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Why something doesn't work

Asked by Eugene MacCaslin

Why does the down load for Flash not work. I can understand something from a developer not working but flash for Firefox?

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#1

What download are you referring to? I know there is an issue with the flash install and there are several bugs reported. If you are downloading from Mozilla that is a different issue.

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Eugene MacCaslin (ambhandyman) said : 		#2

The window appears and said down load additional plugins. I did
everything is said and it was like it never happened.

There is another problem I am having and it is an annoyance but it is
still a problem

If I mount a secondary hard drive shortly after booting up everything
works fine. If I wait 10 mins then I have to reboot to see the drive.

Gene

Jim Hutchinson wrote:
> Your question #21350 on firefox in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+question/21350
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Jim Hutchinson requested for more information:
> What download are you referring to? I know there is an issue with the
> flash install and there are several bugs reported. If you are
> downloading from Mozilla that is a different issue.
>
>

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#3

Yeah, that's probably related to the bug. Try the solution outlined here

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636397

It worked for me.

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Matthew Donovan (kitchetech) said : 		#4

Actually that might be due to Firefox in Ubuntu is patched, usually when firefox is patched the plug in down loader does not work correctly.

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Dara Adib (daradib) said : 		#5

Jim is right. Bug 173890 is your issue.

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