[KLUDGED]My Flash is only partly working

[Guest]

Re: My Flash is only partly working

I seem to have the exact same issue. Sometimes flash will not open in Konqueror, there only is white space in place
of flash window. Youtube works occasionally...

My system is a desktop computer:
ASUS P5K / e8200 / nvidia 8800 gt.

I just installed 8.10 RC from scratch, and only apt-getted flashplugin-nonfree and latest nvidia drivers.

[blackpaw]

Re: My Flash is only partly working

Extra info - I've tried with desktop effects all off, makes no difference.

[EdCates]

Re: [KLUDGED]My Flash is only partly working

I thought I'd just modify the original, but that doesn't bump the thread. So for those of you with the same problem I was having, here is a functional workaround, copy'n'pasted from the first message in this thread:

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:

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 So far it is taking up a fair amount of resources (nspluginviewer up to 65% of CPU usage), but the laptop is still usable with videos playing. So it seems embedded videos and other webby bling-blings are working now. :P