new Konqueror window and... enjoy :-)

The bug is probably due to an interaction problem between the new Flash plugin and Konqueror.

That's not a workaround - that's installing flash9 instead of flash10.

OTOH: Another confirmation for this bug. Works in Firefox, but not in Konqueror.

Hi, check this site : http://freebsd.kde.org/howtos/konqueror-flash.php

I hope it will help you.

not at all, I think :(. I do not have flash in konqueror available on 2 different machines. So I can confirm this bug.
Firefox is working btw.

If you want to replace flash 10 with 9 (while waiting for the end of the never ending struggle w/ konq+flash):
1. Download fp9 from the archive: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp9_archive.zip
2. edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-nonfree.postinst
 -comment (or edit) the lines that check the md5sums
 -change the references from flash...10 to 9
3. copy the chosen tar.gz to /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
4. run: sudo /var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-nonfree.postinst configure

That will replace the fp10 in your system with fp9, while keeping the presently installed .deb in the present version. If you want to do this, you probably already know what to edit in the flashplugin-nonfree.postinst file.

I replaced the fp10 with the fp9r124. Youtube videos work, and even the myspace music player.

Probably instead of the steps above, you could just replace the file /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so. I didn't test.

Uh, so if you change the references from flash...10 to 9, then you should also copy the chosen tar.gz to /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz, not ..._10_... Sorry! :)

Just to verify: I see this same problem on 9.04 (Jaunty alpha 4). I can fix it by doing a simpler version of what jartsa suggests above.

1) Go to adobe, and get the deb for ubuntu 8.04+, save locally

2) sudo dpkg --install install_flash_player_10_linux.deb

3) Then get the fp9 archive as suggested, from http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp9_archive.zip

4) Unzip, then cd to fp9_archive/9r152 (The highest numbered version)

5) tar xvfz flashplayer9r152_linux.tar.gz

6) sudo chown root.root libflashplayer.so

7) sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/

This quietly replaces flash 10 with flash 9, and I believe you could uninstall it if you wanted using dpkg. I see that it now works in Konqueror

BTW, I should note that the original problem with flash 10 is INTERMITTENT. I have seen flash work on pages from time to time (I would estimate about 1 out of 20 or so. Then, even pressing reload on the same page, flash will fail to start. It is also noteworthy that if you right click on the region where the flash applet is supposed to be, you *do* get the flash menu, so this seems to be some sort of race that keeps the frames of the movie from playing.

Here is an interesting bit. I see one circumstance where Flash 10 will generally work: Go to youtube or some other site with a flash movie on the page. You will see a white region where the flash movie is. Right click on the flash movie and the flash menu comes up. None of the actions do anything, except the last one, which says "About Adobe Flash Player 10". Select that one, and a new tab opens. Wait a while to be sure the page is loaded, and then change to that tab. The flash movie at the to will usually play. However, if you reload this page, it will be a white rectangle.

For what it's worth I just tried replacing flash 10 by the latest update from hardy of flash 9 and it still does not work. This is seriously broken.

Philippe: I believe what you're doing won't work, because the directory in which flash lives has moved since Hardy. (In fact, I think it's different from Intrepid to Jaunty.) I know that I replaced flash10 with flash9 as I said above and it definitely works.

Same problem here. I've had it since KDE 4.0. It never happened with KDE 3.5.x. Yesterday, I did a fresh install of kubuntu 8.10, and upgraded to KDE 4.2. The problem has not changed. I can confirm that on other machines with similar setups, Flash 10 does work in Firefox, a lot of times I do have the empty space in konqueror where the Flash animation was supposed to be shown, and only sometimes I do get a working Flash animation, even on YouTube. Since kubuntu seems to install without Firefox these days (which is a decision I support), I believe this is rather important.

Doesn't seem to be working right in Jaunty at this point either. Just tried on a fresh install of Jaunty beta -- I open konqueror, go to a flash website (www.homestarrunner.com) and am prompted to download the necessary plugins. I download, refresh, and am prompted again. If I try to download, I'm told the package is already installed. Close konqueror and restart, still prompted. Still not working.

The correct flash plugin is showing up under nsplugins, there's just no response. Given the name of this bug refers to 8.10, should I start a new bug for 9.04?

It looks like there is a working patch in the kde-bugs #169626 page. Any chance on having this applied to Jaunty and Intrepid? (I am on Mythbuntu Intrepid, so would greatly appreciate the backport as firefox is not a great replacement to mythbrowser in terms of mythtv integration).

Flash is already working on jaunty.

Even the site lykwydchykyn is linking to.

I'm running jaunty 64 bit.

It works on some sites, not on others. It typically works very well on google video. There are other sites (http://www.komonews.com/) where it usually does not work.

The inconsistency looks as if it may be related to whether flash9 has ever been installed.

On a jaunty system updated from hardy -- no problems.

On a new system, no flash with the default install in konqueror (OK in firefox). Installed the hardy plugin which worked but with no sound (and full-screen was ignored). The reinstalled the jaunty version and it now looks to work (at least the Apollo 11 video on the Guardian main page (www.guardian.co.uk) worked).

In summary at least for me, flash 10 seems to work provided flash 9 has previously been installed!

Fixed in KDE 4.3 RC2.

Not fixed in 64-bit Jaunty running KDE 4.3 RC2 with all updates applied as of 2009-07-20. Does the fix show up in Karmic only?

The "litmus test" for this (at least on my system) is to try videos at http://www.komonews.com/ which will always work in Firefox and almost never work in Konqueror. Most flash videos on Google video will work.