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