On 06/27/2010 12:03 PM, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 27 June 2010 16:00:04 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: >> On Sunday 27 June 2010, dhk wrote: >>> Adobe Flash use to work on my amd64 box, but after the last upgrade it >>> stopped working. When I visit sites that use it I'm told that Adobe >>> Flash is not installed or to download the plugin. >>> >>> In my /etc/make.conf I had to change ACCEPT_LICENSE to >>> ACCEPT_LICENSE="AdobeFlash-10.1" and in /etc/portage/package.keywords I >>> removed www-plugins/adobe-flash ~amd64 since it wasn't needed anymore. >>> >>> The following is what's installed. >>> >>> # emerge --search @www-plugins/adobe-flash >>> Searching... >>> [ Results for search key : www-plugins/adobe-flash ] >>> [ Applications found : 1 ] >>> >>> * www-plugins/adobe-flash >>> >>> Latest version available: 10.1.53.64 >>> Latest version installed: 10.1.53.64 >>> Size of files: 4,643 kB >>> Homepage: http://www.adobe.com/ >>> Description: Adobe Flash Player >>> License: AdobeFlash-10.1 >> >> Read the fine installation notes, which should have been printed after you >> emerged it: >> >> Adobe has released 10.1 in only a 32-bit version and upgrading >> is required to close a major security vulnerability: >> http://bugs.gentoo.org/322855 >> >> Furthermore, there are stability problems when running 10.1 in a >> 64-bit browser with nspluginwrapper. The current recommended >> configuration is to use a 32-bit browser such as >> www-client/firefox-bin: >> http://bugs.gentoo.org/324365 > > Or just reinstall nsplugginwrapper and restart your FF. That's what I did > (search this list for thread titled: www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.1.53.64 won't > play in FF & Konqueror). > > HTH.
That worked. Thanks, --dhk
