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Hi folks,
I have been wrestling with a dubious Adobe Flash Player which appears to be very selective about the images my machine will display. Looking at the pre-logon page I see that the image at the top of wires and things is always present whereas that of Jeremy and the tennis is always a black rectangle. i also note that a right click on it says Adobe 9, presently mine is 10.0.27.87-2 (the currently most recent).
Can someone who knows about these things can give me what is different about these images?
colintivy
I have been wrestling with a dubious Adobe Flash Player which appears to be very selective about the images my machine will display. Looking at the pre-logon page I see that the image at the top of wires and things is always present whereas that of Jeremy and the tennis is always a black rectangle. i also note that a right click on it says Adobe 9, presently mine is 10.0.27.87-2 (the currently most recent).
Can someone who knows about these things can give me what is different about these images?
colintivy
Hi jelv,
Just got back to keyboard. Social activities intervened!
Link says 9.0.159.0, which is odd because Synaptic says 10.0 22.87-2, just rechecked. Shall I try to update via Adobe? or will this confuse Synaptic?
colintivy
Just got back to keyboard. Social activities intervened!
Link says 9.0.159.0, which is odd because Synaptic says 10.0 22.87-2, just rechecked. Shall I try to update via Adobe? or will this confuse Synaptic?
colintivy
Hi Waldo,
Thanks for that, I am using Hardy as my profile reveals. I am slightly mystified, being a newbie.
Synaptic only shows 10.0.22.87-2 as installed. What you say must be the problem but, with only the one listed, presumably that is the one that will be got rid of within that facility. Where would I look to uninstall the earlier version?? Do you also think that the old version is the reason why some images do not display?
colintivy
Thanks for that, I am using Hardy as my profile reveals. I am slightly mystified, being a newbie.
Synaptic only shows 10.0.22.87-2 as installed. What you say must be the problem but, with only the one listed, presumably that is the one that will be got rid of within that facility. Where would I look to uninstall the earlier version?? Do you also think that the old version is the reason why some images do not display?
colintivy
Quote from: colintivy I am slightly mystified, being a newbie.
You're one up on me; I was hugely mystified as a newbie - sometimes only less so now....
Quote Synaptic only shows 10.0.22.87-2 as installed. What you say must be the problem but, with only the one listed, presumably that is the one that will be got rid of within that facility. Where would I look to uninstall the earlier version??
Have you ever installed it by means other than a package using apt/synaptic?
Does the output from the following commands match what I get?
# locate libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
# ls -l /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin
total 9872
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10089232 2009-02-24 19:37 libflashplayer.so
# ls -l /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2009-07-21 20:03 /etc/alternatives/mozilla-flashplugin -> /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
# update-alternatives --list mozilla-flashplugin
/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
Quote Do you also think that the old version is the reason why some images do not display?
Dunno. Could be. Maybe.
Hi Waldo,
Thanks for all that, I will try to get down to it when time permits. There is a historic proverb concerning the amount of time that was needed to go to work before retirement! Mine is often in the minus quantity. I am afraid that we have got a bit off thread but am grateful that we have not been Moderated elsewhere so far. It did start with a query about the late front page images. I will have to sort out a current set for comparison but the original was both relevant and of PN construction.
colin
Thanks for all that, I will try to get down to it when time permits. There is a historic proverb concerning the amount of time that was needed to go to work before retirement! Mine is often in the minus quantity. I am afraid that we have got a bit off thread but am grateful that we have not been Moderated elsewhere so far. It did start with a query about the late front page images. I will have to sort out a current set for comparison but the original was both relevant and of PN construction.
colin