Updates I applied today...

[bowlkook]

Broke Flash.

I'm guessing flashplugin-nonfree (1:1.8-1) to 1:2.7 may have done it...

Anyway, I just ln -s /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and restarted FF. All is well!

[Jimmy Johnson]

Sorry to hear that, the upgrade did not cause me any problems.

It broke mine, as well.

[m_pav]

@ Jimmy, are you running 64-bit?

Broke mine too, both the laptop and the wifes desktop.

Here's a script that fixes it, same as above, but possibly easier for newbies.

copy the text below into anew blank text file, save it with a name like fixflash.sh, right click it, click the executable box, then run it from a terminal.

Another option is to just open a konsole window, then select the last 2 lines and drag them into the konsole window, type in your root password and restart firefox, easy peasy.

#!/bin/sh

# repair broken flashplayer link after upgrade in 64-bit Mepis

su -c "cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
ln -s /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so libflash"

Mike P

[Jimmy Johnson]

Originally Posted by m_pav

@ Jimmy, are you running 64-bit?[/code]Mike P

Yes..

[mepnoob2005]

Originally Posted by m_pav

@ Jimmy, are you running 64-bit?

Broke mine too, both the laptop and the wifes desktop.

Here's a script that fixes it, same as above, but possibly easier for newbies.


Another option is to just open a konsole window, then select the last 2 lines and drag them into the konsole window, type in your root password and restart firefox, easy peasy.

#!/bin/sh

# repair broken flashplayer link after upgrade in 64-bit Mepis

su -c "cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
ln -s /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so libflash"

Mike P

It broke mine also. I didn't realize it broke until today. It worked(flash) before I rebooted then it did not work. I fixed it using the last two lines from your method. It worked great! Thanks!

[carlops]

Has anyone reported this to Warren?

[vampirefo]

I don't have flashplugin-nonfree installed, removed it a long time ago and just use flash from http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

[Adrian]

This might be easier for newbies... just copy and paste in konsole and press enter

cat > fixflash.sh << "EOF"
#!/bin/sh

# repair broken flashplayer link after upgrade in 64-bit Mepis

su -c "cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
ln -s /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so libflash"
EOF
chmod +x fixflash.sh
./fixflash.sh

[kmathern]

I've had no problem with the flash update but I'm curious about the symlinks

On my 32bit M8.0.10 using flashplugin-nonfree the symlinks are:

/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so > /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so > /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so

If I use the flashplayer-mozilla package for flash instead of flashplugin-nonfree the symlinks are:

/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flash-mozilla.so > /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so > /usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so

The symlink in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins remains the same still pointing to /etc/alternatives/flash-mozilla.so

It looks like the flash plugin has been set up to be part of the Debian alternatives system so should there be a direct symlink from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins to the libflashplayer.so file at /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree (or /usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla) ?

Since flash-mozilla.so is set up as a Debian alternative you could probably use the command below to fix the flash plugin symlink

su -c 'update-alternatives --set flash-mozilla.so /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so'