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

[Mick]

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.
-- 
Regards,
Mick