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ubufox package

Firefox doesn't detect flash plugin after upgrading from 8.10

Bug #365400 reported by rja
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ubufox (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: flashplugin-installer

Upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04RC.
Firefox complained about the missing plugin, so I tried to install the Adobe Flash player, but it said the package flashplugin-installer was already installed.

I'm on 64-bit Ubuntu - 8.04 upgraded to 8.10 upgraded to 9.04RC. (I think it's RC, because I upgraded at 11:30pm IST on 22nd April, but I don't know if there is any way to check for sure.)
Not sure if it's relevant, but I saw some information regarding this on the forums, so I'll mention that I'm running Compiz, and "Unredirect fullscreen windows" is checked.

Workaround:
I purged flashplugin-installer and flashplugin-nonfree, and reinstalled flashplugin-installer and everything is fine.

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

I need the full error to decide if it is flash im marking as ubufox at this time since that handle plugin installs

affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) → ubufox (Ubuntu)
Changed in ubufox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

run

sudo update-alternatives --config xulrunner-addons-flashplugin

and select the flashplugin.so ... also tell us what was selected before.

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rja (rajeshjadvani) wrote :

Unfortunately, purging and reinstalling flashplugin-installer solved the problem, so I can't replicate the error. I got the workaround from this post on the forums, though - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1112676

Any suggestions on where I can find some log file that might have recorded this?

Alexander, running the command you've mentioned does nothing, because the problem has already been solved on my machine -

There is only 1 program which provides xulrunner-addons-flashplugin
(/var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so). Nothing to configure.

The exact behaviour I saw was - When I started Firefox and went to a couple of sites where Flash was used, FF prompted to "install missing plugins" just as if they weren't installed. I was using flash based sites just fine before the upgrade.

To be exact (though I don't think that would make any difference), I cancelled the plugin installation without selecting any option, and restarted FF a couple of times before I finally tried to install the Adobe plugin.

When I did try to install the Adobe plugin, it said something like "flashplugin-installer already installed." It might also have said "nothing to do" or something to that effect.

So I shutdown Firefox, removed and purged flashplugin-installer, and then installed it again.

I then started Firefox again, and Flash was back.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

no way to reproduce and reporter has purged his package and reinstalled.

Changed in ubufox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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