A New fedora user question

[Robin Laing]

Jeff Maxwell wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 19:05 -0800, Richard England wrote:
>> Tim wrote:
>>> Tim:
>>>   
>>>>> How did you install them to get more than one?  I've not struck that
>>>>> problem.  I installed the Flash player using the Adobe RPM, and update
>>>>> it with "yum update", along with everything else.
>>>>>       
>>>
>>> Richard England:
>>>   
>>>> That's a question I wish I knew the answer to.  I've suspected that it 
>>>> may have been drug along during and update but I'm certain.  To the best 
>>>> of my recollection, however, I simply installed two versions from Adobe. 
>>>> I have also wondered if they changed to install location but I've spent 
>>>> no time investigating.
>>>>     
>>> Was your system a fresh install, or did you update one version of Fedora
>>> to the next over the top?  Mine was a fresh install.  Over-the-top
>>> installs sometimes make a mess of things.
>>>
> Well, I have a fresh install of Fedora 9 and when I've accessed a WEB
> page requesting Adobe Flash, I followed the instructions to install it.
> After installation, Fire Fox plug-ins still do not register that Adobe
> Flash is installed.  If I attempt to install it a second time, I have
> the message saying it is installed.  I may be naive, but it seems to me
> that during the install (either rpm or yum) that some element did not
> get moved into the Fire Fox plug-in directory.  Therefore, Fire Fox does
> not know that it exists on the system.  Any help to address this would
> be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jeff Maxwell
>>>   

I don't know if this will fix your problem but have you run this script?
   mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v

It registers the plugins from what I have found out.  I am still trying 
to get my flash to play on F8 on a 64 bit system.  The plugin is 
recognized and in the about:plugins but just doesn't work.  I just need 
time.


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