[sclug] sclug Digest, Vol 80, Issue 2

Alex Cockell alex at acockell.eclipse.co.uk
Sun May 16 08:52:55 UTC 2010



>
> Do other folks have flash 10 working on Linux - can you watch videos in
> iPlayer, YouTube and mimeo? Just wondering if I'm doing something wrong
> or if it's still no-go on Linux and I'm wasting my time.
>
> I'm running Debian stable.
>
> In Iceweasel I have (according to tools->add-ons->plug-ins)
>
> ??? Shockwave Flash 9.0r31
> and
> ??? Shockwave Flash 10.0r45
>
> I've followed http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer
> and done
> ??? aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree
> and
> ??? /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin-nonfree --install
>
> Unless I disable the Flash 9 plug-in I get a message saying I need to
> upgrade Flash. Disabling Flash 9 I get a blank player window but no video.

IIRC, you need to remove the old before adding the new. 

At least that's the case on Ubuntu.




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