[GRLUG] Ubuntu Firefox/Flash problems

[Ben Rousch]

Not to nitpick, but i think the last command in your script needs to be:

sudo update-flashplugin


On Friday 22 September 2006 09:38, Nathan Drier wrote:
> Hey,
> New to GRLUG,  just found you guys a few days ago.  so HI!!
>
> I had a similar problem upgrading to edgy.
> Mine worked with a simple:
>
> sudo apt-get remove mozilla-firefox flashplugin-nonfree
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox
> sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
> sudo update flashplugin
>
> so basically I had to remove both firefox and flash.  Im pretty sure you
> can remove firefox without losing any of your bookmarks or settings.
>
> Good luck
> Nate
>
> On 9/21/06, Kyle Smith <kylewesleysmith at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm not having a problem with sound, that works fine. It's just on
> > YouTube that I have this problem. Could it have anything to do with me
> > using the nvidia driver instead of the nv driver?
> >
> > On 9/21/06, Ben Rousch <brousch at orthicomp.com> wrote:
> > > I would suggest the Flash Troubleshooting section here:
> >
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats#head-f375cba46014e861
> >cd5ec7643bd7c4ef05acff2b
> >
> > > On Thursday 21 September 2006 20:38, Kyle Smith wrote:
> > > > I upgraded to Ubuntu Dapper a few weeks ago, and now when I try to
> > > > watch video on YouTube, my browser freezes. So far YouTube is the
> > > > only site I've had problems with. I've tried reinstalling the nonfree
> > > > Flash plugin, and the problem persists.
> > > >
> > > > Firefox 1.5.0.5
> > > > I'm not sure what version of Flash I have, but I assume it's the
> > > > latest verion from the Ubuntu repositories.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone know what I can do to fix this?
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