Using Firefox from the repository (43.04), Firefox will crash on homedepot.com. Sometimes as the front page is loading, always when trying to search.
I DLed 44.01 and put it in my home directory, and it doesn’t crash.
I then noticed a couple of other things. flash seems to have disappeared from the Tumbleweed repository. So, I DLed the Flashplayer rpm from Adobe and installed, but it doesn’t show up in Firefox.
Anyone have any ideas about the crashes, disappearance of flash from the repository, and the flash plugin not showing in Firefox?
Flash player is no more in the Tumbleweed repos because of some license problems.
You can install a community version from Packman (e.g. from http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/Extra/x86_64/flash-player-11.2.202.559-1.1.x86_64.rpm )
Enable the Packman repo first (you find it in Yast-Software > Repositories > Add repo > Community repo) if you have not already done so.
The Adobe version is OK, but you have to update it manually from time to time. If it doesn’t show up, check that a proper link (or the actual file) is in /usr/lib64/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so
If not so, something went wrong with the installation; if using the Adobe rpm try:
I am using a 32 bit system. I DLed and installed flash-player-11.2.202.559-1.1.i586.rpm, quit firefox (44.0.a, in my home directory), restarted firefox, but the flash plugin still does not appear. libflashplayer.so is in /usr/lib/browser-plugins/.
I am using a 32 bit system. I have both Firefox 43.04 (from repository) and 44.01 (from Mozilla in my home directory).
I DLed and installed flash-player-11.2.202.559-1.1.i586.rpm, quit firefox (44.0.a, in my home directory), restarted firefox, but the flash plugin still does not appear. libflashplayer.so is in /usr/lib/browser-plugins/. When I check the extensions, there is only one; OpenH264.
When I start 43.04 from the repository, I have a number of extensions, including Flash. I do not understand this, since I am using the same profile folders in my home directory. I guess I can use Opera or Chrome when using Home Depot, but firefox also crashes on a few other sites.
Please don’t confuse “plugins” (like flash-plugin) with “extensions” (packages to add features to Firefox).
That said, try typing about:plugins in the address bar in Firefox to see what you have and where it is installed.
Apparently you should have Flash working in FF 43.04 from the Tumbleweed repo (well, when it doesn’t crash).
I don’t know for sure, but the “upstream” version should install its pieces somewhere else (check /opt/mozilla e.g.).
So it is “normal” for the “regular” flash not to be found by the “upstream” FF; maybe you have to add a link somewhere else.
I just finished getting Firefox installed a few minutes ago. I tried to add the repository through YAST, but got error. That took a little while to struggle through, but I got Firefox and the repository in which it resides installed. Bot extensions and plugins seem to be correct. The only small thing is that Help shows FF ver 44.0, but YAST show 44.0.1-1, so I think I’m using 44.01 now.