flashplugin-nonfree broken again

[klerfayt]

due to new flashplayer release flashplugin-nonfree package fails to install once again

[dibl]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

Thanks, klerfayt!

[RJ Hythloday]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

does this mean there will be an improvement in flash? It's crashing firefox all the time on me. The sites the family likes to go to are flash games and youtube.

[klerfayt]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

does this mean there will be an improvement in flash? It's crashing firefox all the time on me. The sites the family likes to go to are flash games and youtube.

you wish :P
anyway - installation is fixed now

[RJ Hythloday]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

you wish :P

found this the other day, I posted a comment and it still hasn't made it through moderation. I suppose if fixing flash is any thing like running a blog it'll never happen.

Flash Player 9 Update 3 (Final)

[klerfayt]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

I remember reading somewhere that crashes could be caused by swap usage. You can report a bug to adobe here:
http://www.adobe.com/bin/fp9betafeedback.cgi

Do you have only flashplugin-nonfree package installed in your system? Nothing else that could cause conflicts, like gnash or flash installed in user $HOME/.mozilla/plugins? Does typing aboutlugins in firefox show:

Shockwave Flash

File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r124

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes

[RJ Hythloday]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

umm... much more than just that, I installed gnash after reading some posts that it was cooperating well for dibl. How do I update to r124? and do I need to remove some of these things? hmm I don't see gnash listed in here though.

I've been holding off, but on the verge of putting xp back on this famliy machine or maybe just vmware. It really crashes all the time when the kids play their flash game webkinz or the oldest watches her youtube.

Installed plug-ins
Find more information about browser plug-ins at mozilla.org.
Help for installing plug-ins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org.
Shockwave Flash

File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r115

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_03-b05

File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_03

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-java-vm Java Yes
application/x-java-applet Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.5 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;version=1.6 Java Yes
application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_03 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.5 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;version=1.6 Java Yes
application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.6.0_03 Java Yes
Adobe Reader 8.0

File name: nppdf.so
The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF and FDF files from within the browser.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/pdf Portable Document Format pdf Yes
application/vnd.fdf Acrobat Forms Data Format fdf Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format xfdf Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml Acrobat XML Data Package xdp Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml Adobe FormFlow99 Data File xfd Yes
DivX Browser Plug-In

File name: mplayerplug-in-dvx.so
mplayerplug-in 3.40

Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/divx DivX Media Format divx Yes
video/vnd.divx DivX Media Format divx Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 6.0 / 7

File name: mplayerplug-in-qt.so
mplayerplug-in 3.40

Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/quicktime Quicktime mov Yes
video/x-quicktime Quicktime mov Yes
image/x-quicktime Quicktime mov Yes
video/quicktime Quicktime mp4 Yes
video/quicktime Quicktime - Session Description Protocol sdp Yes
application/x-quicktimeplayer Quicktime mov Yes
application/smil SMIL smil Yes
RealPlayer 9

File name: mplayerplug-in-rm.so
mplayerplug-in 3.40

Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/x-pn-realaudio RealAudio ram,rm Yes
application/vnd.rn-realmedia RealMedia rm Yes
application/vnd.rn-realaudio RealAudio ra,ram Yes
video/vnd.rn-realvideo RealVideo rv Yes
audio/x-realaudio RealAudio ra Yes
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealAudio rpm Yes
application/smil SMIL smil Yes
Windows Media Player Plugin

File name: mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
mplayerplug-in 3.40

Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/asx Media Files * Yes
video/x-ms-asf-plugin Media Files * Yes
video/x-msvideo AVI avi,* Yes
video/msvideo AVI avi,* Yes
application/x-mplayer2 Media Files * Yes
application/x-ms-wmv Microsoft WMV video wmv,* Yes
video/x-ms-asf Media Files asf,asx,* Yes
video/x-ms-wm Media Files wm,* Yes
video/x-ms-wmv Microsoft WMV video wmv,* Yes
audio/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv,* Yes
video/x-ms-wmp Windows Media wmp,* Yes
video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media wvx,* Yes
audio/x-ms-wax Windows Media wax,* Yes
audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media wma,* Yes
application/x-drm-v2 Windows Media asx,* Yes
audio/wav Microsoft wave file wav,* Yes
audio/x-wav Microsoft wave file wav,* Yes
mplayerplug-in 3.40

File name: mplayerplug-in.so
mplayerplug-in 3.40

Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
JavaScript Enabled and Using GTK2 Widgets

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
audio/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
video/x-mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
video/x-mpeg2 MPEG2 mpv2,mp2ve Yes
audio/mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
audio/x-mpeg MPEG mpg,mpeg Yes
audio/mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes
audio/x-mpeg2 MPEG audio mp2 Yes
video/mp4 MPEG 4 Video mp4 Yes
video/3gpp MPEG 4 Video mp4,3gp Yes
audio/mpeg3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes
audio/x-mpeg3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes
audio/x-mpegurl MPEG url m3u Yes
audio/mp3 MPEG audio mp3 Yes
application/x-ogg Ogg Vorbis Media ogg Yes
audio/ogg Ogg Vorbis Audio ogg Yes
audio/x-ogg Ogg Vorbis Audio ogg Yes
application/ogg Ogg Vorbis / Ogg Theora ogg Yes
audio/flac FLAC Audio flac Yes
audio/x-flac FLAC Audio flac Yes
video/fli FLI animation fli,flc Yes
video/x-fli FLI animation fli,flc Yes
video/x-flv Flash Video flv Yes
video/vnd.vivo VivoActive viv,vivo Yes
application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3 Nullsoft Streaming Video nsv Yes
audio/x-mod Soundtracker mod Yes
audio/basic Basic Audio File au,snd Yes
audio/x-basic Basic Audio File au,snd Yes

[RJ Hythloday]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

alright! I went to the adobe site and now have

File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r124

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes

Do any of the plugins listed in the above post look problematic? Just wondering if removing any of them would make flash more stable. :fingerscrossed:

[klerfayt]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

why did you download it manually? The package has been fixed:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

I don't know how flash works, but I guess you should try removing all opensource flashplayers you have installed + make sure flashplayer isn't installed in anyone's $HOME/.mozilla/plugins directory.
Maybe something else causes the crashes? Remove some firefox extensions?

[RJ Hythloday]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

After I installed it, I had youtube vids playing and the kids webkinz game going for about 20-30 minutes simultaneously. NO crashes! And I was getting ready to put xp on this machine. I think I"ll do a virtual or try to get some kids games running through wine next.

[lessthanusual]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

I also wanted to chime in that the combination of firefox and gnash is crashing kde. In my case, it's every thirty seconds. I finally removed mozilla-plugin-gnash just so I could be able to post here.

I hope there's something coming down the pipe soon to address this! In the mean time, I guess I have to dual boot if I want to see anything flash based.

LTU.

[klerfayt]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

I also wanted to chime in that the combination of firefox and gnash is crashing kde. In my case, it's every thirty seconds. I finally removed mozilla-plugin-gnash just so I could be able to post here.

I hope there's something coming down the pipe soon to address this! In the mean time, I guess I have to dual boot if I want to see anything flash based.

LTU.

why? there is linux flashplayer version (nobody is forcing you to use gnash)

[lessthanusual]

Re: flashplugin-nonfree broken again

I switched to gnash at a time when Adobe only offered flash 7 to linux users when other OS's had versions 8 and 9. It's good to know that disparity is no longer the case. I will look into installing Adobe's version of flash again.