On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 17:18:50 -0400 Dan Norton <dnor...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > > On 06/25/2017 03:42 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 24 Jun 2017 22:17:13 -0400 Maureen L Thomas > > <silver...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > >> > >> On 06/24/2017 07:29 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > >>> On 2017-06-24 at 18:56, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > >>> > >>>> As a last desperate attempt I completely removed firefox-esr and > >>>> reinstalled it. I opened it up and the first game actually came > >>>> up. But the next two games again stated that I needed flash. So > >>>> I shut down thinking that firefox had a problem and restarted it > >>>> and none of the games will run. I am at a complete loss. What > >>>> the hell could be going on? > >>> What does about:plugins report for Flash? > >>> > >>> I also have a niggling idea related to the Firefox > >>> click-to-activate model and the sometimes-missable "doorhanger" > >>> drop-down prompt related to that model, but I'm not sure how to > >>> express the question about that much less how to recommend > >>> checking into it. > >>> > >> The plugin says it is not there. All the others are there except > >> for flash. It has to be something with where libflashplayer.so is > >> but I have no idea where to start? I am seriously considering > >> going to a different distro. I really hate that idea but this is > >> just to damn much for me to figure out. At 67 I just want to > >> browse and play my damn games. > > Just install the flash plugin manually. That's what I do and have > > done so since I started using Linux 15+ years ago. > > > > In firefox-esr, go to www.adobe.com. Make sure that's all that's in > > the URL. (It may take you to the Adobe Cloud app page.) Toward the > > bottom of the page, right hand side, you should see listed Adobe > > Reader, Flash Player, etc. Click Flash Player and you should be > > taken to the Download Page. The OS should say Linux, if not change > > it to. The player version should be 26.something. Using the Type > > dropdown menu, select tar.gz. NOT .DEB! Click Download. Don't do > > any of the following "install" steps. This is a manaul install, > > remember. Plus, the auto-install never worked for me. Check if > > the download suceeded. Depending on how you've got firefox-esr > > configured, the file should be in Downloads in your home directory > > or possibly on your Desktop. Using a file manager, exact the > > tar.gz file to the same place it was downloaded. The only file you > > need be concerned with is libflashplayer.so As root, using a > > terminal (or if your filemanager is able to switch to root > > priviledge), copy libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ > > > > Restart firefox-esr, do the about:plugin thing and see if > > FlashPlayer is there and enabled. Also, by entering about: in the > > URL line, see if firefox-esr version is 52.2.something. That's the > > lastest version of esr. > > > > > > Test if it works with your game sites, etc. > Thank you, Patrick! You would not believe how much time I have wasted > trying to install this thing (hmm... maybe you would). Manual > installation rocks and it works for Jessie and FF 45.9.0. You're welcome. The manual install method was originally the only way to get the Flash plugin installed in Linux. Later when some distros offered auto install, they were problematical (or didn't work at all), created new directories, symlinks all over the place, etc. Even when Adobe created the install page on their web site, I was never able to get it to work. I'll stick with manual than you very much. FYI: just manually installed in both Wheezy and Stretch the latest Flash Player plugin (26.0.0.131) to run in Firefox-esr 52.2.0, the most current version. All working just fine. B
