What does it take to restore Flash in FF v3.6.18 and v5.0?

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I just got a Firefox update from 3.6.17 to 3.6.18. Now I cannot view any Flash vids. I get the “Additional plugins are required to display all of the media on this page - Install Missing Plugins” message.

I select the “Install Missing Plugins” button, select Adobe Flash Player, go through all of the steps, and receive “success!”.

And I get the “Additional plugins are required to display all of the media on this page - Install Missing Plugins” message. “What?” I exclaim, “I just installed it!” I have done this more than once.

What is required to actually get functionality that I already had?

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Did you upgrade from a 32-bit to 64-bit version?

Install flash-player from YaST? I also have pullin-flash-player installed.

Does Add-ons > Plugins show it as installed?

3

Can you watch Youtube?
Make sure gnash is not installed.

4

I have no idea. I just installed what was listed as available from Online Updates. Since all of the libraries are in /usr/lib64 I am guessing it was a 64bit to 64bit installation.

Install flash-player from YaST? I also have pullin-flash-player installed.

Indirectly, yes. It was initiated by Online Update. What is pullin-flash-player?

Does Add-ons > Plugins show it as installed?

No. Not since the upgrade. Not since attempts to (re- re- re-)re-installed Adobe Flash Player.

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Can you watch Youtube?

No.

Make sure gnash is not installed.

I tried Gnash. It was one of the plugin options listed along with Adobe Flash and SWFdec. It showed the video portion but the sound was not there because an MPEG4-AAC codec is missing.

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I said do not or make sure it is not installed

su -
zypper rm gnash
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I did. It is not installed.

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So if flash is not working and you are sure you followed the guide
Post the result of:

ls /usr/lib64/browser-plugins

and

uname -a
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opensuse v11.3

> ls -l /usr/lib64/browser-plugins
total 584
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     28 2011-06-28 10:42 javaplugin.so -> /etc/alternatives/javaplugin*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 110816 2010-07-05 16:22 libtotem-cone-plugin.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 115552 2010-07-05 16:22 libtotem-gmp-plugin.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  77712 2010-07-05 16:22 libtotem-mully-plugin.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  90496 2010-07-05 16:22 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140656 2011-04-19 18:04 libvlcplugin.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     51 2010-07-16 12:39 npwrapper.so -> ../../lib/nspluginwrapper/x86_64/linux/npwrapper.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  48528 2010-07-05 16:41 packagekit-plugin.so*

> uname -a
Linux sma-station14l 2.6.34.8-0.2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-04-06 18:11:26 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I also found these:

/usr/lib/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/opera/plugins/libflashplayer.so
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I got it working. I downloaded the 64bit beta version of Adobe Flash and copied it to </usr/lib64/browser-plugins/>. Flash vids are now played.

I am guessing that FF v3.6.18 no longer looks in </usr/lib/browser-plugins/> for plugins.

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I am guessing that FF v3.6.18 no longer looks in </usr/lib/browser-plugins/> for plugins.

Not if you use _64 bit

Hence: /usr/lib64/browser-plugins