On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 18:26:32 -0700, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Gary Stainburn
<gary.stainburn(a)ringways.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> I've followed the instructions to install the flash plugin by downloading the
> YUM version and then installing the RPM. I got no errors when doing any of
> this. However, flash still does not work in Firefox. If I do
'about:plugins'
> it isn't listed.
>
> Any suggestions on what to try next. All I'm getting from Google is variations
> of the same instructions I've already done.
<snip output>
You have the 32-bit version of the Flash Player installed on a 64-bit
system. 64-bit Firefox cannot use 32-bit NPAPI plugins. This might
have happened if you downloaded the "adobe-release" RPM on a 32-bit
system or you used an old download from a different system.
Does "nspluginwrapper.i686" still work with the Flash plugin on x86_64?
$ yum search wrapper firefox|grep 86
nspluginwrapper.i686 : A compatibility layer for Netscape 4 plugins
It used to be the only way to get Adobe's Flash Player for x86_64 when
they didn't ship a build for x86_64. Installing the wrapper will pull in
other i686 packages as dependencies, but that's not a problem for many
users.
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