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Topic: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

I access this website every day to follow the...erm... news (it's a satyre): http://www.canalplus.fr/c-humour/pid178 … gnols.html

However as of today the site doesn't work anymore. I actually uninstalled all flash plugins I had before to make sure I had no conflicts and finalized it all by a sudo apt-get update flashplugin-non free, but it seems to have broken something in Chrome

DETAIL:

It doesn't work through Chrome but it DOES work through Firefox. But it's a lot swifter and better through Chrome than firefox... So I'm not sure what's not working there :s


Thanks!

  • Registered: 2008-11-25
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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

What version of Chrome do you use? If it's the latest dev build then you may have to wait for an update.

In the meantime

http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bi … swer=95760

  • Registered: 2010-02-06
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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

I used the version you get through the google website, so it's all working.

I thought I hadn't posted this thread... :s but it works now. No idea what had happened. Sorry!

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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

Hi Guys,

So I am having a very similar issue. My flash seems to be completely broken. It does not work in Chrome or Iceweasel. I am using Crunchbang 10 statler alpha 2 with all of the latest updates installed. I have tried re-installing flash through synaptic several different ways to no avail. I even went to adobe's website to attempt to download from there, and they are telling me flash is installed!? Any ideas?

  • xaber
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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

Can you deinstall your flashplugin-nonfree and try downloading the flash package from the adobe site? Then you can follow the manual installation procedure. Don't they let you download the package?

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  • Registered: 2009-05-04
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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

I've had similar problems--but only on my amd64 setup (no problem here on the i686.) Others on amd64? I know Adobe has stopped giving out their Flash 10 amd64 player....

Last edited by jmbarnes (2010-07-29 22:28:07)

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  • gareim
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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

Doesn't Google Chrome come with Flash too? That's really weird. Are you on a 64bit machine? Cause 64bit Flash has problems sometimes..

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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

Yes I am on 64 bit. I tried uninstalling once more and doing a manual install only to remember that adobe does not provide a 64 bit version. So... i tried using the script provided here

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-f … 64bit.html

This only did not fix the issue, but now anytime I am on a website that has anything flash on it, it lags terribly.

  • Registered: 2008-12-13
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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

Adobe dropped 64bit flash support for a reason, you know...

a.

  • gareim
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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

anemptygun wrote:

Yes I am on 64 bit. I tried uninstalling once more and doing a manual install only to remember that adobe does not provide a 64 bit version. So... i tried using the script provided here

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/install-f … 64bit.html

This only did not fix the issue, but now anytime I am on a website that has anything flash on it, it lags terribly.

Can you try using Gnash? I've never used it myself before, but Wikipedia says

Open source implementations (at least Gnash, see Playback) support 64-bit architectures just as well as 32-bit.

so maybe it's worth giving a try?

EDIT: Oh, here's the full quote, in case it's helpful.

Adobe expects to provide 64-bit versions of its Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh and Linux with an upcoming major release of Adobe Flash Player.[21][22] Users of 64-bit operating systems are currently advised to use 32-bit browsers in order to use the 32-bit plugin.[22][23] The prevalent solution taken by Linux distributions is to use nspluginwrapper as an intermediate layer between browser and plugin.[24] Open source implementations (at least Gnash, see Playback) support 64-bit architectures just as well as 32-bit.

Last edited by gareim (2010-07-30 17:39:34)

  • From: Canada
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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

Well I just tried using Gnash and it's respective mozilla plugin. Now I just get an error message when trying to view videos...

http://i30.tinypic.com/2hrfn6e.jpg

P.S.

Off topic but how do I change the email address listed in the crunchbang forums? I have searched and searched! Also when can I view my subscribed threads?

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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

anemptygun wrote:

Off topic but how do I change the email address listed in the crunchbang forums? I have searched and searched!

Click "Profile" link at the top, then click the Identify link, and there should be a field for your email address.

anemptygun wrote:

Also when can I view my subscribed threads?

Click "Profile" link at the top, then click the link titled "View all your subscriptions".

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BTW if you wish to contact me, send me an e-mail instead of a PM.
  • From: Canada
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Re: Broken flash plugin? Not all flash works through Chrome

@alon_h

No I wasn't aware that adobe had dropped it.

@anonymous

Thank you for the info, that had been bugging me! smile

Last edited by anemptygun (2010-07-31 00:28:01)