Flash in Konqueror

John O'Hagan · External Since: May 01, 2005 Posts: 40

Hi,

Any tips for how to get Flash working in Konqueror (latest Etch)?

I have the flashplugin-nonfree from Debian, the one from Adobe and the
mozplugin package, and have scanned for and found the .so files using the
Plugins tab of Control Center.

It works fine in Iceape.

Thanks for any suggestions,

Regards,

John

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Rohan Ferris · External Since: Jan 30, 2007 Posts: 3

Hey John,

That seems weird, all I do is install the mozilla plugin then go into
Konqueror then Settings > Configure Konqueror > Plugins and click "scan for
new plugins". After a quick restart of Konqueror I'm up and running with
flash.

On Tuesday 30 January 2007 17:17, John O'Hagan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Any tips for how to get Flash working in Konqueror (latest Etch)?
>
> I have the flashplugin-nonfree from Debian, the one from Adobe and the
> mozplugin package, and have scanned for and found the .so files using the
> Plugins tab of Control Center.
>
> It works fine in Iceape.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Regards,
>
> John

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John O'Hagan · External Since: May 01, 2005 Posts: 40

On Tuesday 30 January 2007 18:49, Rohan Ferris wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 January 2007 17:17, John O'Hagan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Any tips for how to get Flash working in Konqueror (latest Etch)?
> >
> > I have the flashplugin-nonfree from Debian, the one from Adobe and the
> > mozplugin package, and have scanned for and found the .so files using the
> > Plugins tab of Control Center.
> >
> > It works fine in Iceape.
> >

> Hey John,
>
> That seems weird, all I do is install the mozilla plugin then go into
> Konqueror then Settings > Configure Konqueror > Plugins and click "scan for
> new plugins". After a quick restart of Konqueror I'm up and running with
> flash.

That's pretty much the same as I've done with the above versions of Flash;
they all show up nicely in Iceape's "About Plugins" dialogue and also in
Konqueror's Plugins panel; but still Flash does not always work correctly in
Konqueror.

Some simple animations work, but YouTube and MySpace slideshows don't, nor do
some "Just Played" pages from radio stations, and some websites actually
report that the browser has "passed invalid data to the server". Certain
types of links also fail to activate.

As Flash seems to be working for some Konqueror users, I'm wondering if there
is something I need to install or configure to complete it.

Any clues?

Thanks and regards,

John

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Tim Ruehsen · External Since: Nov 25, 2004 Posts: 34

Hi,

same here (latest SID). As far as I remember, youtube never worked. Where the
video should be played the text 'Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off
or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player' is shown.

Java and Javascript are enabled globally.

Packages that are installed:
libflash-mozplugin
konqueror-nsplugins
konq-plugins
flashplugin-nonfree

In konqueror settings->plugins there are the following plugin search
directories:
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
/usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
$MOZILLA_HOME/plugins

maybe something is wrong or missing???

Obviously konqueror-nsplugins puts its .so files into /usr/lib/kde3.
But adding this directory to the search list causes 'search for plugins' to
crash.

Any ideas?

Regards, Tim Rühsen

Robert Gomu³ka · External Since: Nov 16, 2004 Posts: 19

Dnia wtorek, 30 stycznia 2007, John O'Hagan napisa³:
> Hi,
>
> Any tips for how to get Flash working in Konqueror (latest Etch)?
>
> I have the flashplugin-nonfree from Debian, the one from Adobe and the
> mozplugin package, and have scanned for and found the .so files using the
> Plugins tab of Control Center.
>
> It works fine in Iceape.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Regards,
>
> John

Hi.
Similar issue. Youtube worked fine in iceape/firefox, but not in konqueror.
I have been looking and looking ... It finally appeared that Konqueror has
been using _old_ version of Flash plugin, located somewhere
in /usr/lib/netscape (similar name). The files there were from 2002 ... I
couldn't find their package, so I have deleted them by hand. Konqueror found
then other directory, with newer plugin version and YouTube started to
work Smile

This is SID story - I hope it helps.

