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    [KLUDGED]My Flash is only partly working

    I've got the Kubuntu Intrepid beta installed on my Dell Inspiron 630m. Things are working fairly well, but Flash is behaving strangely with Konqueror.

    Some embedded Flash works fine --or at least as well as it ever does in Konq-- such as Brightcove videos. However, YouTube videos don't work, nor do flickr slideshows.

    I know that the plugin is loading, because I can see a grey box the size of a YouTube video on the page while it is rendering. Once the page comes up, the blank space is still there, but it's now the color of the page background. If I right-click over the blank space, the Flash 10 context menu pops up. But nothing else.

    Note that for YouTube, it doesn't matter if I'm looking on a remote site, or if I go to youtube.com. I get the same behavior.

    This is a stock Kubuntu installation, with no custom packages or anything out of the ordinary installed. I think I last ran apt-get update && apt-get upgrade 30 minutes ago.

    Any ideas?

    SEMI-WORKING KLUDGE: I went to the Adobe Flash Archive site (no tech support, billed as for developers only) and downloaded the Flash10 and Flash9 packages. It looks like Flash10 from there is the same as what is currently available for *buntu(?), so I installed Flash9 by hand:

    Code:
    sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree
    
    cd /path/to/Flash9archive
    
    unzip fp9_archive.zip
    
    cd fp9_archive/9r151/
    
    tar -zxvf flashplayer9r151_linux.tar.gz
    
    sudo cp install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/
    The performance is a bit of a drag, just like Flash9 always was, but at least embedded videos and other webby bling-blings are working now. :P

    #2
    Re: My Flash is only partly working

    exactly same behaviour in Konquorer here using the RC. Firefox works fine

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      #3
      Re: My Flash is only partly working

      What sort of hardware do you have? The Inspiron 630m has Intel stuff, specifically the Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller, according to lspci.

      Trying to find a common link.

      After updating some more, YouTube works on-site...occasionally, as does Funnyordie.com...occasionally. I can also sometimes see embedded funnyordie videos. Embedded Flash graphs from Pollster.com work.

      I still can't get embedded YouTube videos to play. The Flash plugin loads, and right-clicking still gets the F10 context menu....

      Anyone?

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        #4
        Re: My Flash is only partly working

        Onboard NVidia 6100, restricted drivers (177.80).

        Still the same problems as you after update

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          #5
          Re: My Flash is only partly working

          I've got the dell 630m laptop too. Flash is fine here.

          Where did you get your flashplayer from - was it from adobe or did you install via adept?

          Ian

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            #6
            Re: My Flash is only partly working

            Mine was installed vi Adept - right click gives its version as 10

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              #7
              Re: My Flash is only partly working

              Have you got konqueror ns plugins installed?

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                #8
                Re: My Flash is only partly working

                Plugins shows flashplugin-alternative.so

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                  #9
                  Re: My Flash is only partly working

                  Just double checked - konqueror-nsplugins is installed.

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                    #10
                    Re: My Flash is only partly working

                    Then I'm afraid I'm stumped

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                      #11
                      Re: My Flash is only partly working

                      Originally posted by The Liquidator
                      I've got the dell 630m laptop too. Flash is fine here.

                      Where did you get your flashplayer from - was it from adobe or did you install via adept?

                      Ian
                      Hey Ian, thanks for replying.

                      I have all of the support packages you mentioned installed as well. I've tried both the Ubuntu and Adobe Flash packages, and they both act the same way.

                      Since we have the same hardware, would you mind sharing your xorg.conf file with me? Maybe there's some silly tweak in there that I'm missing.

                      Thanks

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                        #12
                        Re: My Flash is only partly working

                        Given it works fine in firefox I tend to think its a problem with konqueror's implementation of the netscape plugin api, some issue with layering or focus.

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                          #13
                          Re: My Flash is only partly working

                          Not a problem - my xorg.conf file (ignoring the preamble) looks like this:

                          Section "Device"
                          Identifier "Configured Video Device"
                          EndSection

                          Section "Monitor"
                          Identifier "Configured Monitor"
                          EndSection

                          Section "Screen"
                          Identifier "Default Screen"
                          Monitor "Configured Monitor"
                          Device "Configured Video Device"
                          EndSection

                          Doesn't tell me too much! I think Blackpaw must be right here, it must be the Konqueror implementation of the plugin, or the way that Konqueror has been configured (mine is the default as I don't use it for browsing).

                          Ian.

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                            #14
                            Re: My Flash is only partly working

                            Well, poop. That is how mine looked initially, too. Flash didn't work then, either.

                            I even just tried it from a brand spankin' new home directory, with the same results.

                            Weird.

                            Anyone know how to downgrade to 9, or a different release of 10?

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                              #15
                              Re: My Flash is only partly working

                              I'm having problems with Flash as well, not with viewing pages, that's no problem, but i use a Flash xml sitemap generator by http://www.auditmypc.com, and nothing i do seems to make it load, although it used to.

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