2014-12-19 12:01 GMT-03:00 Alex Volkov <[email protected]>: > > Hey Marcello, > > I had the same problem with a debian system. > > You are using an outdated version of flash, you can still watch flash by > clicking on 'allow' but you should really upgrade. > > The main issue here is that, flash player is not licenced by default and > not packaged. The software that installs it on your system is called > flashplugin-nonfree, but for whatever reason package maintainers decided > not to bump its version number to force everyone to upgrade. > > You need to reinstall flashplugin-nonfree or flashplugin-installer > however it is called in ubuntu, by running "aptitude reinstall > flashplugin-nonfree" which you did. However, End-of-life of Ubuntu 12.10 > was reached on May 16 this year -- > http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2014/05/17/ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-end-of-life-reached-on-may-16-2014/ > So security repository is no longer active. > > > This is the point where I, as all other people in the list would recommend > you to upgrade to the latest Ubuntu LTS release, however if you want to > just fix this problem, keep reading. > > > Open terminal, type > $sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list > enter a password if asked > > > Comment out all lines that contain security.ubuntu.com. > > Then run aptitude updated && aptitude reinstall flashplugin-installer. > > You should be good to go. > > Alex. > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:49 AM, Chris Aitken <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I haven't posted here for years. I guess Ubuntu has been working well for >> me, so I haven't had the need. >> >> I can't play videos on the Internet. I get an error that ... >> >> "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from running on >> youtube.com." >> >> I get similar errors (that Adobe Flash needs updating) from other sites - >> fo instance trying to play videos Posted on facebook. >> >> My Firefox is 29.0 Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0 >> >> I'm running Ubuntu 12.10. >> >> I tried to install in this way ... >> >> chris@owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ sudo apt-get install >> fashplugin-nonfree >> [sudo] password for chris: >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> E: Unable to locate package fashplugin-nonfree >> chris@owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ ^C >> chris@owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ >> >> >> I thought re-installing Firefox might bring with it updates, but it seems >> I already have the latest version ... >> >> chris@owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ sudo apt-get install >> firefox >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> firefox is already the newest version. >> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer >> required: >> linux-headers-3.5.0-17 linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic suckless-tools >> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. >> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >> chris@owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ >> >> I tried the gui Synaptic Package Manager, which offered the hope that ... >> >> flashplugin-installer (version 11.2.202.359ubuntu0.12.10.1) will be >> re-installed >> >> No such luck ... >> >> W: Failed to fetch >> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/f/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplugin-installer_11.2.202.359ubuntu0.12.10.1_i386.deb >> 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80] >> >> Also, I tried Epiphany, to see if the problem is system-wide or >> browser-specific. I got similar errors trying to play videos. >> >> Sigh. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> I'm off to be soon, but I'll stay up for a little while, in case anyone >> is online. >> >> Chris Aitken >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> GTALUG Talk Mailing List - [email protected] >> http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> > > > > --- > GTALUG Talk Mailing List - [email protected] > http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > I really don´t suggest to keep using this outdated version of Flash pressing the "Allow" button. Flash player is known to have many many bugs in it´s stable and current versions.. so, imagine an outdated version. ;]
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