Firefox Flash Help

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-10-21 07:21pm

I need help. Sound is working more or less perfectly on my linux install except for flash files in firefox. They won't play sound. Being logged in as root or a regular user doesn't make a difference. And yes, my speakers are on and function with any other sound source I can find...

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-10-21 08:52pm

Try reinstalling Flash. You might have gotten a bad install for whatever reason.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-10-21 09:08pm

tried it. And tried re-downloading and re-installing. no good.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-10-21 09:31pm

darthdavid wrote:tried it. And tried re-downloading and re-installing. no good.

Try removing (via the control panel add/remove programs tool) first and then reinstalling it. Simply reinstalling it might now be enough to fix the problem.

And might I ask which version of Firefox?

Tech^salvager · Post by **Tech^salvager** » 2004-10-21 09:58pm

My three steps to get sound back

1.)reparttition and reformat HD

2.) install MS windows

3.) install firefox

haha

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-10-21 10:21pm

Stormbringer wrote:
darthdavid wrote:tried it. And tried re-downloading and re-installing. no good.
Try removing (via the control panel add/remove programs tool) first and then reinstalling it. Simply reinstalling it might now be enough to fix the problem.

I manually removed all the files that it installed. There is no ad/remove programs tool or control panel in linux so that isn't going to help much...

Stormbringer wrote:And might I ask which version of Firefox?

The latest, 1.0 PR.

Tech^salvager wrote:My three steps to get sound back

1.)reparttition and reformat HD

2.) install MS windows

3.) install firefox

haha

Fuck you very much. Did you ever think that I maybe can't afford to buy windows at the exorbitant price they charge and don't wan't pirated software on my computer?

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-10-22 06:24pm

darthdavid wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:
darthdavid wrote:tried it. And tried re-downloading and re-installing. no good.
Try removing (via the control panel add/remove programs tool) first and then reinstalling it. Simply reinstalling it might now be enough to fix the problem.
I manually removed all the files that it installed. There is no ad/remove programs tool or control panel in linux so that isn't going to help much...

Stormbringer wrote:And might I ask which version of Firefox?
The latest, 1.0 PR.
Tech^salvager wrote:My three steps to get sound back

1.)reparttition and reformat HD

2.) install MS windows

3.) install firefox

haha
Fuck you very much. Did you ever think that I maybe can't afford to buy windows at the exorbitant price they charge and don't wan't pirated software on my computer?

Hm... do you have sound with other stuff? If so, make sure your plugin directory has the flash .so files in them?

Wait a minute... didn't you switch to Debian? Just install the firefox from the debian packages and the flash plugins (actually, show me your /etc/apt/sources.list, since I think they removed the archive to get flash for the default install).