[NTLUG:Discuss] 64-bit Flash on Linux

[Stuart Johnston]

Steve Martindell wrote:
> Running Firefox3.5.6 on 64-bit Suse Linux 10.3
> 
> 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
> 
> 1) I downloaded the 64-bit version of Linux Adobe Flash Player
> installer  =version 10.0.42.34.
> 
> 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 ?

Are you sure your Firefox is 64-bit?  Even if the base OS is 64-bit the 
browsers are often compiled as 32-bit for plugin compatibility.