That fixed it. I did apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree then did aptitude install gnash.
Whilst neither chromium or firefox say they have a flash plugin install it does work. Thanks for the comments. Most appreciated. Regards Fred > If you haven't already tried it, > > aptitude install gnash > > -- > Kent > > > On 7/31/12 7:12 PM, Fred Zinsli wrote: >> >> Hi Kent >> >> No, I can't see the site mentioned, I just get a black page (using >> firefox). >> >> Regards >> >> Fred >> >> > On 7/30/12 9:53 PM, Fred Zinsli wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi all >> >> >> >> Been playing with this for days, but just don't have a clue about >> what >> >> I'm supposed to be doing or looking for to help. >> >> >> >> Attempting to install shockwave flash so I can view swf files in a >> web >> >> browser. >> >> >> >> It isn't working for me, but what makes it worse is I can't seem to >> >> find any real information in any log files. So I am obviously looking >> >> in the wrong place or I haven't turned on logging for any browser. >> >> >> >> Browsers: Firefox, google-chrome, chromium, iceweasel >> >> >> >> Shockwave appears as a plugin in firefox but not in others. >> >> >> >> Any comments would be most helpful. >> >> >> > >> > Can you view a Shockwave site, such as www.homestarrunner.com? >> > >> > /Kent >> > >> > >> > -- >> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >> > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> > listmas...@lists.debian.org >> > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50175ba1.80...@acu.edu >> > >> > >> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/501938f8.1080...@acu.edu > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/0e70570778fe6132ab92293e35e4fd5e.squir...@dtc.corpcomp.co.nz