FireFox 3 killed my flash

Shimo · Post by **Shimo** » 18 Jun 2008, 15:24

Ok So I instaled Fire fox 3 yesterday and everything seemed ok untill I tried loading up a flash and it told me I needed to install flash... I had no problems with my flash before Fire fox 3 and once I installed it It killed it for my Koncoucer web browser as well. I have tried unistalling flash and reistalling it both through yast and manualy... What could be couseing this???? This is really couseing me some problems... My works website is entirely in flash and not being able to load it is preventing me from checking my scedule... Any suggestions will help.

Post by **ayu** » 18 Jun 2008, 15:29

Didn't you make a post like this already?

Or am I seeing double? T_T

Post by **bad_brain** » 18 Jun 2008, 15:43

great...I deleted the wrong one....*rofl*

ummm...what was my answer again....

oh, right:
try to find log entries that show what happened, either in the firefox directory itself or in /var/log. also try to install it NOT in a hidden directory because this might cause permission problems (not sure about that one).

and FF3 is still in beta state, so it's maybe simply a bug and you can wait for the next update or go back to the 2.x branch...

Post by **ayu** » 18 Jun 2008, 15:45

It has been released now though ^^

Post by **bad_brain** » 18 Jun 2008, 15:51

"first stable" equals "last beta" imo...

but ok, didn't knew it's officially released now, but the last time I checked (last weekend) almost none of the plugins were compatible yet....which is pretty disappointing...

Shimo · Post by **Shimo** » 18 Jun 2008, 16:34

Yah sorry for double posting.. I couldn't find it in the forum so when I checked at the library I thought I forgot to send it.

leechy9 · Post by **leechy9** » 06 Jul 2008, 21:27

i have somewhat the same problem with mine. it is slow and laggs often on pages with flash. sometimes it just shows up as a grey box. this has only recently happened since fox3. uh try opera, its not the fox, but it will work if u need flash for a little while.

Post by **ayu** » 07 Jul 2008, 03:11

leechy9 wrote:i have somewhat the same problem with mine. it is slow and laggs often on pages with flash. sometimes it just shows up as a grey box. this has only recently happened since fox3. uh try opera, its not the fox, but it will work if u need flash for a little while.

Using Beta or the official release?

Still_Learning · Post by **Still_Learning** » 07 Jul 2008, 14:25

Try this.. I use FF3 also but with windows so i dunno if it makes a diffrence

while in firefox goto tools > options > content tab > then make sure enable java and enable javascript is checked

leechy9 · Post by **leechy9** » 07 Jul 2008, 16:16

ya its official release. and i enabled java. those arent the problem. im running on linux mint 5 if that makes a difference. but its pretty much the same as ubuntu so i dunno. ill just wait till the next ff patch comes out.

Xonet · Post by **Xonet** » 07 Jul 2008, 17:38

Maybe you could try removing flash and using Gnash, i also had trouble with the official flash player, with gnash i don't have any problems at all.

leechy9 · Post by **leechy9** » 07 Jul 2008, 20:27

thanks man, ill try it.