Flash and mozilla

[countcobolt]

I'm am trying to watch at some flash site, but everytime it says I need the plugin. It takes me to the site, where I can download it. When downloaded, I return to the site with the flash, but still he askes for the plugin
What am I doing wrong?
I download, extract and copy to the plugins directory.
:(

[mdwatts]

I just read the solution to that problem in a thread here within the last couple of days.

Do you need to setup the flash plugin in the Mozilla preferences somewhere?

If that's not the answer, then perhaps a forum search will find that other thread.

[antitrustworthy]

Did you untar the flash tarball into the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins dir or /usr/lib/netscape/plugins dir? As weird as it may sound, they need to be in the netscape dir. It may not be something you would have thought of. Keep what you have in the mozilla dir though, because if Im not mistaken, another browser (and Im not at home right now so I cant find out which one) uses the plugins from the mozilla dir instead. Hope that helps. I have flash working perfectly on my machine. (Just becasue my friend keeps sending me those stupid egreeting cards) Good luck.

Matt

[Icarus]

Extract the files from flash_linux.tar.gz to /usr/include/mozilla/plugin/ (as root for global for all users). Mainly just need the libflashplayer.so and ShockwaveFlash.class files.

Do this as root then restart the browser and you should have no problems...

...this is also found in the flash_linux README file ;)

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by mahdi:
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...this is also found in the flash_linux README file ;)</STRONG>

In the readme you say? Who would have thought of that? ;)

To anyone starting out with Linux, please get in the habit of reading the install/readme docs whenever you need to install a new package. They always have the install procedure.

Plus it saves you time from having to wait for someone here to reply.

Just a suggestion...