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Offline Ramchu

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( SOLVED ) Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« on: May 07, 2012, 02:42:26 PM »
Today I noticed that I can't watch any youtube videos
and I also can't loop the radar image's from the National Weather Service.
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=PAH&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

I also tried it in konqueror and got the same results

I ran the PCLinux KDE Live CD and the loop image at the National weather service
runs just fine.

I also booted into Win XP and went to the site and the lop image works and I can also watch YouTube videos.

I haven't the slightest idea what happened nor how to fix it.

Any and all help is appreciated !

EDIT : I also have all add on's disabled in firefox
« Last Edit: May 07, 2012, 06:06:45 PM by Ramchu »
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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2012, 02:53:46 PM »
Quote from: Ramchu on May 07, 2012, 02:42:26 PM
Today I noticed that I can't watch any youtube videos
and I also can't loop the radar image's from the National Weather Service.
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=PAH&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

I also tried it in konqueror and got the same results

I ran the PCLinux KDE Live CD and the loop image at the National weather service
runs just fine.

I also booted into Win XP and went to the site and the lop image works and I can also watch YouTube videos.

I haven't the slightest idea what happened nor how to fix it.

Any and all help is appreciated !

EDIT : I also have all add on's disabled in firefox


Check   Synaptic -> File -> History about recent updates ...
recent updates included nvidia-current, fglrx, flash-player-plugin ...

which video driver are you using ?
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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2012, 03:31:50 PM »
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Check   Synaptic -> File -> History about recent updates ...
recent updates included nvidia-current, fglrx, flash-player-plugin ...

which video driver are you using ?

Where do I find which video driver ?

all it says in configure your computer is Nvidia Current
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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2012, 03:37:50 PM »
Quote from: Ramchu on May 07, 2012, 03:31:50 PM
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Check   Synaptic -> File -> History about recent updates ...
recent updates included nvidia-current, fglrx, flash-player-plugin ...

which video driver are you using ?

Where do I find which video driver ?

all it says in configure your computer is Nvidia Current

I'm using firefox-12.0, nvidia-current-295.49, and flash-player-plugin-11.2.202.235 ... all is working fine here, including your link to NWS ...

try to create a new user, log in as new user, and test firefox again ...
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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2012, 03:47:23 PM »
Created a new user and it still doesn't work.
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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2012, 03:51:18 PM »
Quote from: Ramchu on May 07, 2012, 03:47:23 PM
Created a new user and it still doesn't work.

well  :D ... not really, but at least we know it is not settings related ;)

when you say "can't watch" ... what do you get really ? a black window ?
try to launch firefox from a console terminal ... any message ?
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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2012, 04:04:38 PM »
Quote from: AS on May 07, 2012, 03:51:18 PM


well  :D ... not really, but at least we know it is not settings related ;)

when you say "can't watch" ... what do you get really ? a black window ?
try to launch firefox from a console terminal ... any message ?


Launched firefox from a terminal and all it did was launch - no error messages of any kind.

Here is a screen shot of YouTube

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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2012, 04:19:30 PM »
Hi, just found your post I have a similar problem  see    http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,105229.msg898730.html#msg898730
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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2012, 05:20:59 PM »
If it wasn't that it is all working on my system, I would say that it is an issue due to flash-player-plugin ... because it is component used from both firefox and konqueror .... did you tried to reinstall it ?
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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2012, 05:44:17 PM »
Maybe this does fix it?

http://i.minus.com/1336519626/j0MdUORJ8rpiybKA0nsgdw/dZO4qFjg10Tdu.rpm

It's is the previous flash-player-plugin.

Howto:

Download the  Flash-player-plugin.
Remove the actual flash-player-plugin with  synaptic.
Start konsole  and su to root.
Go to the folder where it's downloaded.

Type rpm -Uvh flash-player-plugin-11.1.102.62-1pclos2012.i586.rpm

Test it!!

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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2012, 06:05:26 PM »
Quote from: JohnW_57 on May 07, 2012, 05:44:17 PM
Maybe this does fix it?

http://i.minus.com/1336519626/j0MdUORJ8rpiybKA0nsgdw/dZO4qFjg10Tdu.rpm

It's is the previous flash-player-plugin.

Howto:

Download the  Flash-player-plugin.
Remove the actual flash-player-plugin with  synaptic.
Start konsole  and su to root.
Go to the folder where it's downloaded.

Type rpm -Uvh flash-player-plugin-11.1.102.62-1pclos2012.i586.rpm

Test it!!

JohnW




That Fixed it ! ! !

Thank You !

Now how do I pin the latest flash player plugin so that it does not update ?
« Last Edit: May 07, 2012, 06:08:47 PM by Ramchu »
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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2012, 06:09:08 PM »
To AS:

Still have some previous rpms  like video drivers  and some other rpms to roll-back :)

Nasty habit from me??  (just kidding).

JohnW
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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2012, 06:15:05 PM »
Quote from: JohnW_57 on May 07, 2012, 06:09:08 PM
To AS:

Still have some previous rpms  like video drivers  and some other rpms to roll-back :)

Nasty habit from me??  (just kidding).

JohnW

IIRC, until this last update of flash-player-plugin, there were two previous version in repo ... guess sometimes we are out of luck  :D ;D
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Re: Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2012, 06:24:46 PM »
Quote from: Ramchu on May 07, 2012, 06:05:26 PM
Quote from: JohnW_57 on May 07, 2012, 05:44:17 PM
Maybe this does fix it?

http://i.minus.com/1336519626/j0MdUORJ8rpiybKA0nsgdw/dZO4qFjg10Tdu.rpm

It's is the previous flash-player-plugin.

Howto:

Download the  Flash-player-plugin.
Remove the actual flash-player-plugin with  synaptic.
Start konsole  and su to root.
Go to the folder where it's downloaded.

Type rpm -Uvh flash-player-plugin-11.1.102.62-1pclos2012.i586.rpm

Test it!!

JohnW




That Fixed it ! ! !

Thank You !

Now how do I pin the latest flash player plugin so that it does not update ?




http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,59692.0.html 

JohnW
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Re: ( SOLVED ) Firefox Can't play videos and other things
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2012, 01:06:02 AM »
No problem here with youtube after the latest update:
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Commit Log for Sun May  6 22:08:17 2012
Upgraded the following packages:
flash-player-plugin (11.1.102.63-1pclos2012) to 11.2.202.235-1pclos2012

Perhaps because I am still using Firefox 11?
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