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Swiftfox no video Firefox OK

Asked by HowardG

Swiftfox wll not play videos on yotube, Firefox does.
Firefox was installed first.
Both appear to have the same add-ons/plugins

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf

Just to check. then run:

mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins; cd ~/.mozilla/plugins; ln -s /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so

Then restart the browser. Should be ok.

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HowardG (howard-gilbert) said : 		#2

Thanks for reply actionparsnip (like the pseudonynm)

output
$ dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf
ii flashplugin-installer 10.1.53.64ubuntu0.10.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer

made the link

WORKS FINE

thanks again