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

[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'

[Jimmy Johnson]

Originally Posted by m_pav

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

Yes..

[Tictman]

First sorry about the double post I didn't see this thread until already posted having the flash problem after the update today. The update broke flash in both of my M8 64 bit machines, my 32 bit machine was not effected.