On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 07:04:41PM +0200, Yamaban wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:54, wwp wrote:
>
> >Hello Andreas,
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 09:03:12 +0200 Andreas Benzler wrote:
> >
> >>Hello every one I installed the official
> >>flash plugin from adobe
> >>
> >>About Plugins tells me:
> >>
> >> Datei: libflashplayer.so
> >> Pfad: /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
> >> Version: 11.2.202.577
> >> Status: Aktiviert (STATE_VULNERABLE_UPDATE_AVAILABLE)
> >> Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
> >>
> >>But it is:
> >>
> >> strings /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so | grep 616
> >>FlashPlayer_11_2_202_616_FlashPlayer
> >>LNX 11,2,202,616
> >>11.2.202.616
> >>drm/%s/%s/%s/11.2.202.616%s
> >>
> >>Any ideas?
> >
> >On my 3 CentOS 6.5 systems here (all up-to-date), only one shows '577'
> >whereas 616 is installed and the 577 binary has gone. Strange, I still
> >didn't get how to "fix" this, even if doesn't sound overcritical to me.
>
> Cause is the file "pluginreg.dat" in the Firefox profile folder.
> It stores the version info, but upon updates of the flashplayer,
> some times it will not get updated.
> Two ways to 'cure' that:
>
> a) Uninstall flash, (Re-)start Firefox,
> close Firefox, install new version, start Firefox.
> (Due to the 'absence' of flash, the 'pluginreg.dat' gets removed, and
> afterwards it will get recreated with the new info)
>
> b) Close firefox, remove 'pluginreg.dat', update flashplayer, start firefox
What always works for me, figured out after MUCH head-banging is:
c) exit firefox, do yum install for the new package, restart firefox.
no need to delete anything.
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