[NTLUG:Discuss] 64-bit Flash on Linux

[Stuart Johnston]

./aal wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Rick Renshaw <bofh69 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Steve Martindell <steve.martindell at gmail.com>
>> To: discuss at ntlug.org
>> Sent: Tue, December 22, 2009 12:49:40 AM
>> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] 64-bit Flash on Linux
>>
>> Running Firefox3.5.6 on 64-bit Suse Linux 10.3
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>> firefox/plugins> uname -a
>> Linux darkstar 2.6.22.17-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008/02/10 20:01:04 UTC
>> x86_64 GNU/Linux
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>> 1) I downloaded the 64-bit version of Linux Adobe Flash Player
>> installer  =version 10.0.42.34.
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>> 2) and copied the resulting "libflashplayer.so" into the
>> ".../mozilla/plugins/" directory
>>     and into the ".../mozilla/firefox/plugins" directory.
>>
>> 3) Then restarted Firefox,
>>     -->  still can't play youtube or hulu,  which is kindof what I expected.
>>
>> Is there any reason to expect the 64-bit Linux Flash player to work ?
>> or should I try Gnash or one of the script-based flash players ?
>>
>>  -steve
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>> I am running Debian Lenny and Iceweasel 3.0.6 with the 64 bit Adobe 10 flash player from the Debian backports no problem:
>>
>> uname -a
>> Linux dark 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 5 02:23:12 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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>> file /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
>> /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so: ELF 64-bit LSB shared
>> object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, stripped
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> I have been running 64 bit flash since it was released from Adobe,
> hulu and youtube have always worked fine
> I run Gentoo
> 
> try compiling flash instead of using the bin
> I have to recompile flash when ever firefox is updated,
> maybe the browser you use doesnt match your binary for flash
> 


Goodness!  How on earth do you compile Flash?  Where's the source?