[solved]Opera and Flash Problem

[Andreas]

Hallo,

Opera dos not play Flash.

What must I do?

Greetings
Andreas

[jnmbk]

Opera works with the old version of flash player:
http://paketler.pardus.org.tr/pardus-2007/macromedia-flash-9.0.31.0-7-6.pisi

But keep in mind that it has some security problems.

[baho]

or try to use opera beta without flash downgrade:

http://www.mediafire.com/?fwgaplwnjrz

or try newest flash version:

http://paketler.pardus.org.tr/pardus-2007-test/macromedia-flash-9.0.124.0-10-9.pisi

[Andreas]

Hallo,

thank you for your tips.

With Opera 9.50beta the flash works fine.

Greetings
Andreas

[baho]

new opera 9.50 beta 2 pisi package is here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?1jtoa290nxt

[Bandito]

Here is how to get youtube flash movies to work with opera 9.50 beta 2 build 1933 and flash 9.0.124.0

1. open terminal/console and copy paste this line

Code:

find / -name libflashplayer.so 2> /dev/null

2. the path to libflashplayer.so file will follow (something similar to this should appear)

Code:

/opt/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins/libflashplayer.so

3. go to console login as root and navigate to the folder containing libflashplayer.so
4. copy libflashplayer.so file to /usr/lib/opera/plugins/
5. open opera go to tools ----> preferences ----> advanced ----> click on plugin options ----> click change path
6. the only tick that should stay is the tick next to /usr/lib/opera/plugins/ box all other boxes should remain empty. that way opera will only look for plugins in that specific directory
7. confirm the changes you have made
8. test the plugin on youtube

p.s. report back if this suggested metod works for you

[Andreas]

report back if this suggested metod works for you

Hello Bandito,

now the flash works fine by youtube. Thanks for it.

Greetings
Andreas

[atolboo]

Hello Bandito,
It worked for me, Thanks.

I have 1 suggestion: change

5. open opera go to tools ----> preferences ----> advanced ----> click on plugin options ----> click change path

into

5. open opera go to tools ----> preferences ----> advanced----> content ----> click on plugin options ----> click change path

[Bandito]

@atolboo

you are right i forgot to mention the content tab, my bad   

im glad its working for you guys

[Thane]

Can anyone tell me how to do step #3 (3. go to console login as root and navigate to the folder containing libflashplayer.so) in Bandito's post above?  I sign into console as root, type in the folder path and keep getting the result that it's a directory!  I know it's a directory...how to open it seems to be the problem!  Thanks!  (I'm thinking that "navigate" is the key word here!)

[atolboo]

Can anyone tell me how to do step #3

Something like this:

atolboo@atolboo-pardus ~ $ su -
Wachtwoord:
atolboo-pardus ~ # cd /usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins
atolboo-pardus plugins # pwd
/usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins
atolboo-pardus plugins #

[Thane]

Thanks...but what's next?  I was able to get as far as your example but it ends at the "#"

[Bandito]

Hello Thane!

Here is the easier way. As I can understand you got past step 2.

Libflashplayer.so file should be stored in one of those two directories or maybe in both (/opt/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so or in
/usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins/libflashplayer.so)

1. Start console and login as root to get this # sign at the end fo the line (su- hit enter and then enter your root password).
2. If your libflashplayer.so file is stored in /usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins then copy this line into your console and press enter

Code:

cp /usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/opera/plugins/

the other possibility is that libflashplayer.so is stored in /opt/netscape/plugins/ then copy this line into console and press enter

Code:

cp /opt/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/opera/plugins/

If it is stored in both directories it doesn`t matter from which one you copy the file, just choose one.

By following what is written above you can skip step number 4.

Step 5 is a bit modified, here is the right path

Code:

5. open opera go to tools ----> preferences ----> advanced----> content ----> click on plugin options ----> click change path

Everything else should work with no problems

[Thane]

Many, many thanks...your instructions did the trick!  Good help is awesome!