On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 03:20:49PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 13:57:41 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 02:19:41PM -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > > On Sex, 09 Out 2009, "Thomas H. George" wrote: > > > >I have two computers with uptodate Squeeze sytems including gdm, icewm > > > >and the iceape suite. In one system the iceape browser can play youtube > > > >videos, in the other system cannot. > > > > > > > >The system that cannot play youtube videos has installed same plugins > > > >for iceape as the system which can play the videos. The system that > > > >cannot play youtube videos has three additional plugins installed - > > > >Adobe Reader 9.1, Java plugin 1.6.0-14 and Java plugin 1.6.0-16. > > [...] > > > > Java is not involved in playing Youtube videos. > > > > > > >The problem does not seem to be with gdm and icewm as it is possible to > > > >open a terminal window and play a video with the command totem test.flv. > > > > > > Neither are stand-alone video players. > > > > > > >I have beat my head against this problem for two days now and still have > > > >no clue as to the difference between the two systems. > > > > > > > >Any suggests as to where to look would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > You need the flash plugin. Install the flashplugin-nonfree package > > > and it should work. > > > > > flashplugin-nonfree is already the newest verion. > > I think you should check if iceape actually uses the correct plugin (and > not some outdated file that was left behind during an earlier attempt to > get flash working, for example). > > Here is how to do that (for iceweasel, I hope it also works for iceape):
Ah-ha! Found the difference. The listing for Shockwave Flash is identical to that shown below except for the entry for the File Name: For the system that doen't play videos: npwrapper.libflashplayer.so For the system that plays videos: libflashplayer.so I deleted all the npwrapper entries in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and added a symbolic link to /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so. Now the iceape browser plays youtube videos. All OK. iceape is apparently different from iceweasel - I cannot find any about:config. In preferences/helper applications there is a box "Always use the Netscape Plug-In Finder Service (PFS) to get plugins" This box has always been checked. In the top menu bar the pull down from Help includes an item About Plug-ins. > Go to "about:config", put "plugin" into the filter box and find the > setting called "plugin.expose_full_path". Change it to "true" > (right-click on the setting and choose "Toggle"). The "about:plugin" > page will now show you the full paths to all the plugin files that > iceweasel uses. Check the entry for "Shockwave Flash"; for comparison, > here is what I have on my Sid system: > > Shockwave Flash > File name: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so > Shockwave Flash 10.0 r32 > > MIME Type | Description | Suffixes | Enabled > application/x-shockwave-flash | Shockwave Flash | swf | Yes > application/futuresplash | FutureSplash Player | spl | Yes > > -- > Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer > Florian | > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
