Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 112503
latest flash plugin not working in mozilla 1.4.1
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:34 EST
Description of problem: Having installed the Macromedia flash plugin as described by Macromedia in the \usr\lib\mozilla-1.4.1 directory the two expected components are installed as expected (flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so) but the browser still has no flash functionality nor is the plugin shown when you check for it in Help about plugins. The instalation was done as root and therefore should be globally availabe. Prior to installing the flash plugin I have installed the latest sun java runtime with no problem and just to see if this was causing the problem I removed the java functionality by temporarily deleting the required symbolic link in \usr\lib\mozilla\plugins but after re-downloading an re-installing the flash plugin it is still not recognized by the browser and therefore still doesn't work. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20031114 Shockwave Flash 6.0 r79 How reproducible: see problem description Steps to Reproduce: 1.install following instructions provided 2. 3. Actual results: install claims to be successful and the requisite files appear where expected Expected results: flash plugin being visible in Help about plugins (but it isn't) and sites that should use the plugin still display the jigsaw symbol Additional info: none
The plug-in was compiled for an older version of the Standard C++ Library. You need to install the package "compat-libstdc++". The official Flash Player 6 packages from http://macromedia.mplug. org/ know about the exact library requirements.
I have been to http://macromedia.mplug.org/ and downloaded the RPM version for fedora core 1 and installed it and everything now works as it should. The one that I had downloaded before from a link within the normal macromedia site http://www.macromedia.com and following the shortcut Download Flash Player only offers what appears to be the generic version of the plugin (which bye the way works fine in Red Hat 9)
Just to clarify, the plug-in contained in the RPM package does not differ from the version downloadable from macromedia.com. The package contains some custom scripts, though, which automate (de-) installation and upgrades. The "compat-libstdc++" package is needed in Red Hat Linux 9, too, but it's apparently part of the common installation types.
OK, the plugin is installed, loaded, working... But the sound is missing... When I try to play any .swf with sound I get only ticking... Always the same ticking... But for examle xmms works fine and on my previous system (Mandrake 9.2) everything worked fine (Mozilla 1.3.x and the same plugin...) Is that only my problem?? Can I fix it?? I'm not an experienced user, so please help me ;-)
Jan Machac your sound problem is probably symptomatic of your sound driver which can either play only one PCM stream at once, or is buggy in some other way. There are unfortunately limitations in sound capability in Linux. In any case this is NOTABUG for mozilla.