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I've just downloaded and installed Flashplayer 6 from Macromedia.com After the install, I tried running Mozilla and it shuts itself down before fully opening. So I tried rebooting system but ...
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  1. 03-15-2004 #1
    Psion
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    Installed Flash, Mozilla stop working

    I've just downloaded and installed Flashplayer 6 from Macromedia.com

    After the install, I tried running Mozilla and it shuts itself down before fully opening.

    So I tried rebooting system but the same result.....

    HELP......

    PS - distro=Mandrake 9.2
    flashplayer is present under the plugins folder in Mozilla-1.4 (/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4)
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    if you start mozilla from the commandline, is there any output?
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    try a newer version of mozlla, i never got 1.4 to work at all

    or better yet try firefox
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    My experience with the flashplugin is that it's buggy, crashed Mozilla Firebird (predecessor of Mozilla Firefox) every now and then when loading flash animations. Now I've upgraded to firefox and installed a plugin that makes sure that flash animations doesn't start with out my will (I can dig up the plugin name/link if thta would be of interest to you).
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    Psion
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    jasonlambert, sorry but I'm still quite new to linux and haven't a clue how to run from command line...

    I'm not that interested in having Flash on my linux system yet (just trying to see if I could manage to install it), is there a way of removing the plug-in to get Mozilla working again..?

    Where can I get Firefox from..?
    and how do I install it..?
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    you can download it and find install instructions here:
    http://texturizer.net/firefox/download.html

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  7. 03-16-2004 #7
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    You will find the plugin in the mozilla dir under plugins
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