[HLUG] Flash plug in on Firefox

[Gordon Alabaster]

Graham,
Thanks for the linux question forum, I have added it to my list of
places to look. I also googled the problem again and came across
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc5.html
where I found specific install instructions for FC5 and Flash for
Firefox, also JRE which I need for banking. It is a very well written
site of a person's notes on various subjects, including FC3, FC4 and
FC5, so may be worth a look if you have a problem now or in the future
(FC6, FC7, ...).

Flash and JRE installs both worked well for me and I am now looking at
Real Player for sound from BBC site.

Regards

Gordon.

 

On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 21:20 +0100, Graham Cole wrote:
> I have had similar troubles (things installed but not operating) and one
> reason was sometimes needing a 'symbolic link' which connects the new
> plug-in to the Firefox. How to do it in detail (if this is your problem)
> I cannot tell but I have obtained useful hints from various sites such
> as linuxquestions.
> Good luck
> Graham
> 
> On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 23:57 +0100, Gordon Alabaster wrote:
> > I had Fedora Core 4 working fairly smoothly but thought I would upgrade
> > to the much acclaimed FC5. The update did not work, so I did a complete
> > install from scratch. I now have all the problems that I solved with FC5
> > to solve again.
> > 
> > My current difficulty is in getting Firefox to install a plug in for
> > Macromedia Flash Player. If a web page needs it, I get an option to
> > install, which I have taken. This apparently successful install fails to
> > display the material on the web page, still just the icon with option to
> > install. I have tried installing this as root as well as normal user. I
> > have also tried going to a plug in site and installing from there, as
> > root. I following instructions and attempted to install the plug in for
> > all versions of Mozilla and for Firefox, but still no joy:(
> > 
> > Anyone got any suggestions?
> > 
> > Gordon. 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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