Regards,
Robert

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Robert Gomu³ka · External Since: Nov 16, 2004 Posts: 19

Dnia wtorek, 30 stycznia 2007, John O'Hagan napisa³:
> Hi,
>
> Any tips for how to get Flash working in Konqueror (latest Etch)?
>
> I have the flashplugin-nonfree from Debian, the one from Adobe and the
> mozplugin package, and have scanned for and found the .so files using the
> Plugins tab of Control Center.
>
> It works fine in Iceape.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Regards,
>
> John

Hi.
Similar issue. Youtube worked fine in iceape/firefox, but not in konqueror.
I have been looking and looking ... It finally appeared that Konqueror has
been using _old_ version of Flash plugin, located somewhere
in /usr/lib/netscape (similar name). The files there were from 2002 ... I
couldn't find their package, so I have deleted them by hand. Konqueror found
then other directory, with newer plugin version and YouTube started to
work Smile

This is SID story - I hope it helps.

Regards,
Robert

Tim Ruehsen · External Since: Nov 25, 2004 Posts: 34

I purged flashplugin-nonfree and installed it again.
In konqueror->settings->plugins I changed the search directory list from
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
/usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
$MOZILLA_HOME/plugins
to
/usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/

After restarting konqueror, the flash stuff for youtube works.

Some plugins are still missing (e.g. kaffeine plugin), but i think it is just
about adding one or the other directory to the list.

Hope that helps a bit.

Regards, Tim

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Curt Howland · External Since: Nov 14, 2004 Posts: 85

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John O'Hagan · External Since: May 01, 2005 Posts: 40

On Wednesday 31 January 2007 20:04, Tim Ruehsen wrote:
> I purged flashplugin-nonfree and installed it again.
> In konqueror->settings->plugins I changed the search directory list from
> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
> /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> $MOZILLA_HOME/plugins
> to
> /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/
>
> After restarting konqueror, the flash stuff for youtube works.
>
> Some plugins are still missing (e.g. kaffeine plugin), but i think it is
> just about adding one or the other directory to the list.
>
Thanks Tim,

Unfortunately, this did not solve the issue for my etch box. Some sites with
Flash do work, so as I do not really understand the relationship between
Flash and Javascript (which I have installed and enabled), I will do some
more research so I can submit an informed bug if appropriate, and get
back...BTW, yesterday's flashplugin-nonfree upgrade made sound work for the
first time with Flash in Iceape, but did not help with Konqueror.

Regards,

John

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John O'Hagan · External Since: May 01, 2005 Posts: 40

On Thursday 01 February 2007 13:38, John O'Hagan wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 January 2007 20:04, Tim Ruehsen wrote:
> > I purged flashplugin-nonfree and installed it again.
> > In konqueror->settings->plugins I changed the search directory list
[...]
> > to
> > /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/
[...]
>
> Unfortunately, this did not solve the issue for my etch box. Some sites
> with Flash do work, so as I do not really understand the relationship
> between Flash and Javascript (which I have installed and enabled), I will
> do some more research so I can submit an informed bug if appropriate, and
> get back...
[...]

I got an off-list request for this: Here's a sample of some webpages that do
not work as they should in Konqueror but do in Iceape:

http://www.myspace.com/etallovesyou
http://www.abc.net.au/dig/jazz/justplayed/default.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zlpWVOcx34
http://www.circusoz.com

The last one returns a page of text error messages; the rest just render
incompletely. If anyone feels like testing them... Another one is my bank's
secure pages (won't post that!) where Javascript links don't do anything in
(Etch) Konqueror but are OK in other browsers. However, other Javascript
elsewhere seems to work. I'm stumped; I'll just use Iceape where I need to I
guess!

