Ubuntu
flash-player package

[FIX INSIDE] Flash looks in wrong directory for esd socket

Bug #35899 reported by Athurva Gore
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flash-player (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

The version of flash included in the dapper repositories looks for ESD's socket in /tmp/.esd/socket; however, dapper puts the socket in /tmp/.esd-1000/socket.

This problem can be solved by doing the following in a terminal:

mkdir /tmp/.esd
ln -s /tmp/.esd-1000/socket /tmp/.esd/socket

Perhaps it could be added to a startup script?

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Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis) wrote : Re: [Bug 35899] [FIX INSIDE] Flash looks in wrong directory for esd socket

No, it's in /tmp/.esd-$UID/socket so not as easily fixable as you'd
think.

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Barry deFreese (bddebian) wrote :

This bug is confirmed but the package has been removed from the archive due to licensing issues. They are being worked on. Thank you.

Changed in flash-player:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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trollord (trollenlord) wrote :

flashplugin-nonfree defaults vigorously nowadays to using alsa on Feisty and Feisty+1. The main purpose of this trick's use was to either enable "dmix" feature or avoid having to use oss emulation. This really is not needed anymore, and can cause more problems than the present solutions to the original problem(s).

Changed in flash-player:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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