[K12OSN] Flash in ver 5 vs. 4.4.2

[Gideon Romm]

Before you roll back, try this (as root):

       mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/
       ln -s /etc/X11/fs/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config

And close firefox and reopen.  This trick *only* works with the nonfree
Macromedia flash plugin.  Not the GPL version.

HTH,

-Gideon

On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 14:58 -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> What happens if you download firefox 1.5.0.6 and flash 7.0.68 onto the
> v.4.4.2 system?
> 
> I see the same issue and am suspecting fonts. Firefox 1.5.0.6 and flash
> 7.0.63.
> 
> That said, I have font issues with stock Fedora builds of firefox with
> MathML pages. MathML needs -xsf compiled in and Fedora doesn't do it.
> 
> On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 14:42 -0400, William Fragakis wrote:
> > We've had a couple of issues with Flash sites not working in K12LTSP ver
> > 5 that previously worked in ver. 4.4.2. Usually, it's text not appearing
> > in text boxes, buttons, etc. 
> > 
> > Has anyone experienced something similar? Any thoughts on likely
> > candidates for rollback? Some sites we like to use are affected.
> > 
> > here's a test site:
> > http://www.noella.uoregon.edu/noella/do/freechecklab
> > 
> > the button displays "run" and the text box the results of the test in
> > 4.4.2 (firefox 1.07/flash 7.0.61) displays but it doesn't in ver. 5
> > (firefox 1.5.0.6/ flash 7.0.68)
> > 
> > regards,
> > William Fragakis
> > morrisbrandon.com
> > 
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