[Bug 201209] [NEW] Firefox fails to see flashplugin-nonfree (Hardy)

[msiebuhr]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

When installing flashplugin-nonfree on a fresh install of Hardy (alpha
6), nothing happens. I.e. when you point the browser to a webpage using
flash, firefox asks you to install the plugin again...

It turns out there are some problems with where Firefox looks for the
.so-file and where flashplugin-nonfree / dpkg-alternatives puts it;

The installed file is at:

    /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so

While Firefox looks at the following for plugins:

   /usr/lib/firefox-3.0b3/plugins/

(The "plugins"-folder in a symlink to "../firefox-addons/plugins/")

Alas running this command makes it work (at least on my machine):

    sudo cp /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so /usr/lib
/firefox-addons/plugins/

/etc/lsb-release:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"

~ >apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree
flashplugin-nonfree:
  Installed: 9.0.115.0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 9.0.115.0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 9.0.115.0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
~ >apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.0~b3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 3.0~b3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 3.0~b3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: firefox
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: firefox
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Firefox fails to see flashplugin-nonfree (Hardy)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201209
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