[NTLUG:Discuss] Firefox/Flash died on upgrade/install

[Daniel Hauck]

I must say I have never ever had that problem and wouldn't have
connected it to a video driver problem at all.  I've been running nVidia
for several years too.  What distro(s) are you using?


Kevin E. Ivey さんは書きました:
> Stephen Davidson wrote:
>> Greetings.
>>
>> Installing OpenSuSE 10.3.  Flash won't work in firefox.  Tried;
>> sda64:/usr/lib64/firefox/plugins # ln -s
>> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so
>> sda64:/usr/lib64/firefox/plugins # nspluginwrapper -i
>> /usr/lib64/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>>
>> Ok, now says installed, but won't work.  Get controls for a few seconds,
>> then video finishes loading, controls go away, and I get a blank screen.
>>
>> Suggestions on where to look?  Blank screen not helpful on system.
>>
>> -Steve
> 
> Update your video driver if you have an NVidia card.
> 
> Also make sure your refresh rate is set as high as your video settings
> will allow.  That worked for me when flash just quit working...
> 
> It seems that flash is always difficult to get working after updating
> Firefox.  I have also recently had good luck switching my browsers agent
> ID to Internet Exploder on WinXP.  Video works on all formats now...
> 
> keVIn
>