Regards,

John

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Tim Ruehsen · External Since: Nov 25, 2004 Posts: 34

Am Samstag, 3. Februar 2007 08:36 schrieb John O'Hagan:
> On Thursday 01 February 2007 13:38, John O'Hagan wrote:
> > On Wednesday 31 January 2007 20:04, Tim Ruehsen wrote:
> > > I purged flashplugin-nonfree and installed it again.
> > > In konqueror->settings->plugins I changed the search directory list
> [...]
> > > to
> > > /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/
> [...]
> >
> > Unfortunately, this did not solve the issue for my etch box. Some sites
> > with Flash do work, so as I do not really understand the relationship
> > between Flash and Javascript (which I have installed and enabled), I will
> > do some more research so I can submit an informed bug if appropriate, and
> > get back...
> [...]
>
> I got an off-list request for this: Here's a sample of some webpages that do
> not work as they should in Konqueror but do in Iceape:
>
> http://www.myspace.com/etallovesyou
> http://www.abc.net.au/dig/jazz/justplayed/default.htm
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zlpWVOcx34
> http://www.circusoz.com

Konqueror (KDE 3.5.5 SID) works ok for 2-4.
For 1 konqueror seems to 'loop' at a point, doesn't play any music.

Iceweasel has a problem with 4 (top bicycle animation is missing) while iceape
shows it correctly.

But after all, you are using Etch (which version of KDE/Koqueror is it?).

Regards, Tim

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John O'Hagan · External Since: May 01, 2005 Posts: 40

On Monday 05 February 2007 21:25, Tim Ruehsen wrote:
> Am Samstag, 3. Februar 2007 08:36 schrieb John O'Hagan:
> > On Thursday 01 February 2007 13:38, John O'Hagan wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 31 January 2007 20:04, Tim Ruehsen wrote:

[...]

> > Here's a sample of some webpages that
> > do not work as they should in Konqueror but do in Iceape:
> >
> > http://www.myspace.com/etallovesyou
> > http://www.abc.net.au/dig/jazz/justplayed/default.htm
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zlpWVOcx34
> > http://www.circusoz.com
>
> Konqueror (KDE 3.5.5 SID) works ok for 2-4.
> For 1 konqueror seems to 'loop' at a point, doesn't play any music.
>
> Iceweasel has a problem with 4 (top bicycle animation is missing) while
> iceape shows it correctly.
>
> But after all, you are using Etch (which version of KDE/Koqueror is it?).
>

Thanks for the test.
I'm using latest Etch, Konqueror/KDE 3.5.5; but I guess some other relevant
packages are at different versions in Sid?

Regards,

John

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Greg Madden · External Since: Sep 24, 2004 Posts: 10

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:49:50 +1000
Rohan Ferris <rohanferris.TakeThisOut@internode.on.net> wrote:

> Hey John,
>
> That seems weird, all I do is install the mozilla plugin then go into
> Konqueror then Settings > Configure Konqueror > Plugins and click
> "scan for new plugins". After a quick restart of Konqueror I'm up and
> running with flash.
>
> On Tuesday 30 January 2007 17:17, John O'Hagan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Any tips for how to get Flash working in Konqueror (latest Etch)?
> >
> > I have the flashplugin-nonfree from Debian, the one from Adobe and
> > the mozplugin package, and have scanned for and found the .so files
> > using the Plugins tab of Control Center.
> >
> > It works fine in Iceape.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions,
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John
>
>

My $.02. I am using Konqueror 3.5.6. When I installed adobe flash from
non-free it installed to /usr/lib/iceweasel.... Konqueror still had
flash from a previous browser install, Netscape/Mozilla/firefox in the
plugin path. Removing the old paths and using the iceweasel solved it
here.

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daneilson · External Since: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 1

Hello John _et_al_,

I'm having the same Konqueror/Flash problem
on fedora6 running Konqueror 3.5.4-12.fc6;
Flash on FireFox works fine, Konqueror nay.
javascript enabled globally; plugins tab
shows
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
which is the same one firefox is using. This is
a new installation, so there's no old version
of flash to foul things up.

Thanks,

Alex

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