Firefox is complaining about flash not being up to date. I believe i have the latest of both.
dnf list installed | grep -e firefox -e flash-plugin firefox.x86_64 52.0-6.fc25 @updates flash-plugin.x86_64 25.0.0.127-release @adobe-linux-x86_64
Is FireFox complaining, or are you getting that error when you navigate to a website?
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Terry Polzin foxec208@gmail.com wrote:
Firefox is complaining about flash not being up to date. I believe i have the latest of both.
dnf list installed | grep -e firefox -e flash-plugin firefox.x86_64 52.0-6.fc25 @updates flash-plugin.x86_64 25.0.0.127-release @adobe-linux-x86_64
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On 03/28/2017 09:07 AM, Terry Polzin wrote:
Firefox is complaining about flash not being up to date. I believe i have the latest of both.
dnf list installed | grep -e firefox -e flash-plugin firefox.x86_64 52.0-6.fc25 @updates flash-plugin.x86_64 25.0.0.127-release @adobe-linux-x86_64
If you updated and not restarted Firefox, it will complain. You have to restart Firefox after each new flash-plugin update.
I *hate* that...
No, further research shows me it's Firefox and its' API
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
On 03/28/2017 09:07 AM, Terry Polzin wrote:
Firefox is complaining about flash not being up to date. I believe i have the latest of both.
dnf list installed | grep -e firefox -e flash-plugin firefox.x86_64 52.0-6.fc25 @updates flash-plugin.x86_64 25.0.0.127-release @adobe-linux-x86_64
If you updated and not restarted Firefox, it will complain. You have to restart Firefox after each new flash-plugin update.
I *hate* that...
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I keep hitting this issue, too.. The problem happens when you dnf update flash-plugin while firefox is running. Firefox writes its cache of plugin info, pluginreg.dat, on quit -- but it uses the in-memory info to do that. In the case above, the old version number is written to the cache file.
To fix the problem, remove your pluginreg.dat file from ~/.mozilla/firefox/PROFILE.DIR/ (PROFILE.DIR is different on each system)
HTH
On 03/28/2017 07:52 AM, Terry Polzin wrote:
No, further research shows me it's Firefox and its' API
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@htt-consult.com mailto:rgm@htt-consult.com> wrote:
On 03/28/2017 09:07 AM, Terry Polzin wrote: Firefox is complaining about flash not being up to date. I believe i have the latest of both. dnf list installed | grep -e firefox -e flash-plugin firefox.x86_64 52.0-6.fc25 @updates flash-plugin.x86_64 25.0.0.127-release @adobe-linux-x86_64 If you updated and not restarted Firefox, it will complain. You have to restart Firefox after each new flash-plugin update. I *hate* that... _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org <mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org <mailto:users-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org>
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On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 09:03:47AM -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote:
I keep hitting this issue, too.. The problem happens when you dnf update flash-plugin while firefox is running. Firefox writes its cache of plugin info, pluginreg.dat, on quit -- but it uses the in-memory info to do that. In the case above, the old version number is written to the cache file. To fix the problem, remove your pluginreg.dat file from ~/.mozilla/firefox/PROFILE.DIR/ (PROFILE.DIR is different on each system)
that sounds like the issue Ive been having for more-or-less ever. My "solution" has been to download the new plugin RPM, exit firefox, yum install the plugin then restart firefox. Nothing else I've tried has worked, but I didn't know to try what you suggest.
Fred
HTH On 03/28/2017 07:52 AM, Terry Polzin wrote:
No, further research shows me it's Firefox and its' API
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Robert Moskowitz <[1]rgm@htt-consult.com> wrote:
On 03/28/2017 09:07 AM, Terry Polzin wrote:
Firefox is complaining about flash not being up to date. I believe i have the latest of both. dnf list installed | grep -e firefox -e flash-plugin firefox.x86_64 52.0-6.fc25 @updates flash-plugin.x86_64 25.0.0.127-release @adobe-linux-x86_64 If you updated and not restarted Firefox, it will complain. You have to restart Firefox after each new flash-plugin update. I *hate* that...
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Den 2017-03-29 kl. 18:38, skrev Fred Smith:
On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 09:03:47AM -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote:
I keep hitting this issue, too..
...
Fred
HTH On 03/28/2017 07:52 AM, Terry Polzin wrote:
No, further research shows me it's Firefox and its' API
...
I found following URL and did what it describe:
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-adobe-flash-player-on-fedora-linux-wi...
Then I get always the latest update of "flash-plugin" with no problem :-)
On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 09:03:47 -0700 Konstantin Svist fry.kun@gmail.com wrote:
I keep hitting this issue, too.. The problem happens when you dnf update flash-plugin while firefox is running. Firefox writes its cache of plugin info, pluginreg.dat, on quit -- but it uses the in-memory info to do that. In the case above, the old version number is written to the cache file.
To fix the problem, remove your pluginreg.dat file from ~/.mozilla/firefox/PROFILE.DIR/ (PROFILE.DIR is different on each system)
Thanks for this. I didn't even know I had the problem. I use the freshplugin solution described in response 1 at this link for flash. https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/10217/sticky-how-do-i-install-adob... I never see complaints about missing the latest version, but it also didn't use the latest version when I installed it (looking in about:plugins). As soon as I used your solution, it showed that it picked up the latest version.
That said, I don't think I actually need flash that much anymore (a good thing, given its security history). The videos I view on the web seem to be webm or mp4. And next year, when mpg is completely off patent, maybe that will become the defacto standard for low quality web video, further sidelining flash.