[NTLUG:Discuss] Flash & Mint15

[rp8034l]

On 09/03/13 14:37, Ralph Green wrote:

> 1. I am guessing you have a 64 bit version on Mint.  the 64 bit
> version of Flash is widely reported not to work.

Stephen/Ralph:

I am successfully running Fedora 17/64-bit, kernel 3.9.10-100, Nvidia 
325.15, Flash 11.2.202.297 and Firefox 22.0-1 . This appears to be a 
fairly stable combination - better than I've seen in quite a while.

Agreed, many past combinations have been utter disasters. Root cause for 
some problems appeared to be Flash, some Firefox and others Nvidia. 
Problems were most frequently caused by Flash and/or Firefox.

Please note that recent versions of Firefox *REQUIRE* the *MOST-RECENT* 
version of Flash. Anything less was a complete and utter no-go. (My 
experience was in place of each video, Firefox substituted a gray 
plugin-crashed box. Never got to the video at all...) Above listed 
combination is not perfect, but is quite usable.


My best suggestions are:

1) Get the most current version of Firefox your distribution supports.

2) Get the MOST CURRENT version of Flash available.

3) The 32-bit versions appear slightly more stable that 64-bit versions.

4) If your video hardware is Nvidia, try the proprietary video driver.

5) If you still have problems, do a web search for "flash disable 
hardware acceleration". That was the only work around I found somewhat 
helpful in the past. (Symptom was Flash player locking up in the middle 
of a YouTube video)

6) Documentation! If/when you find a working combination, write down the 
version numbers. I frequently update my system, creating combinations of 
Flash & Firefox that don't work well together. I think often about all 
the time and trouble I could save myself if I would just write down 
those two version numbers...


Best of luck on your flash adventure!

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RichardP