video in Firefox 3.6.10 has stopped working?

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#1

Hi,

Over the last couple of weeks, Firefox has asked to be upgraded a few times. Shockwave Flash has also asked to be upgraded. Sometime last week after upgrading Shockwave Flash all video stopped. So I have no YouTube, video in webpages just shows a grey box, with a light grey arrow.

I have been very busy so I have taken time here and there to check the internet for solutions. There appear to have been problems with Macs’ and a lot of the problems appear to be from August 2009 onwards, so I am not sure it is the same problem.

I am running OpenSuse 11.1
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10

Shockwave Flash 10.1 r82 is enabled

uname -a

gives me:

Linux linux-5oez 2.6.27.48-0.2-pae #1 SMP 2010-07-29 20:06:52 +0200 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

I was only asked to upgrade to Firefox 3.6.10 this evening. I have restarted the program. I am hoping that when I boot up my machine tomorrow it will all be fine, but I have had several days of doing this to no avail.

As it does not appear to be a problem for anyone else, can anyone see what I am doing wrong.

Regards

#2

I have the same problem. If I roll Firefox back to ver 3.5.11-0.1.1 everything works fine, until I reboot. On reboot Firefox automatically updates to 3.6.10. I cannot find anyway to turn off the automatic update. I have updated all my software, no luck fixing Firefox 3.6.10. Can someone help us?

#3

Working fine here.

Please post your repo list from:

zypper lr -d
#4

Hi,
I don’t know how to go back to an older version of Firefox? I have checked, but you can’t stop the Firefox update. I think you can do it if you are running it on Windows.

#5

Hi,
That gives this:

#  | Alias           | Name                                  | Enabled | Refresh
 | Priority | Type   | URI
               | Service
---+-----------------+---------------------------------------+---------+--------
-+----------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------
---------------+--------
1  | 11.1 - VideoLan | 11.1 - VideoLan                       | Yes     | Yes
 |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.1/
               |
2  | KDE3            | KDE3                                  | Yes     | Yes
 |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE%3a/KDE3/ope
nSUSE_11.0     |
3  | openSUSE 11.1-0 | openSUSE 11.1-0                       | Yes     | No
 |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0,/dev/sr1
               |
4  | repo            | Main Repository (DEBUG)               | Yes     | Yes
 |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.1/repo
/oss/          |
5  | repo-debug      | openSUSE-11.1-Debug                   | No      | Yes
 |  100     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.1/repo
/oss/          |
6  | repo-non-oss    | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss                 | Yes     | Yes
 |  100     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/non-o                              ss/            |
7  | repo-oss        | openSUSE-11.1-Oss                     | Yes     | Yes                                   |  100     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/                                              |
8  | repo-source     | openSUSE-11.1-Source                  | No      | Yes                                   |  100     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.1/rep                              o/oss/         |
9  | repo-update     | openSUSE-11.1-Update                  | Yes     | Yes                                   |   20     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/                                                             |
10 | repo_1          | openSUSE BuildService - KDE:Backports | No      | Yes                                   |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Backports/                              openSUSE_11.1/ |
11 | repo_2          | openSUSE BuildService - KDE:Community | No      | Yes                                   |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Community/                              openSUSE_11.1/ |
12 | repo_3          | Main Repository (Sources)             | Yes     | Yes                                   |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.1/rep                              o/oss/         |
13 | repo_4          | Packman Repository                    | Yes     | Yes                                   |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/
#6

At first sight: you have a KDE3 repo for 11.0 enabled…

Start FF from a terminal window by entering ‘firefox’ at the prompt. Copy and paste output that gives here.

#7

I think I did it wrong? I typed ‘firefox’ at the prompt without the apostrophes and it opened another firefox. I then tried it with the apostrophes and it still opened another copy of firefox. I didn’t even get a message that said Firefox is already running.

Regards

#8

I just ran the same update on 11.1 (64bit) and I do not confirm such an issue.
I should add that this machine has an ATI graphic card but I don’t use the fglrx driver on it.

