19 Dec
2014
19 Dec
'14
2:08 p.m.
2014-12-19 11:05 GMT-03:00 Thomas Milne <thomas.bruce.milne@gmail.com>: > > > On Dec 19, 2014 8:56 AM, "Marcelo Cavalcante" <kalibslack@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > 2014-12-19 2:49 GMT-03:00 Chris Aitken <chris@chrisaitken.net>: > >> > >> 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 "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from running 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 Aitke > > > > > > The problem is that you´re using a very old version of Flash. In fact, > you´re using very old version of everything, as far as I can see. > > > > Ubuntu 12.10 - means you´re using Ubuntu from October 2012. > > Firefox 29 - the one I´m using is 34. > > > > Well, I think you should really think about updating your Ubuntu, so > you´ll also have all the other softwares updated, since you´re using old > repositories, with old versions of software. > > > > > It seems to me that Flash is outdated, period. That is to say it is no > longer necessary. All of this is done natively in the browser with HTML 5 > no? > > Anyhow ya a full update should solve everything. > > > > --- > GTALUG Talk Mailing List - talk@gtalug.org > http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > Sadly no. Not everything is working over HTML5. But I hope to see this happening very soon. It would be a dream. I hate flash. Flash is always killing our machines (CPU).