FlyingPenguins Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Hi, I'm using Mandriva Linux 2008.1 Spring. I have encountered the issue documented here, since going to sites like Youtube will crash any browser I use. I've uninstalled the Adobe Flash plugin, but now I want to install either Gnash or the Swfdec plugin on Firefox. According to both of their sites, they say to install through the package manager. However, through rpmdrake I've only found Swfdec, and it's the standalone player only. So how do I install either of the plugins for Firefox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 copy and paste the following into a console: su urpmi.removemedia -a urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist '$MIRRORLIST' urpmi.addmedia --distrib --mirrorlist 'http://plf.zarb.org/mirrors/$RELEASE.$ARCH.list' then urpmi swfdec-mozilla or urpmi gnash-firefox-plugin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingPenguins Posted June 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 (edited) Thanks for replying, ffl. Sorry for the long delay in my response, I haven't had the time lately to test the installation procedure. Now that I have, the installation went pretty well. However, when trying to play any videos on YouTube, it causes Firefox to run with so much lag that nothing from the video is displayed. Would this an issue with Gnash, or my computer? EDIT: Tried the 'urpmi gnash-firefox-plugin' method in conjunction with the first one. No more lag, but videos don't play at all now... Edited June 16, 2008 by FlyingPenguins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Tried the 'urpmi gnash-firefox-plugin' method in conjunction with the first one. No more lag, but videos don't play at all now... If I understand you correctly, you are now trying to use both swfdec-mozilla and gnash-firefox-plugin. You can 'not' use both of them as your flash plugin at the same time. So try one, then the other, to see which one works best for you. If you're still not satisfied with the results, then I would suggest using the Adobe flash plugin and disabling PulseAudio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingPenguins Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 The thing that frustrates me most about using Linux? Installing and uninstalling programs... :angry2: I decided to keep gnash and uninstall swfdec. I tried, but can't uninstall either of them, as 1) neither shows up in the package manager; 2) can't search for either term in Find Files/Folders, as nothing shows up; and 3) urpmi.removemedia doesn't work. Any ideas on what to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I decided to keep gnash and uninstall swfdec. I tried, but can't uninstall either of them, as 1) neither shows up in the package managerIn the top-left of your package manager is a dropdown box, set it to 'All'.urpmi.removemedia doesn't workIf you're trying to use this to remove software, it's the wrong command. This command is used to remove your software sources, not your software. If you want to use the CLI to remove your swfdec, it would be (as root)urpme swfdec-mozilla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingPenguins Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Thanks Greg! The removal process worked perfectly. But since gnash still doesn't display videos properly, I just removed it too and went with the official Adobe Flash-minus-PulseAudio method. Tested out a few videos... nothing so far, hopefully it will stay that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I'm glad it's working for you. :) I'll mark this as solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 (edited) you might want to try the new flash 10 beta, it should work with pulseaudio and have better performance in general: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/ Edited June 19, 2008 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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