Launchpad has imported 4 comments from the remote bug at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=995003.
If you reply to an imported comment from within Launchpad, your comment will be sent to the remote bug automatically. Read more about Launchpad's inter-bugtracker facilities at https://help.launchpad.net/InterBugTracking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2014-04-10T23:46:16+00:00 Zen75502 wrote: User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0 (Beta/Release) Build ID: 20140314220517 Steps to reproduce: I attempted to run a Shockwave Flash file in-browser using a file:// URL in the current official Mozilla Firefox x86-64 version 28 binary, running on a Debian GNU/Linux jessie (testing) system. I have version 11.2 r202 of the Flash player installed. Actual results: Firefox presented me with the Opening (filename) dialog box that asks whether I want to Open the file in an external viewer or Save the file to my Downloads directory, as if I had accessed a file type Firefox doesn't know how to handle. Disabling all of my Extensions had no effect on this misbehaviour. Expected results: Firefox should have activated the Flash plugin to play the SWF file, in the same way that it does when I access an SWF file via an http or https URL, and in the same way that the Debian wheezy (stable) build of Iceweasel does. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1335388/comments/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2014-04-14T16:44:19+00:00 Madamezou wrote: [bugday-20140414] Hi, thanks for taking time to report a problem! I was able to reproduce this behavior with Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0 ID:20140409030203 CSet: 5811efc11011 on Debian Sid with Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202. I'm not sure if this is done by design or not, though. My about:preferences Application tab correctly associate the swf format with Shockwave Flash plugin. If that can be of use, Chromium Version 33.0.1750.152 Debian jessie/sid (256984) as well cannot open a swf local file in-browser without asking first for the application to use. Also: Firefox does open directly without asking local video files of other formats, for instance .webm Component → File Handling Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1335388/comments/1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2014-04-29T15:55:50+00:00 Zen75502 wrote: Still present in Firefox 29. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1335388/comments/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2014-04-29T16:17:38+00:00 Zen75502 wrote: While eagerly awaiting a proper fix, I've identified a tolerable workaround: For each SWF file you want to run locally, write a stub HTML file like the following: <object height="AAA" width="BBB"> <embed src="file:///local/path/to/file.swf" height="AAA" width="BBB"> </embed> </object> (replacing AAA and BBB with the dimensions you want it to have) and load the stub HTML file instead of the SWF file. Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1335388/comments/3 ** Changed in: firefox Status: Unknown => Confirmed ** Changed in: firefox Importance: Unknown => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335388 Title: Firefox 30 does not play flash files Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: New Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After upgrading to Xubuntu 14.04 I cannot play local swf files int Firefox any more. Was OK in 13.10. I get the window "You have chosen to open: xxx.swf which is: Shockwave Flash file (yyyMB) from: /home/... What should Firefox do with this file? - Open with (Parole/Other...) - Save File Do this automatically... Reinstalling 14.04 completely (and installing flashplugin-installer) and creating a new user does not help. Of course this works well with flash embedded in html pages. In Firefox, there are 2 entries in the applications menu, one for"shockwave flash files" and the other for "SWF", as described in https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/995797. I cannot link the action "Use shockwave flash (in Firefox)" to the type "shockwave flash files" as it is for "SWF file". ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: firefox 30.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.54-generic 3.13.11.2 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic i686 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: malaise 2839 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20140608211132 Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Jun 28 09:16:51 2014 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback IncompatibleExtensions: English (South Africa) Language Pack - [email protected] English (GB) Language Pack - [email protected] Default - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd} InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-15 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.2) IpRoute: default via 192.168.0.254 dev wlan0 proto static 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.5 metric 9 Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so PrefSources: prefs.js [Profile]/extensions/{b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}/defaults/preferences/prefs-dwhelper.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=30.0/20140608211132 (In use) RunningIncompatibleAddons: True SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/02/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: H0ET94WW (2.54 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 3259CGG dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrH0ET94WW(2.54):bd08/02/2013:svnLENOVO:pn3259CGG:pvrThinkPadEdgeE530:rvnLENOVO:rn3259CGG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 3259CGG dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge E530 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1335388/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
