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From: netfab <netfab@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Flash stopped working after Firefox 3.6.3->3.6.4 update.
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:35:53
Message-Id: 20100701172913.2f69fd3c@core2duo.fabnetwork
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Flash stopped working after Firefox 3.6.3->3.6.4 update. by Grant
1 Le Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:06:04 -0700,
2 Grant a écrit :
3
4 > >> Firefox got upgraded from 3.6.3 to 3.6.4 yesterday, and now the
5 > >> flash plugin won't work.  I tried both "x86" and "~x86" versions,
6 > >> and both crash 100% of the time.
7 > >
8 > > The problem was caused by an old 9.x copy of the plugin that was
9 > > left in ~/.mozialla/plugins.  After deleting the flashplayer plugin
10 > > from that directory, FF then found the "officially" installed 10.x
11 > > version and is now happy.
12 >
13 > I'm having the exact same problem, except I don't have a
14 > ~/.mozilla/plugins directory at all. Any ideas?
15 >
16
17 Close firefox and go to your profile directory.
18 (~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.something)
19 In this directory, you should find a file : pluginreg.dat
20 You can try to remove it.
21
22 A few days ago I realized that I had two different versions of the flash
23 plugin registered in this file.