Nope, I've seen the warning about flash and 64-bit. Running a good, old 32-bit AMD. --- "Steven A. DuChene" wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------- 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