Non-administrator user accounts say flash is not installed

[Nathan R. Hale]

I've installed the flashplugin-nonfree package from my main user account...and it works great. I created another account for my wife, and tried to visit YouTube. Firefox claims that flash is not installed...but it is! I also had this issue in Gutsy. The workaround for Gutsy can be found at this URL:

http://vntutor.blogspot.com/2007/12/flash-plugin-is-installed-but-flash.html

I have not tested a solution for Hardy yet.

[Nathan R. Hale (nathan-hale)]

Okay, I feel stupid. Turns out flashplugin-non free was *not* installed, installing it solved the problem. What do you know? I guess I was using Gnash under my admin account w/out knowing it? Anyways, problem fixed, and it's definitely not a bug in flashplugin-nonfree. Please close or delete this! Thanks.

[Joel Goguen (jgoguen)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed by installing the flashplugin-nonfree package. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.