Upgrades and Flash

[Bart Silverstrim]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:

>> I went through and deleted sets of temp files. After poking
>> around for a 
>> bit, it started working.
>>
> Temp files? Not sure what you mean here.
> Could be more specific and give dir+filenames.  I also assume that you restored you original ~/.mozilla before you did this as youtube was working afer mving the original.

Temporary files under ~./.mozilla stored from web browsing. Yes, 
restored first to bring back history/bookmarks/etc.

>> I'm really really curious as to why something in temp
>> directories or 
>> cache would have made youtube burp like that but not other
>> "movie" sites!
>>
> What temp directories? Do you mean /tmp?
> Or perhaps, your browser cache/history or cookie files? I'm really confused as to what you did and would really like to know exactly what you did. A reply please?

cache/history information. All local just to Firefox, not /tmp.

> PS-I don't know the "why" to you question but many ISP's say to delete your cookie and history files(well cookies at least; not sure about history) to fix browser function issues.  It's one of the first things ATTYahoo help tells you to do.

I know. It's a fairly common thing but without seeing the 
programming...well, even if I saw it I probably wouldn't see it...but to 
know the relationship as to why temp files, which should theoretically 
be session-specific and transitory, can cause browsers to go so haywire 
would be interesting to know. It's like not being able to start your car 
unless you jiggle the gearshift a little (which I later learned was 
because of a safety mechanism to keep the car from starting in a gear 
other than Park...turned out the old car needed some adjustment with 
that when the shifter got bumped.) Seems totally unrelated until someone 
explains it.