Problems with install of flashplayer

[lusunrose]

Hi,

I'm trying to install flashplugin-nonfree in order to see some pages at firefox.

I already installed the easyubuntu and marked the option for flash player.

However, my firefox always asks me to install flash player, when I try to open such pages that require flash player.

When I try to install it by entering sudo apt-get install flashplugin-non free (also trying to install it through the adept or synaptic I got an error), I always get this answer:

Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (7.0.68~ubuntu1~dapper1) ...
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
Major opcode: 145
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
Major opcode: 145
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
Major opcode: 145
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
Major opcode: 145
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 2.
Downloading... done.
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN]
update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
-n: not really
-f: force
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 83, <GEN6> line 4.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 84, <GEN6> line 4.
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
flashplugin-nonfree
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Could anyone help me with a detailed explanation, how to correct this error and finally install flashplugin??

Regards
Lu

[someguyouknow]

Re: Problems with install of flashplayer

use the one from the site...
it is very easy to install
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/downl...Platform=Linux

[Rog131]

Re: Problems with install of flashplayer

Good advices:

Topic: flashplugin-nonfree update problem
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=9172.0

And as someguyouknow said:

Goto adobe and dowload it from there.

It has own installer or:

To manually install the Plug-in Player for Linux, follow these directions:

- Copy the following files to your browser's plugins folder:
libflashplayer.so
flashplayer.xpt

[lusunrose]

Re: Problems with install of flashplayer

Thank you very much to try to help me.

I already went to the macromedia site (before I wrote here) and downloaded the package, but there is no exactly explanation which commands I have to enter in the console to install it and where to extract it before install it. (I'm kubuntu new user)

Besides, I don't know where the browser's plugins folder is located in order to copy the files flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so to there.

Please help me

Thanks and regards
Lu

[lusunrose]

Re: Problems with install of flashplayer

I tried now to install it by my self extracting the tar.gz file to /tmp and doing the rest like discribed in the macromedia page and it worked!!!

THANK YOU ALL!

Regards Lu

[Fenyx]

Re: Problems with install of flashplayer

A fixed flashplugin-nonfree update is now available in dapper-backports. Mirrors/servers might take time to update, but it's already on the main server (archive.ubuntu.com). Just make sure that you will be installing/upgrading to flashplugin-nonfree 7.0.68~ubuntu2~dapper1 (the bugged version was ~ubuntu1~dapper1).