the flashplayer is owned by Youtube. I think that it can't be installed by default because of copyright issues, bu twhat do I know... please correct me if Im wrong...
On 26 Sep, 22:36, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I could find "flashplugin-nonfree" in Synaptic, and it wasn't > installed. After installing it YouTube works. > > I still think it is a mistake not installing it per default, as many > first time users are bound to struggle with this. > The first gOS was lamented for having the same problem. > > Here are the steps to install the flash-player, DO NOT FOLLOW THE > INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUTUBE! > > (the steps below might not be what you see literally, as I'm using a > non English version of gOS., but it should be close) > > * Open System preferences>management and start Synaptic packet- > management. > > * Enter your password. > > * Click on the top left "reload" button to make sure gOS uses the > latest available packages > > * Click on the search button and enter "adobe flashplugin" > > * Synaptic should find "flashplugin-nonfree" > > * Right-click on the box in front of it, and choose "mark for install" > > * now click on the "execute" button, the middle button of the five > starting with reload and ending with search > > Now synaptic should install the flash-plugin, and afterwards you > should be able to watch youtube movies. > > On 26 sep, 16:41, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The player -should- have been installed per default, as in the beta, > > but Ill check in Synaptic when I get a chance. > > > On 26 sep, 11:24, xenu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Do you have flash player installed? My new installation did not > > > contain flash player and I had to install it. > > > > On Sep 26, 3:15 am, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Oh, after I installed, (which wasn't that easy, I had to manually > > > > remove all existing partitions -and- reboot afterwards, or the install > > > > would fail, and when it finally worked it still gave errors while > > > > removing packages) I got an automatic upgrade. 102 Upgrades, and over > > > > 100MB! So I had a little hope it would fix this problem, but > > > > unfortunately it didn't! > > > > > Still no YouTube.... > > > > > On 26 sep, 03:00, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > In the beta YouTube worked fine, but unfortunately not in the final > > > > > version! > > > > > Why, and what is the easiest way to fix this... > > > > > > <sigh> This time the launcher DOES work, only YouTube itself doesn't. > > > > > From gOS 1.0t on, gOS always seems to have -some- problem with > > > > > YouTube. Its seems to suffer from one of murphy's laws, in particular > > > > > the "conservation of problems" law. > > > > > > I know better than to follow the advise YouTube is giving me, on the > > > > > page, that is to "download a newer version of Adobe flash player", but > > > > > this time Firefox does not pop up a "quick fix", and javascript is > > > > > already on (Edit>preferences>Content) so what should I do ???? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
