[arch-general] Firefox showing flashplugin as outdated although it's not
For the last few days, firefox started showing the following message when trying to run flash content: "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from running on ..." I'm running a fully updated os and the package doesn't seem outdated, so I think it's a problem with firefox reading the flash plugin version wrong. Packages: ➜ pacman -Q flashplugin firefox flashplugin 11.2.202.425-1 firefox 34.0.5-1 About:plugins information Shockwave FlashFile: libflashplayer.soPath: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.soVersion: 11.2.202.424State: Enabled (STATE_VULNERABLE_UPDATE_AVAILABLE)Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202MIME Type DescriptionSuffixesapplication/x-shockwave-flashShockwave Flashswf application/futuresplashFutureSplash Playerspl Have any of you experienced a similar issue? Thanks. -- # Marcos
I've had exactly this issue; however, when I click on 'update plugin' within firefox, it declares the plugin up-to-date (giving the correct version). On Sun, 14 Dec 2014, Marcos Sánchez wrote:
For the last few days, firefox started showing the following message when trying to run flash content:
"Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from running on ..."
I'm running a fully updated os and the package doesn't seem outdated, so I think it's a problem with firefox reading the flash plugin version wrong.
Packages:
➜ pacman -Q flashplugin firefox flashplugin 11.2.202.425-1 firefox 34.0.5-1
About:plugins information Shockwave FlashFile: libflashplayer.soPath: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.soVersion: 11.2.202.424State: Enabled (STATE_VULNERABLE_UPDATE_AVAILABLE)Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202MIME Type DescriptionSuffixesapplication/x-shockwave-flashShockwave Flashswf application/futuresplashFutureSplash Playerspl
Have any of you experienced a similar issue?
Thanks.
-- # Marcos
-- Scott Lawrence Linux baidar 3.17.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 7 23:43:32 UTC 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Marcos Sánchez <marcosdsanchez@gmail.com> wrote:
For the last few days, firefox started showing the following message when trying to run flash content:
Have any of you experienced a similar issue?
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Karol Blazewicz <karol.blazewicz@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Marcos Sánchez <marcosdsanchez@gmail.com> wrote:
For the last few days, firefox started showing the following message when trying to run flash content:
Have any of you experienced a similar issue?
Well, the same happened with the mono plugin moonlight. It was unmaintained and left by deverlopers, and the solution before one decided to drop it was to reintall the plugin after firefox has done its check on updates. That had to be done every time firefox got updated. By definition flashplugin is stuck in an old outdated version (which is perhaps what firefox complains about): https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/browser_plugins#Adobe_Flash_Player https://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/adobe-and-google-partnering-for-... As such, and there are many things depending on flash still, one alternative is freshplayerplugin-git (from AUR) combined with chromium-pepper-flash (from AUR), and firefox has no problems with them. Notice freshplayerplugin is also available, but seemed orphaned: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/chromium-pepper-flash https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/freshplayerplugin https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/freshplayerplugin-git -- Javier.
I got that message too, so I updated to the next minor version (424-->425) and restarted Firefox. All was well with the world. :) Mozilla's plugin check reported it as up-to-date even beforehand, for some odd reason. Make sure you restarted the browser. Otherwise it will still be using .424 -- Eli Schwartz
I was already on 425 (and restarting firefox didn't help), so I uninstalled, restarted firefox, then closed firefox, reinstalled, and when I started firefox the next time it was fixed. Thanks, On Sun, 14 Dec 2014, Eli Schwartz wrote:
I got that message too, so I updated to the next minor version (424-->425) and restarted Firefox. All was well with the world. :)
Mozilla's plugin check reported it as up-to-date even beforehand, for some odd reason.
Make sure you restarted the browser. Otherwise it will still be using .424
-- Eli Schwartz
-- Scott Lawrence Linux baidar 3.17.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 7 23:43:32 UTC 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Le dimanche 14 décembre 2014, 20:02:04 Marcos Sánchez a écrit :
For the last few days, firefox started showing the following message when trying to run flash content:
"Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from running on ..."
I'm running a fully updated os and the package doesn't seem outdated, so I think it's a problem with firefox reading the flash plugin version wrong.
Packages:
➜ pacman -Q flashplugin firefox flashplugin 11.2.202.425-1 firefox 34.0.5-1
About:plugins information Shockwave FlashFile: libflashplayer.soPath: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.soVersion: 11.2.202.424State: Enabled (STATE_VULNERABLE_UPDATE_AVAILABLE)Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202MIME Type DescriptionSuffixesapplication/x-shockwave-flashShockwave Flashswf application/futuresplashFutureSplash Playerspl
Have any of you experienced a similar issue?
Thanks.
You need to remove pluginreg.dat file https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1109795#c16 -- Laurent Carlier http://www.archlinux.org
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Laurent Carlier <lordheavym@gmail.com> wrote:
Le dimanche 14 décembre 2014, 20:02:04 Marcos Sánchez a écrit :
For the last few days, firefox started showing the following message when trying to run flash content:
"Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from running on ..."
I'm running a fully updated os and the package doesn't seem outdated, so I think it's a problem with firefox reading the flash plugin version wrong.
Packages:
➜ pacman -Q flashplugin firefox flashplugin 11.2.202.425-1 firefox 34.0.5-1
About:plugins information Shockwave FlashFile: libflashplayer.soPath: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.soVersion: 11.2.202.424State: Enabled (STATE_VULNERABLE_UPDATE_AVAILABLE)Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202MIME Type DescriptionSuffixesapplication/x-shockwave-flashShockwave Flashswf application/futuresplashFutureSplash Playerspl
Have any of you experienced a similar issue?
Thanks.
You need to remove pluginreg.dat file
I confirm that removing this file works. Thanks guys.
-- Laurent Carlier http://www.archlinux.org
-- # Marcos
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Eli Schwartz
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Javier Vasquez
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Karol Blazewicz
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Laurent Carlier
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Marcos Sánchez
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Scott Lawrence