[SOLVED] flash-plugin troubles with my firefox browser

[Jagoul]

hey mates,i installed "flash-plugin-10.0.32.18-release.i386.rpm" manually to my system in order to let firefox enable watching animated images and video ,but even thgouh firefox still not able to do so ,
what can i do ????plz tell me the steps,by the way i'm running RHLE 5
thanks in advance

[sarlacii]

hey mates,i installed "flash-plugin-10.0.32.18-release.i386.rpm" <snip>

Greetings

Before I delve into things, please note that I am using PClinuxOS, so some things may be a bit different for you. The information will still apply though.

Some suggestions from previous experiences... .

1. Check your firefox plugins by entering "about:plugins" into the address bar. Look for something along the lines of:

Shockwave Flash
File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 10.0 r15

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes

2. If the plugin is there, then fixing things will be more difficult. However, let's assume for now that it isn't. In that case, run "rpm -q flash-plugin --list" in a terminal from the command line. You should see something like:

/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Note whatever the link turns out to be.

3. Now check your firefox plugins directory. I used "dir /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.7/" to do this. The /usr/lib/ directory will potentially contain a number of firefox directories, depending on how often you have upgraded. Choose the one that matches the version that you are trying to fix.

[root@home ~]# dir /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.7/
total 256
<snip>
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Mar 27 15:34 plugins -> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
<snip>

The above is what I got, summarized to highlight the link in the firefox directory to the mozilla plugins dir (the same one where the flash plugin installed itself).

4. If anything is missing, then you have two choices. One is to either copy or symlink the "libflashplayer.so" file into your firefox plugin directory (if one exists). A more subtle approach is to create a symlink, inside the firefox directuory, to the common mozilla plugin directory. You choose.

Summary: some how copy the libflashplayer.so file into your firefox plugin dir. :D

May the force be with you.

[Jagoul]

thanks buddy
it worked just fine now

[sarlacii]

Cool. Glad you got it sorted.
Can you mark the thread "Solved" using the "Thread Tools" link at the top of the page, please?
Cheers.