Do people having that problem use an older version of Catalyst? Just asking.

#9

There is no Mozilla repo there so how were you installing it?

#10

Ah!! Was this for me, Nappy501?

#11

Indeed it was…

Were you using the mozilla repo?
Index of /repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.1

#12

Mmm! How was I installing it. I wasn’t trying to do anything. However, I turn on the machine. The first thing I open is Firefox and Thunderbird. Sometimes Firefox says, do I want to update add-ons and sometimes it tells me it has upgraded itself. I have no idea how it does it.

Also when I first installed Suse 11.1 I really didn’t like KDE4, so I was shown how to install KDE3, so it looked like I am used to. I like 4 desktops with different photos.

I was also thinking when this happened that maybe I should upgrade to Suse 11.3, (which hopefully would cure the problem) but maybe I should try it as a live disk first, so I can see what it looks like. I am hoping if I upgrade the problem will go away.

Regards

#13

Updates to the FFox addons is nothing to do with updating the application itself.

I think there is an element of confusion going on here.

#14

I don’t think I was clear or maybe I am confused? In the last couple of days Firefox has changed from 3.6.8 to 3.6.10. If I remember correctly I just opened the application and it told me it was now 3.6.10. That is not an add-on is it?

#15

Correct.

Try shifting to mozilla repo. In a su terminal do:

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.1/ mozilla

Then

zypper ref

accept key

Then

zypper dup -r mozilla

(I think all zypper commands work back in 11.1)

#16

Hi, The first bit gave me this:

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.1/ mozilla
Adding repository 'mozilla' [done]
Repository 'mozilla' successfully added
Enabled: Yes
Autorefresh: Yes
URI: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.1/

then got this:

zypper ref
Repository '11.1 - VideoLan' is up to date.
File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE%3a/KDE3/openSUSE_11.0'

Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]:

I was brave went for r then i. There is some sort of error:

Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: r
File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE%3a/KDE3/openSUSE_11.0'

Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: i
Error retrieving metadata for 'KDE3':
File '/repodata/repomd.xml' not found on medium 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE%3a/KDE3/openSUSE_11.0'

Skipping repository 'KDE3' because of the above error.
New repository or package signing key received:
Key ID: 026B47F3766DA614
Key Name: mozilla OBS Project <mozilla@build.opensuse.org>
Key Fingerprint: AAA531905D829BDCBE4D5169026B47F3766DA614
Repository: mozilla

Do you want to reject the key, trust temporarily, or trust always? [R/t/a/?]: t
Retrieving repository 'mozilla' metadata [done]
Building repository 'mozilla' cache [done]
Repository 'Main Repository (DEBUG)' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Oss' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Update' is up to date.
Repository 'Main Repository (Sources)' is up to date.
Repository 'Packman Repository' is up to date.
Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error.

Anyway I have done the next bit, there was loads so I haven’t put it here.

#17 
zypper rr 2

It’s for 11.0 and no longer supported

#18

Ah mm! Sorry you have lost me again. Is this one of the commands you gave me before? Or do you want me to do it now?

Anyway I have rebooted my machine and Thunderbird looks different and asked lots of questions. Mozilla Firefox is still not showing video.

#19 
zypper rr 2

Is to remove that old repo, it’s not even for 11.1

What video are you trying to play in FFox

Did you do: zypper dup -r mozilla
?

#20

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zypper rr 2

Is to remove that old repo, it’s not even for 11.1

Right I’ve done that and got:

zypper rr 2
Removing repository 'KDE3' [done]
Repository 'KDE3' has been removed.

What video are you trying to play in FFox

I use noteflight:
Noteflight - Online Music Notation Software but I can no longer look at scores. Videos don’t play in Youtube, BBC iplayer, etc.
The videos don’t run in the advertisments anymore. One thing that has changed is instead of a grey box where the video is not running, now there is a photo still.

Did you do: zypper dup -r mozilla
?

Yes, I did there was a lot of information, it looked like it, installed some things (wish I had posted it now).

Regards