--- On Wed, 2/25/09, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum <bg271...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum <bg271...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: Upgrading flashplayer? > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 11:45 AM > >On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:56, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum > <bg271...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > A few days ago flashplugin-nonfree went away, or > something, and i can no longer get flash to work. I > installed flashplayer-mozilla but it doesnt work. > > > I looked at the Adobe site and they do have a > Linux download for Flash 10, but i thought there has to be a > version already packaged. > > > > > > Is there a way to install the flashplugin-nonfree > package from unstable, or something? Or any other way to get > flash to work again until testing is > > > back in order? > > > >Testing is squeeze now, sid always the name for > unstable. > > > > It appears that flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound is > still in testing, > > but flashplugin-nonfree is not. I don't know why > that would be, > > but it is still present in sid. You can download it > from here: > > http://packages.debian.org/sid/flashplugin-nonfree > > > > At the bottom, select i386 if you are 32-bit, amd64 if > you are > > using 64-bit. Then select any mirror and download the > deb. > > As root, use dkpk -i > (path/to/download/)flashplugin-nonfree_2.5_i386.deb > > to install. > > Hmm. Thanks, i had tried this before but it still didnt > work andi thought i must have done something wrong, but now > im more confused. > > I did this and it shows up as installed. But its not > working in Firefox. (Which is why i thought it wasnot > working at all.) But it IS working in Epiphany and Opera. I > dont think i have anything in Firefox preventing Flash from > working, and it was working before this latest change...is > there > any reason why it would be failing in one browser but OK in > the others? Sorry, Im an idiot :-( Im running the Flashblock add-on, and though I knew about it, there was some way it was failing. When I disabled it I got my Flash again. Will try to figure out the problem with it but it must be something Im doing wrong. Thanks, and sorry. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
