F11 x86_64, Firefox 3.5, flash-plugin i386, mozilla-plugin-config

[bongoman]

I'm running Fedora 11 x86_64 (a fresh install), Firefox 3.5, flash-plugin i386 installed from Adobe yum repository. Everything works fine. However, after every reboot I need to run mozilla-plugin-config before the flash plugin will work. Before I run mozilla-plugin-config, I will receive an error message "Additional plugins are required to display the media on this page."

I've attached the output of mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v

Any ideas?

[_pi]

Use the 64 bit flash plugin. Download it from http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html . Stick the file in your ~/.mozilla/plugins directory.

[bongoman]

I tried your suggestion. I uninstalled flash-plugin-i386 and installed the x86_64 version. It works just fine. However, I still have the same problem - I need to run mozilla-plugin-config after reboot.

[Astrals]

Originally Posted by _pi

Use the 64 bit flash plugin. Download it from http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html . Stick the file in your ~/.mozilla/plugins directory.

I will concur this method also worked for me.

[Panoz]

Originally Posted by Astrals

I will concur this method also worked for me.

Can you see the CISCO site without having your 64bit firefox crashed?

http://www.cisco.com/

[leadgolem]

I'm using the same 64bit flash plugin. The cisco site works fine for me.

As a side note, I've also got flashblock installed and I did have to whitelist www.cisco.com before the flash would display. Just clicking the play button on the flash object did not work.

[bongoman]

When I linked the plugin to ~/.mozilla/plugins, I no longer need to run mozilla-plugin-config. Thank you for your simple, and effective advice.

[nils06]

Using the same flash plugin on F11 x86_64, Firefox 3.5. I had a different problem since some time ago:
When logging in to a session after having left firefox open in previous session, flash plugin isn't found. And that even if I restart firefox. But if I close firefox before logging out, then flash is OK in the next session. (I think I've already had that problem in F8... don't remeber the fix, probably an update).

This time the link trick fixed the problem:
ln -s /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/

Thanks!

[JoeF]

I hope someone is still watching this thread. I have this problem 'sort of'. I can not get the flash-plugin to install at all. If I run the rpm file, it comes back saying it's already installed but I can't find the plugin in the mozilla directory.

I copied and pasted "ln -s /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/" in a terminal and here's the response:

[root@dv5 Joe]# ln -s /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/
ln: target `/root/.mozilla/plugins/' is not a directory: No such file or directory

would make sense since I can't find it either. Help at this point would be appreciated.

JoeF
FC11x64 on a HP dv5 with Intel Core2 Duo

[bongoman]

Is libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins?
Do you usually login to your computer with an account other than root? Pretending the name of that user is "username", the command would be:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /home/username/.mozilla/plugins

Good luck.

[JoeF]

thanks for the quick reply. I did as you said and here's the results:

[root@dv5 Joe]# sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /home/Joe/.mozilla/plugins
ln: creating symbolic link `/home/Joe/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so': File exists

[marko]

Yeah, that means you don't need to do anything, the file or link is already there right (or at least here's some wrong file or link there that you need to
change) ? What do you see if you look in the directory with "ls" ?

ls -l ~Joe/.mozilla/plugins

[bongoman]

Okay. So if you ls -l /home/Joe/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so you see the link to /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins ? You've closed and reopened firefox? And when you try to see a flash video, you get an error saying you need to install a plugin?

[JoeF]

Marko:

[root@dv5 Joe]# ls -l ~Joe/.mozilla/plugins
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 Joe Joe 44 2009-07-27 18:42 libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

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Bongoman:

[root@dv5 Joe]# ls -l /home/Joe/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 Joe Joe 44 2009-07-27 18:42 /home/Joe/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so -> /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

sorry. forgot to add:
Yes I have quit Firefox and restarted. still the same problem. and yes when I try a flash video, page comes up telling me I need the plugin.

[Panoz]

The link is there, but does it point to an existing file? What is the output of:

ls -al /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/

in your system?