[NTLUG:Discuss] Firefox/Flash died on upgrade/install

[Leroy Tennison]

Stephen Davidson wrote:
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> Greetings.
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> Installing OpenSuSE 10.3.  Flash won't work in firefox.  Tried;
> sda64:/usr/lib64/firefox/plugins # ln -s
> /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so
> sda64:/usr/lib64/firefox/plugins # nspluginwrapper -i
> /usr/lib64/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
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> Ok, now says installed, but won't work.  Get controls for a few seconds,
> then video finishes loading, controls go away, and I get a blank screen.
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> Suggestions on where to look?  Blank screen not helpful on system.
> 
> - -Steve
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One idea I've found helpful if it can be done in this case: launch the 
problem program from a shell.  What I've discovered is that there are 
times when the shell will display messages which are not displayed from 
a GUI launch.  Sometimes these messages point to the problem.