flash in konqueror - Please help me

[goldstar1]

How do I get Adobe Flash player to work in Konqueror?

I have installed
1.)Adobe Flash Player Plugin Installer
2.)Adobe Flash Player Plugin Installer (transitional Package)

In Konqueror > Settings > Configure Konqueror > Plugins > Plugins Tab > Netscape Plugins shows...
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so

Whats missing?

[Snowhog]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

Since installing, have you rebooted?

[goldstar1]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

no, let me reboot. I'll be right back.

[goldstar1]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

It still doesn't work...I went to utube and a screen said I need to upgrade my flash player. Do I download the tar gz package since I am using the latest, greatest, Kubuntu?

[Snowhog]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

The following packages are installed on my Lucid installation, and flash works fine:

flashplugin-nonfree
flashplugin-installer
konqueror-nsplugins

Verify that these are installed on your system.

[goldstar1]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

where would I get konqueror-nsplugins? I have all the repositories and medibuntu and they don't list konqueror-nsplugins.

[goldstar1]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

okay I found it, but flash in Konqueror still doesn't work. not on MSN or utube

[Snowhog]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

I don't have it installed, but then, I tend to follow other paths.

Check and see if you have kubuntu-restricted-extras installed. If you don't, install it.

[goldstar1]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

Installed restricted extras, but still no flash in Konqueror.

[goldstar1]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

Okay, what I did was install Mint KDE and everything works there so I looked here in Konqueror...
Settings > Configure Konqueror > Plugins > Plugins (tab) > Netscape Plugins
their installed plugins are...

/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so
/gecko-mediaplayer-qt.so
/gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so
/gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so
/gecko-mediaplayer.so
/mplayerplug-in-qt.so
/mplayerplugin.so
/libflashplayer-alternative.so
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so
/libskypebuttons.so

Where do I get these plugins, how do I install them and last but not least, how do I get Konqueror to see them?

Thank You for your help in all this.

[Snowhog]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

You don't need all those plugins. Installing flashplugin-nonfree, konqueror-nsplugins and kubuntu-restricted-extras is all you should have to do. I'm (currently) at a lose as to why Flash isn't working for you, unless it's the initial installation of Adobe Flash Player Plugin Installer and Adobe Flash Player Plugin Installer (transitional Package). Where these installed via KPackageKit or did you obtain them from Adobe's web sight?

[goldstar1]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

When I first installed Kubuntu, a window poped up saying I could enhance my Konqueror experience by installing...and it listed flashplayer and other programs. So I clicked on "install packages" button. That's all I can tell you.

You think I should reinstall Kubuntu?

[goldstar1]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

I've always liked KDE, but you know when something bugs you so much, that it makes you wanna scream argh? Well, for years I've been a Gnome user only because I could never get Konqueror to function as a full fledged browser..ie: not being able to view videos, java and the like.

[Snowhog]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

That's purely a decission you have to make. How much time and customization do you have into it so far? If not much, or you don't care, sure, reinstall. Just make sure that you reformat the partitions that you will be installing to, including the /home partition if you have one (recommended). That will ensure that nothing from the first installation will remain.

Then, after installation, and you are on your desktop, install Synaptic and then don't use KPackageKit again - it sucks. Use Synaptic or the console and apt-get for your package management needs.

Then, install the Medibuntu repository and install the restricted stuff so you can play DVDs and mp3 files.

Then install the three packages I initially told you that I have installed. You should not have to do anything else in order to have Flash working. That's the process I took when I installed Lucid.

[goldstar1]

Re: flash in konqueror - Please help me

I'M going to do that...Thanks for all your help...If after doing all that and it still doesn't work, I'm gonna pull out my hair...all of it...I'll be bald you know. I'll be a bald KDE user!