Are you by chance running 64bit OS on an AMD64 or Intel EM64T type of system? -----Original Message----- >From: Kenneth >Sent: Aug 21, 2006 8:44 PM >To: alandd@consultpros.com, Main PLUG discussion list >Subject: Re: Flash player > >Those are the instructions I followed. I tried a lot of variations with >directories, installing for system-wide or single user, etc. No luck with >any of them. It seems I'm the only one that has trouble with it. > > >--- Alan Dayley wrote: > >> On Mon, August 21, 2006 4:56 pm, Kenneth wrote: >> > Ok, after the thread the other day that got off on the topic of a flash >> > plugin, I decided to try to get one working here, and I've had no luck. >> > This >> > is on Fedora Core 5, but I have a similar problem on the couple of other >> > distros I've used recently. I just never really needed flash, so I never >> > worried about it. >> > >> > I downloaded the plugin file from the automatic installer that comes up >> in >> > firefox. It installed a .so and a .xpt file into ~/.mozilla/plugins. If >> I >> > start up firefox and type about:plugins, it does not show the flash >> > plugin. >> > I checked the permissions on the files, looked ok to me. >> > >> > Next I tried copying those two files into the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins >> and >> > /usr/lib/firefox/plugins directories and also directories that had >> mozilla >> > and firefox with version numbers. None of these got far enough to even >> > show >> > the plugin in about:plugins. >> > >> > I double-checked the installation instructions online and in the >> > downloaded >> > file, and I can't see what I did wrong. >> > >> > Any suggestions? I tried running mozilla and firefox both, with the same >> > results. I even tried running them with strace. It shows those two >> plugin >> > files being examined... >> >> Google is your friend. >> - Go to http://www.google.com >> - Enter search term: "install firefox linux flash plugin" >> - Click "I'm feeling lucky" (Yes, really!) >> - Click "Macromedia Flash Player" in the middle of the list >> - Follow the instructions you find there >> >> Alan --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss