<div dir="ltr">+1 for <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer</span><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Do this first</span></div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 January 2013 07:58, Jason Irwin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jasonirwin73@gmail.com" target="_blank">jasonirwin73@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 22/01/13 21:04, Ron Wilton wrote:<br>
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Shockwave Flash is installed but this does not work. Can anyone advise<br>
my on what I can do to get this site working, please?<br>
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Apologies for length, trying to cover all bases.<br>
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Adobe no longer support Flash on GNU/Linux unless you are running Chrome. But I can't see that being an issue unless this maths package requires the latest and greatest version of Flash. And even if it is, there is a fairly easy way around it (see end).<br>
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As Rory says, try out a few other Flash sites (e.g. <a href="http://www.armorgames.com" target="_blank">www.armorgames.com</a>, or <a href="http://www.youtube.com" target="_blank">www.youtube.com</a> if you aren't on the HTML5 service).<br>
If those sites work, the maths site is probably blocking all GNU/Linux. Stupid.<br>
There is an add-on for FireFox called "User Agent Switcher", install that.<br>
Then go to the site and have "User Agent Switcher" claim to be FF on Win7.<br>
Does it work now?<br>
If it does, you can either remember to switch your agent back and forth, or try the workaround at the end.<br>
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If those sites didn't work, you need to sort Flash.<br>
To install Flash, run "sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer" from within a terminal. The last version is 11.2.<br>
Or do it via Synaptic or whatever you find easiest.<br>
Then restart Firefox and it should all work.<br>
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If this still fail and you don't want to use the workaround below, install Chrome and try that.<br>
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Next, write a stern letter to your school asking them why they hate freedom. :-)<br>
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How to by-pass OS-level blocks/Adobe no longer fully supporting Flash on GNU/Linux:<br>
Note:This trick will also allow you to use various "Windows only" catch-up services, e.g. VirginMedia's<br>
Install WINE.<br>
Install PlayOnLinux (the version of WINE this bundles is a bit older).<br>
Download Firefox for windows.<br>
Install this using PLayOnLinux, when creating the container use the version of WINE you installed (probably 1.5).<br>
Note: You'll probably have to go through some initial set-up for PlayOnLinux, just accept defaults.<br>
Start that new Firefox instance and download Flash from Adobe's stie <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank">http://get.adobe.com/<u></u>flashplayer/</a><br>
Install that into the new FF under PlayOnLinux (if asked, remember to use the same container).<br>
When running this new FF, it will report itself as running on Windows.<br>
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Optional:<br>
Set the homepage of that FF instance to the maths package.<br>
And create a launcher that will start that FF instance.<br>
Now your son has quick and easy access.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Jason Irwin</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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