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Topic: Flash is doing weird things, Flash doesn't want to install

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PDG1

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Posted: Jan. 22 2007,20:40

Hey, I'm running a 3.0.1 DSL live CD
or at least i think it's 3.0.1...
any ways... I normally just Install Flash using firefox when i need it but these days that doesn't work.

In fact... nothing is working. I simply can't figure out how to view flash content on this machine.
I didn't change any settings.. obviously since i'm using a live CD
and I didn't install new hardware even though i doubt that it would have a big impact.

I looked through the forum and found nothing on my problem... am I unique?

Rock on
~Ryan

mikshaw

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Posted: Jan. 23 2007,01:37

It may be due to the recent release of Flash player version 9 for Linux. This version apparently requires Gtk2 for some silly reason, so it doesn't seem to work in a DSL basic system.

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roberts

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Posted: Jan. 23 2007,02:31

Here is a site still offering Flash Version 7 plugin
Better grab a copy and save it.

PDG1

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Posted: Jan. 23 2007,03:23

oh... so the firefox "install missing plug-ins" thing installs Flash 9...
I thought it was still in beta.
And I've yet to see anything that did something that Flash 7 couldn't anyways
lol, maybe I'm just not on the right web sites

and why on Earth would it need Gtk2 now?

Thanks for the help
I'll just put the plugin up on my Box account or something

Rock on
~Ryan

mikshaw

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Posted: Jan. 23 2007,03:48

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and why on Earth would it need Gtk2 now?

From what I have read during the beta development, it seems that the Linux Flash dev team doesn't really know much about Linux development. My guess is they probably used Glade to code the damn thing =o)

Honestly, though, I'm still sitting here dumbfounded, wondering the same thing. The flash player does have a right-click menu, but apart from that there is no user interface. It's just plain laughable. The player apparently doesn't even work in Konqueror, which is probably the second or third most used browser under desktop Linux systems.

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