I am very new to Linux & OpenSuse. I am currently using version 11.1.
When I run rpm -qa | grep flash I get that 10.0 is the working version but it still isn’t working. rpm -qi flash-player I also get that it is installed and 10.0 but nothing is working.
Any help?
What web browser do you use? Are you running 32bit or 64bit openSUSE? Assuming it’s 32 bit, what is the result of the following command run in konsole?
ls /usr/lib/browser-plugins
I am running 64 bit. Pentium D 3.0 ghz processor. When I run that command I get
libflashplayer.so
I’ve been fighting with this since Jan01 when trying to use Konqueror and KDE4.
I’ve had NO problem since I installed Firefox this weekend…
Hope that helps.
I am running firefox
Does anyone think that switching broswers will help me at all?
Probably not. Can you run that command I posted and put the results here please?
This is what I get when i run that command
libflashplayer.so (and it’s in lime green text)
Disregard. This will be deleted.
OK, that is good. Now, in your firefox browser window, type;
about:plugins
Post the results here.
Installed plugins
Find more information about browser plugins at mozilla.org.
Help for installing plugins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org.
OpenSC Signer plugin
File name: opensc-signer.so
This plugins handles web signatures using OpenSC smart card library.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
text/x-text-to-sign Text to be signed sgn Yes
Totem Web Browser Plugin 2.24.2
File name: libtotem-basic-plugin.so
The Totem 2.24.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-ogg Ogg multimedia file ogg Yes
application/ogg Ogg multimedia file ogg Yes
audio/ogg Ogg Audio oga Yes
audio/x-ogg Ogg Audio ogg Yes
video/ogg Ogg Video ogv Yes
video/x-ogg Ogg Video ogg Yes
application/annodex application/annodex type anx Yes
audio/annodex audio/annodex type axa Yes
video/annodex video/annodex type axv Yes
video/mpeg MPEG video mpg, mpeg, mpe Yes
audio/wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/x-wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/mpeg MP3 audio mp3 Yes
application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3 NullSoft video nsv Yes
video/flv Flash video flv Yes
application/x-totem-plugin Totem Multimedia plugin Yes
VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Totem 2.24.2)
File name: libtotem-cone-plugin.so
The Totem 2.24.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-vlc-plugin VLC Multimedia Plugin Yes
application/vlc VLC Multimedia Plugin Yes
video/x-google-vlc-plugin VLC Multimedia Plugin Yes
Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem)
File name: libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
The Totem 2.24.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-mplayer2 AVI video avi, wma, wmv Yes
video/x-ms-asf-plugin ASF video asf, wmv Yes
video/x-msvideo AVI video asf, wmv Yes
video/x-ms-asf ASF video asf Yes
video/x-ms-wmv Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-wmv Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wm Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wmp Windows Media video wmv Yes
application/x-ms-wms Windows Media video wms Yes
application/x-ms-wmp Windows Media video wmp Yes
application/asx Microsoft ASX playlist asx Yes
audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media audio wma Yes
DivX® Web Player
File name: libtotem-mully-plugin.so
DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/divx AVI video divx Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 7.2.0
File name: libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
The Totem 2.24.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/quicktime QuickTime video mov Yes
video/mp4 MPEG-4 video mp4 Yes
image/x-macpaint MacPaint Bitmap image pntg Yes
image/x-quicktime Macintosh Quickdraw/PICT drawing pict, pict1, pict2 Yes
video/x-m4v MPEG-4 video m4v Yes
I would have expected to see the flash plugin in that list. Lets look at ownership. Run the following command and post the results here;
ls -la /usr/lib/browser-plugins
total 9828
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-02-02 18:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 84 root root 20480 2009-02-02 18:17 …
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10022452 2008-12-18 08:45 libflashplayer.so
That all looks correct. It should work. I’d try reinstalling Firefox. Make sure you delete the hidden .mozilla folder in your home directory as well.
I use 11.0 64 bit and was using the flash plugin from the repo. I then upgraded via the rpm on adobe to v10 and had no problems. (I tried the new linux version of bbc iplayer - which isn’t great in linux.)
Perhaps try deleting the v10 plugin in yast>software and adding v9 from the repo. Now ugrade via the adobe install rpm.
Dont listen to anybody here, they don’t know what they are talking about 
Get the 64 bit flash player (alpha state but highly stable, i personally never had crashes because of that). Download it, extract to /usr/lib64/browser-plugins and uninstall nspluginwrapper (also Your 32 bit flash player). After that enjoy fully working flash player.
Just reread this thread, and I missed your post about running 11.1 64bit. BenderBendingRodriguez is correct. I don’t think I would have put it in quite the terms that he did, but then again nobody is a perfect as BenderBendingRodriguez, not even close. :sarcastic:
And don’t You forget it:P:sarcastic:
Whych maybe i should explain myself a bit more clear. Using 32 bit flash with 64 bit firefox has been proved very buggy. There are two things You can do:
2)Do what i recommend(and many other users) :
Uninstall nspluginwrapper(it looks to me like nspluginwrapper tries sometimes to wrap the 64 bit plugin, some users had problems with nspluginwrapper still installed), download the 64 bit flash plugin with this link http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.d21.1.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz (though alpha state everyone reports that it is quite stable, it may give some problems on certain websites but i personally didn’t encounter any yet),
extract it to Desktop (preferably, after that you’ll have a libflashplayer.so file),
open terminal,
cd to Desktop,
gain root privileges by typing su and Your root password (the same as user if you followed default settings when installing), then type mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/browser-plugins. That should do it.
P.S. Don’t forget to uninstall Your actual flash plugins
I had the same problem and here’s how I fixed it (I think, I’m at work now and not in front of my pc so I can’t actually give you the right names but it should be ok).
Hopefully this will help you.