[NTLUG:Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 84, Issue 20

[Steve Martindell]

>>
>> 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.

I run the 64-bit version of Firefox on x86_64 GNU/Linux :

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9.1.6)
Gecko/20091201 Firefox/3.5.6

I tried the 32-bit version of Firefox, which doesn't work either.

As far as compiling Flash I have never seen the source code.

  -steve