automatic update for mozilla-flashplayer make using flashplayer impossible

[Jonson]

Today like always kubuntu checked for automatic updates and found to update mozilla-flashplayer. After update was made I couldn't use flashplayer (for example on youtube). It just didn't do anything as I didn't have flashplayer-mozilla installed at all. It didn't work in Konqueror and in Firefox.

I found the problem but I solved it only for Konqueror but not for Firefox.

Program updated flashplayer-mozilla in diferent directory as it should so web browsers couldn't find it. So for Konqueror I find solution but for Firefox I don't know how to fix it.

Probably after this automated update everyone who uses Kubuntu will have this problem.

[Justin M. Wray (wray-justin)]

Thank you for the bug report.

Also, please answer these questions:
Which version of firefox are you running?
Which flash package do you have installed?
Which Java package do you have installed?
Which firefox extensions do you have installed?

This will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem.

[Jonson (jonson2)]

1. It's not about flashplugin-nonfree it's about flashplayer-mozilla. This two are different!! I have had always installed only flashplayer-mozilla and it was OK on both web browsers Firefox and Konqueror until now.

2. The problem is (I presume) because automatic update deleted old flashplayer-mozilla and installed new one in NEW directory, so because that all web browsers couldn't find it to use it.
For Konqueror I save that problem manualy telling it in which directory plugin for flashplayer could be found (looked for location in adept manager). Firefox don't have this option.
And I couldn't find my root /usr and other directory - i don't know - something is different as I know.

3. - Firefox version: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20061201 Firefox/2.0.0.6 (Ubuntu-feisty)
- Flashpackage: I installed for a long time ago flashplayer-mozilla (now, I didn't installed anything manually just allowing kubuntu to update what proposed), version of flashplayer: 9,0,48,0
- Java: j2re1.4 and sun-java6-jre
- extensions: videodownloader 1.1.1. and spellchecking for slovenian language 0.1

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

flashplayer-mozilla and mozilla-flashplayer neither seem to be packages in feisty or gutsy can you please post the output of apt-cache policy <appname> replace appname with the name of the app.
Im assigning this to mozillateam.

[Jonson (jonson2)]

xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx:~$ apt-cache policy flashplayer-mozilla
flashplayer-mozilla:
  Nameščen: 9.0.48.0-0.1
 Kandidat:9.0.48.0-0.1
 Tabela različic:
 *** 9.0.48.0-0.1 0
        500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     9.0.31.0-0.0 0
        500 http://mirror.home-dn.net sarge/main Packages

Nice day.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

We dont support packages from debian repos its unsafe to use debian binaries on ubuntu.

[Jonson (jonson2)]

Which one do kubuntu support? And why Kubuntu do not support flashplayer from begining when you install it on your computer? Why then the common people instaling ubuntu must manually find how to make it posible and than installing one of packages?

Is this because licence?

And isn't Ubuntu build on Debian?

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Ubuntu doesnt always use the same depends on the same package that can leave you unstable since debian depedsn on some packages we dont have or even versioning is different. ubuntu uses flashplugin-nonfree from the mltiverse repository. Still some what unsupported depending on if its something with our scripts than we can support it if its package itself not much we can do. People file a bug n it than we look to see if its upstream or our changes and go from there. debian wont support your set up either since there are ubuntu packages mixed with debian packages and more than likely that is why you see the problem you do. ubuntu is built on debian but dont get confused, we do not use only debian packages and we dont use alot of their packages as you see with you flash package you are using.