Mozilla and Flash

[Roderick]

Check to see that your files in the plugin directory have the "x" (executable) 
flag set.  I had trouble with this until I found that the installation had 
not "chmod +x" on the files. Flash has two (maybe three??) files associated 
with it that belong in the plugin dir.

--Rod

Quoting Scott Henderson <boyhowdy@cyberspace.org>:

> 
> You could very well be right on that.  It MAY only be for IE.  I
> haven't done it that way.  But Alan suggested it worked for him,
> so try it.  I only suggested removing the .so file so you
> wouldn't get hung up at that point, so you could try to do it. If
> I get a chance, I'll try it later today and let you know what
> happens. 
> 
> >From: Bryce C <Plug@bryceco.net>
> >If I understand you correctly, which I'm not sure I do, that's only
> for
> >IE (gasp) with/using (in)activex (choke, gag, croak).  Otherwise,
> your
> >sent to the site for Netscape compatible on linux to download.
> >
> >On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 20:50, Scott Henderson wrote:
> >> Why not take libflashplayer.so OUT of the plug-in directory, so
> >> it won't try to load, then you can run the download and install
> >> from the web.  Might work. 
> >> 
> >> >Ok, I'd do that except that mozilla tries to load the flash when
> it's
> >> >got the mdule and locks up then.  Thanks though.
> >> >
> >> >On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 17:57, alandd@mindspring.com wrote:
> >> >> Bryce,
> >> >> I got flash to work in Mozilla by going to a web site that
> required flash,
> >> >> clicked the links to go download the plug-in, downloaded the
> plug-in (even
> >> >> though I already had it installed on my box), and re-installed it
> from the
> >> >> downloaded file.  Whatever had to be setup was done automatically
> at that
> >> >> point and flash now works fine for me.
> >> >> A bit of a redundant process, I admit, but it worked.
> >> >> Alan
> >> >> 
> >> >> On 18 Sep 2002 16:45:38 -0700 Bryce C <Plug@bryceco.net> wrote:
> >> >> > Ok, I am finally giving up trying to solve this
> >> >> > myself.  Why the F#@!
> >> >> > wont the flash plug-in I download from
> >> >> > Macromedia work in Mozilla 1.0 or
> >> >> > 1.1 on mandrake 8.2?  Whenever the
> >> >> > libflashplayer.so is in the plug-in
> >> >> > directory, about:plugins shows it as installed
> >> >> > but Mozilla COMPLETELY
> >> >> > locks up when I try to visit a flash site
> >> >> > (http://www.macromedia.com). 
> >> >> > Can anyone give some clue as to why this isn't
> >> >> > working and how to fix
> >> >> > it?
> >> >> > P.S. It worked pre-1.0 and I've tried
> >> >> > re-downloading it since.
> >> >> > P.P.S.  Sorry for the coarse language but darn
> >> >> > it, i'm mad. 
> >> >> > Bryce Chidester
> 
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Roderick Ford
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