19 Dec
2014
19 Dec
'14
2:05 p.m.
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 "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from running on youtube.com."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.