FLash failing

[dureal99d]

Is anyone else having issues with flash on kubuntu desktops 12.04

is there a way to totally clean it from the system then reinstall and if so how?

[atreyu]

1. what, specifically, do you mean by "flash"? do you mean a CompactFlash drive or USB thumb drive, for example. provide make/model, if you have that info. more importantly, how is it being used/accessed by the system?

2. what errors are you experiencing to lead you to believe you are having issues? Post exact errors messages or describe symptoms as well as you can.

3. not sure what you mean by "clean it" but if you answer the first two questions, i'm sure it will become more clear.

[dureal99d]

1. what, specifically, do you mean by "flash"? do you mean a CompactFlash drive or USB thumb drive, for example. provide make/model, if you have that info. more importantly, how is it being used/accessed by the system?

2. what errors are you experiencing to lead you to believe you are having issues? Post exact errors messages or describe symptoms as well as you can.

3. not sure what you mean by "clean it" but if you answer the first two questions, i'm sure it will become more clear.

I am sorry for the lack of detail in my earlier question; I am referring to adobe flash player for web browsers, adobe flash crashes every time I attempt to play a flash movie & i dont know what to do. Most times the only way i can view flash movies i want is to load a vitual machine but i should not have to do that outside of that i like kubuntu linux a lot!!

[jayd512]

How did you go about installing Flash?
Through the Ubuntu repos? Or from the Adobe website?

[atreyu]

yes, answer Jay's questions. and if no forms of Adobe flash work out, you can always try Gnash, a Linux alternative to Flash. i used it with some success in the past, but, frankly the Linux versions of Adobe Flash were better and did not crash on me, so I went back to Adobe.

what sites are you visiting that cause crashes, btw, that might help us diagnose, too.

[nixblog]

You can also use Lightspark too. I've also heard of people redirecting the streamed output from say YouTube directly to VLC player.

[dureal99d]

How did you go about installing Flash?
Through the Ubuntu repos? Or from the Adobe website?

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree is how i did it but there appears to be no shortages of crashes
perhaps i will try to export the stream to vlc or smplayer as suggested

[jayd512]

is there a way to totally clean it from the system then reinstall and if so how?

sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

And possibly:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

Should get you going.

[nixblog]

Another similar way to attack this,

Remove flash and config files

sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree

Update repos and install any new packages just for the sake of it

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Finally reinstall flash

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Note: this cured my "blue tinted" videos in a web browser using flash

[dureal99d]

Another similar way to attack this,

Remove flash and config files

sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree

Update repos and install any new packages just for the sake of it

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Finally reinstall flash

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Note: this cured my "blue tinted" videos in a web browser using flash

I shall attempt this as soon as i get home & than you guys & gals