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firefox-3.0 package

No luck getting flash to work on 8.04.

Asked by jrm453

I've spent 3 days on this and tried every suggestion I could find on all the posts and support sites. There are lots of good suggestions but nothing is fitting with what I am finding on my system. I'm a newbie to ubuntu but not with mac or windows OS. I really need to figure this out and any help is appreciated. Please be detailed as I am just wrapping my head around this OS.
Release 8.04 - Kernel Linux 2.6.24-24-generic - Gnome 2.22.3 Pentium DualCore 2.60

The only flash player showing up as a plugin in Firefox is GNU Flash player. When I do a version check for flash it says I have Linux 8,0,99,0 Debug player=no Adobe flash 10 is checked in the 3rd party program installer.

Thanks for anyone's help.

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kwagoner82 (kevin-callaes) said : 		#1

ok try this. I just spent four days going all through my system trying to figure out a flash problem. I went to system-admin- synaptic manager and searched for gnash and uninstalled it. I am new to ubuntu as well. it seemed that gnash would not always load properly. After that i went to adobe.com and simply downloaded the ubuntu version of flash player 10. then presto everything seemed to work just fine. I am using 9.04 ubuntu but i guess after so many days your probably like me and willing to try just about anything. my flash now works for youtube, msn and other video and flash sites in both firefox 3.0.10 and opera 9.64.

I will be honest i did probably do about thirty other things i read online and in posts so i may have done something else.

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Best Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#2

To install flashplayer correctly firefox should be closed.
Please open Synaptic #system administration -> Synaptic
Search inbox: flash
A list appears in the right window, search for GNU Flash player.
Right click -> remove completely
Main menu: Apply

Download and install flashplayer.
Choose from dropdown list
.deb for Ubuntu 8.04
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Reference:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware#Installing%20downloaded%20packages

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jrm453 (jrm-mahonstudios) said : 		#3

kwagoner,
That was all I needed. Gnash must have been getting in the way. Working
good now but I'm having some other weird issues with some flash working
and some not. Very strange but it appears that is has something to do
with actual flash content itself. I believe it is hanging up on any
flash that is rendered with an alpha channel. Any thoughts on that? I
apologize for not responding quicker but wanted to try to resolve the
issue above first. As a newbie to ubuntu, I really must say that the
forums are very nice. Thanks again.
> Your question #72618 on firefox-3.0 in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+question/72618
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> kwagoner82 proposed the following answer:
> ok try this. I just spent four days going all through my system trying
> to figure out a flash problem. I went to system-admin- synaptic manager
> and searched for gnash and uninstalled it. I am new to ubuntu as well.
> it seemed that gnash would not always load properly. After that i went
> to adobe.com and simply downloaded the ubuntu version of flash player
> 10. then presto everything seemed to work just fine. I am using 9.04
> ubuntu but i guess after so many days your probably like me and willing
> to try just about anything. my flash now works for youtube, msn and
> other video and flash sites in both firefox 3.0.10 and opera 9.64.
>
> I will be honest i did probably do about thirty other things i read
> online and in posts so i may have done something else.
>
>

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jrm453 (jrm-mahonstudios) said : 		#4

Thanks for the replies. Removing the GNU flash player solved the problem.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#5

For the record:
To avoid conflicts use one flash app at a time. Even when Adobe is installed other flash apps and older versions will be prefered.