Razvan Deaconescu | 17 Jun 2012 08:50
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Flash plugin not working in Epiphany

Hi!

I'm using Debian Wheezy, updated, on AMD64, with Gnome 3.4,
flashplugin-nonfree 2.8.3. Flash plugin is working in Iceweasel and
Midori but not under Epiphany.

I've followed the steps here[1] but with no success.

Could you please point me to a solution to this issue?

[1] http://ask.debian.net/questions/epiphany-and-flashplayer

Razvan

Camaleón | 17 Jun 2012 14:12
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Re: Flash plugin not working in Epiphany

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:50:10 +0300, Razvan Deaconescu wrote:

> I'm using Debian Wheezy, updated, on AMD64, with Gnome 3.4,
> flashplugin-nonfree 2.8.3. Flash plugin is working in Iceweasel and
> Midori but not under Epiphany.
> 
> I've followed the steps here[1] but with no success.
> 
> Could you please point me to a solution to this issue?

First, ensure the "about:plugins" lists the Adobe Flash plugin.

Then run this command an send here the output:

update-alternatives --display flash-mozilla.so

> [1] http://ask.debian.net/questions/epiphany-and-flashplayer

Wait... the above links seems to point that the newer Epiphany is based 
in GTK3 and thus cannot work with Adobe Flash Player which is GTK2 based 
so it needs "nspluginwrapper". I wonder if this really the problem 
here :-?

Greetings,

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Razvan Deaconescu | 17 Jun 2012 14:55
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Re: Flash plugin not working in Epiphany

Camaleón <noelamac <at> gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:50:10 +0300, Razvan Deaconescu wrote:
>
>> I'm using Debian Wheezy, updated, on AMD64, with Gnome 3.4,
>> flashplugin-nonfree 2.8.3. Flash plugin is working in Iceweasel and
>> Midori but not under Epiphany.
>> 
>> I've followed the steps here[1] but with no success.
>> 
>> Could you please point me to a solution to this issue?
>
> First, ensure the "about:plugins" lists the Adobe Flash plugin.

It is listed. It prints the same value as Iceweasel.

> Then run this command an send here the output:
>
> update-alternatives --display flash-mozilla.so

$ update-alternatives --display flash-mozilla.so
flash-mozilla.so - auto mode
  link currently points to /usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so - priority 10
Current 'best' version is
'/usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so'

>> [1] http://ask.debian.net/questions/epiphany-and-flashplayer
>
> Wait... the above links seems to point that the newer Epiphany is based 
> in GTK3 and thus cannot work with Adobe Flash Player which is GTK2 based 
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Camaleón | 17 Jun 2012 15:11
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Re: Flash plugin not working in Epiphany

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:55:46 +0300, Razvan Deaconescu wrote:

> Camaleón <noelamac <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> Wait... the above links seems to point that the newer Epiphany is based
>> in GTK3 and thus cannot work with Adobe Flash Player which is GTK2
>> based so it needs "nspluginwrapper". I wonder if this really the
>> problem here :-?
> 
> Hmmm ... I've found this post[1]. 

So finally it seems the above holds true, how bad :-(

> It signals the same issue I'm having. I guess I would have to install
> the 32 bit version of libflashplayer.so; it looks weird to have a
> functional 64 bit version for Iceweasel/Midori but a nspluginwrapper
> -endorsed 32 bit version for Epiphany.

Yup... and the worst thing is that "nspluginwrapper" used to be quite 
problematic (leading to browser freeze) or at least that's what I recall 
when we had to use it because no native flash player plugin was available 
for 64 bits.

I wonder if Adobe is going to do something right any time. What a 
deficient company, gosh...

> [1] http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=77934

Greetings,

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Ralf Mardorf | 17 Jun 2012 15:24

Re: Flash plugin not working in Epiphany

On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 13:11 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> deficient company

deficient + company = unfortunately a tautology nowadays
There's no reason for even market economy to be evil. Of course, there's
a small border between social market and "vanilla market economy".

Camaleón | 17 Jun 2012 15:34
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[OT] Thoughts on Adobe (was Flash plugin not working in Epiphany)

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:24:05 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 13:11 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> deficient company
> 
> deficient + company = unfortunately a tautology nowadays There's no
> reason for even market economy to be evil. Of course, there's a small
> border between social market and "vanilla market economy".

The problem is that Adobe does nothing well while other companies _do_ 
and this remains true not only for their linux apps but also for their 
windows product line so this is not a casualty, something fails within 
Adobe.

P.S. Ralf, I like to see deviations from the main subject but consider in 
tagging your replies as such.

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Ralf Mardorf | 17 Jun 2012 15:48

Re: [OT] Thoughts on Adobe (was Flash plugin not working in Epiphany)

On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 13:34 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> P.S. Ralf, I like to see deviations from the main subject but consider in 
> tagging your replies as such.

Apologize for not adding OT to the subject.


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