Re: [gentoo-user] Adobe Flash (10.1.53.64) Not Working

[dhk]

On 06/27/2010 12:03 PM, Mick wrote:
> On Sunday 27 June 2010 16:00:04 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
>> On Sunday 27 June 2010, dhk wrote:
>>> Adobe Flash use to work on my amd64 box, but after the last upgrade it
>>> stopped working.  When I visit sites that use it I'm told that Adobe
>>> Flash is not installed or to download the plugin.
>>>
>>> In my /etc/make.conf I had to change ACCEPT_LICENSE to
>>> ACCEPT_LICENSE="AdobeFlash-10.1" and in /etc/portage/package.keywords I
>>> removed www-plugins/adobe-flash ~amd64 since it wasn't needed anymore.
>>>
>>> The following is what's installed.
>>>
>>> # emerge --search @www-plugins/adobe-flash
>>> Searching...
>>> [ Results for search key : www-plugins/adobe-flash ]
>>> [ Applications found : 1 ]
>>>
>>> *  www-plugins/adobe-flash
>>>
>>>       Latest version available: 10.1.53.64
>>>       Latest version installed: 10.1.53.64
>>>       Size of files: 4,643 kB
>>>       Homepage:      http://www.adobe.com/
>>>       Description:   Adobe Flash Player
>>>       License:       AdobeFlash-10.1
>>
>> Read the fine installation notes, which should have been printed after you
>> emerged it:
>>
>> Adobe has released 10.1 in only a 32-bit version and upgrading
>> is required to close a major security vulnerability:
>>   http://bugs.gentoo.org/322855
>>
>> Furthermore, there are stability problems when running 10.1 in a
>> 64-bit browser with nspluginwrapper.  The current recommended
>> configuration is to use a 32-bit browser such as
>> www-client/firefox-bin:
>>   http://bugs.gentoo.org/324365
>
> Or just reinstall nsplugginwrapper and restart your FF.  That's what I did
> (search this list for thread titled: www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.1.53.64 won't
> play in FF & Konqueror).
>
> HTH.

That worked.

Thanks,

--dhk