I'm running Centos 5.7 32 bit with Firefox 10.0.5 ESR
Not sure if this has been mentioned on the list yet, but the latest version of Adobe flash-plugin 11.2.202 has a bug which causes it to hang and not play SWF files.
I've been pulling my hair out trying to identify why I could not get any SWF videos to play.
I finally found the answer here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1080414
I have downgraded the flash-plugin now to version 10.3.183 from rpmforge repo. It works fine now :)
I've also added exclude=flash-plugin to the end of /etc/yum.conf file, to make sure this does not get upgraded again.
Kind Regards,
Keith Roberts
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On 19/06/12 23:59, Keith Roberts wrote:
I'm running Centos 5.7 32 bit with Firefox 10.0.5 ESR
Not sure if this has been mentioned on the list yet, but the latest version of Adobe flash-plugin 11.2.202 has a bug which causes it to hang and not play SWF files.
I've been pulling my hair out trying to identify why I could not get any SWF videos to play.
I finally found the answer here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1080414
I have downgraded the flash-plugin now to version 10.3.183 from rpmforge repo. It works fine now :)
I've also added exclude=flash-plugin to the end of /etc/yum.conf file, to make sure this does not get upgraded again.
That's a bad idea. Unpatched critical vulnerabilities in Flash (along with Java) is one of the most likely routes of infection of your machine and not updating it is asking for trouble.
Am 20.06.2012 12:07, schrieb Ned Slider:
On 19/06/12 23:59, Keith Roberts wrote:
I finally found the answer here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1080414
I have downgraded the flash-plugin now to version 10.3.183 from rpmforge repo. It works fine now :)
I've also added exclude=flash-plugin to the end of /etc/yum.conf file, to make sure this does not get upgraded again.
That's a bad idea. Unpatched critical vulnerabilities in Flash (along with Java) is one of the most likely routes of infection of your machine and not updating it is asking for trouble.
In general yes, but afaik flash player 10.3 is still actively patched and supported by Adobe.
Rainer
On 20/06/12 11:39, Rainer Traut wrote:
Am 20.06.2012 12:07, schrieb Ned Slider:
On 19/06/12 23:59, Keith Roberts wrote:
I've also added exclude=flash-plugin to the end of /etc/yum.conf file, to make sure this does not get upgraded again.
That's a bad idea. Unpatched critical vulnerabilities in Flash (along with Java) is one of the most likely routes of infection of your machine and not updating it is asking for trouble.
In general yes, but afaik flash player 10.3 is still actively patched and supported by Adobe.
Rainer
I think you missed the point. It won't ever get updated if he's excluded it in yum.conf irrespective of whether it's actively maintained upstream or not.
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Ned Slider wrote: *snip*
That's a bad idea. Unpatched critical vulnerabilities in Flash (along with Java) is one of the most likely routes of infection of your machine and not updating it is asking for trouble.
In general yes, but afaik flash player 10.3 is still actively patched and supported by Adobe.
Rainer
I think you missed the point. It won't ever get updated if he's excluded it in yum.conf irrespective of whether it's actively maintained upstream or not.
OK. Thanks for all the input about this. I need to bear the security aspect in mind. Possibly checking with Smart Package Manager for any further security patches for the 10.3 version.
Does anybody have the latest flash plugin 11.2. working on Centos 5.7 32 bit please?
Also I see that the Adobe flash plugin is no longer being developed for Linux, and 11.2 is only available for the next 5 years with security patches added.
Is there not a free alternative to Adobe's flash plugin please?
Kind Regards,
Keith
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On 6/20/2012 12:31 PM, Keith Roberts wrote:
Is there not a free alternative to Adobe's flash plugin please?
I haven't tried them myself, but I think both Gnash and Lightspark aim to be open source replacements for Adobe Flash. I think one of them even works well enough to play YouTube video.
On 20/06/12 17:31, Keith Roberts wrote:
Does anybody have the latest flash plugin 11.2. working on Centos 5.7 32 bit please?
I have the latest 32-bit flash-plugin from the Adobe repo installed and running on 64-bit 5.8 (latest) with 32-bit Firefox from the distro (I run 32-bit FF and plugins on a 64-bit desktop)
$ rpm -q flash-plugin firefox flash-plugin-11.2.202.236-release.i386 firefox-10.0.5-1.el5_8.i386
and it works fine here. In your original post you mentioned SWF files - this one plays fine for me:
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/caf/wikka.php?wakka=TestSWF
If you have a link to a SWF file that's not working for you I'd be happy to test it. I have no idea what format most flash content comes in but I have no issue with video content on youtube or the BBC website.
Perhaps you need to update from 5.7 to 5.8?
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Ned Slider wrote:
To: centos@centos.org From: Ned Slider ned@unixmail.co.uk Subject: Re: [CentOS] Bug in Latest Adobe Flash Plugin
On 20/06/12 17:31, Keith Roberts wrote:
Does anybody have the latest flash plugin 11.2. working on Centos 5.7 32 bit please?
I have the latest 32-bit flash-plugin from the Adobe repo installed and running on 64-bit 5.8 (latest) with 32-bit Firefox from the distro (I run 32-bit FF and plugins on a 64-bit desktop)
$ rpm -q flash-plugin firefox flash-plugin-11.2.202.236-release.i386 firefox-10.0.5-1.el5_8.i386
and it works fine here. In your original post you mentioned SWF files - this one plays fine for me:
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/caf/wikka.php?wakka=TestSWF
If you have a link to a SWF file that's not working for you I'd be happy to test it. I have no idea what format most flash content comes in but I have no issue with video content on youtube or the BBC website.
Perhaps you need to update from 5.7 to 5.8?
OK - thank you for that Ned.
I'm getting my flash-plugin from rpmforge: [root@karsites ~]# rpm -qv flash-plugin flash-plugin-10.3.183.19-0.1.el5.rf
That's where the 11.2 one that I had problems with came from.
I'm sure I downloaded the Adobe Linux flash-plugin rpm, but it still did not work for me.
Also should Centos 5.7 not update itself automatically to 5.8?
It did update itself from some earlier 5.5 version to 5.7
Maybe being on 5.7 is where the problem is?
Regards,
Keith
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