Problems with Fedora 9 & Flash 10

By Andrea at 04/02/2009 - 17:15

Hi,

I don't seem to be able to use Flash 10 on Fedora 9.

The plugin come automatically after I've added the Adobe repository rpm to yum.
The version installed is

flash-plugin-10.0.22.87-release

Basically the window of the player never shows up (tried with youtube, bbc iplayer).

I've tried removing the libflashsupport but nothing has changed.

Does anybody know how to debug that?

Cheers

6 comments

Re: Problems with Fedora 9 & Flash 10

By Andrea at 04/02/2009 - 17:18

Forgot to say that the previous version (Flash 9) worked fine.

Re: Problems with Fedora 9 & Flash 10

By Craig White at 04/02/2009 - 17:29

1 - you've quit ALL running copies of Firefox
2 - you can manually register the plugin with...
mozilla-plugin-config -i
mozilla-plugin-config --help # for info
3 - libflashsupport is for flash audio with F9 & pulseaudio

debug, might be easiest to start firefox from command line...

Craig

Re: Problems with Fedora 9 & Flash 10

By Andrea at 04/02/2009 - 18:00

I've found it in nspluginwrapper

EXCLUDE_WRAP:
libtotem*
libjavaplugin*
gecko-mediaplayer*
mplayerplug-in*
librhythmbox*
EXCLUDE_LINK:

File/Link /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/mplayerplug-in.xpt
File/Link /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt
File/Link /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/mplayerplug-in-qt.so
File/Link /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/mplayerplug-in-rm.so
File/Link /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/nswrapper_32_32.mozplugger.so
Original plugin: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mozplugger.so
Wrapper version string: X (1.3.0)
File/Link /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt
File/Link /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libjavaplugin.so
File/Link /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/mplayerplug-in.so
File/Link /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt
File/Link /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/mplayerplug-in-dvx.so
File/Link /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/mplayerplug-in-wmp.so
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/nswrapper_32_32.libflashplayer.so
Original plugin: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
Wrapper version string: X (1.3.0)

Then, if I run firefox from the command line I get some errors when I go to bbc iplayer page (not
sure where they come from though)

*** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: NPClass::Invalidate() invoke: Broken pipe
*** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(../src/npw-wrapper.c:1858):invoke_NPP_Destroy: assertion failed:
(rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection))

[andrea@thinkpad bin]$ firefox

*** NSPlugin Wrapper *** ERROR: NP_Shutdown() invoke: Broken pipe

*** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(../src/npw-wrapper.c:1977):invoke_NPP_GetValue: assertion failed:
(rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection))

*** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING: unhandled variable 11 in NPP_GetValue()

*** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(../src/npw-wrapper.c:1858):invoke_NPP_Destroy: assertion failed:
(rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection))

And I see the flash window for a second (with the central circle), but then it becomes grey and it's
over.

Any idea?

Re: Problems with Fedora 9 & Flash 10

By Andrea at 04/02/2009 - 17:47

I can see the flash plugin in the page "about:plugins"

where do I find mozilla-plugin-config? I don't have it.

Re: Problems with Fedora 9 & Flash 10

By Craig White at 04/02/2009 - 18:03

yum provides /usr/bin/mozilla-plugin-config

Craig

Re: Problems with Fedora 9 & Flash 10

By Andrea at 04/03/2009 - 14:51

After messing around, it started working again.

finger crossed...