Farmville does not work (latest firefox)

[joeri]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Farmville from facebook does not work with the latest version of firefox, the play screen freezes and does not load completely. Adobe which is required was installed.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, according to this report, you are not using the most recent version of Firefox 3.0 for your Ubuntu release. Please upgrade to the most recent version (3.0.13) and let us know if you are still having this issue. Thanks in advance.

[Dev (imvishudev)]

Farmville still doesnt work on 3.0.13 on ubuntu jaunty 9.0.4. Please check the attachment.

I have installed the latest flashplayer as well, still nothing.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for the update. Please provide the results of the following command:
apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree swfdec-mozilla mozilla-plugin-gnash adobe-flashplugin

[Dev (imvishudev)]

Here you go, thanks!

dev@dvishwak-linux:~$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree swfdec-mozilla mozilla-plugin-gnash adobe-flashplugin
flashplugin-nonfree:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 10.0.32.18ubuntu0.9.04.1
  Version table:
     10.0.32.18ubuntu0.9.04.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
     10.0.22.87ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
swfdec-mozilla:
  Installed: 0.8.2-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.8.2-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.8.2-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
mozilla-plugin-gnash:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.8.5-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     0.8.5-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
adobe-flashplugin:
  Installed: 10.0.32.18-1
  Candidate: 10.0.32.18-1
  Version table:
 *** 10.0.32.18-1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Dev (imvishudev)]

here is the output after installing the non-free flash (it still doesnt work):

dev@dvishwak-linux:~$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree swfdec-mozilla mozilla-plugin-gnash adobe-flashplugin
flashplugin-nonfree:
  Installed: 10.0.32.18ubuntu0.9.04.1
  Candidate: 10.0.32.18ubuntu0.9.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 10.0.32.18ubuntu0.9.04.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     10.0.22.87ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
swfdec-mozilla:
  Installed: 0.8.2-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.8.2-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.8.2-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
mozilla-plugin-gnash:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.8.5-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     0.8.5-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
adobe-flashplugin:
  Installed: 10.0.32.18-1
  Candidate: 10.0.32.18-1
  Version table:
 *** 10.0.32.18-1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Dev (imvishudev)]

i tried installing mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.5-0 .. still the same.. help.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for the update. Please uninstall adobe-flashplugin. I just wanted to see if you had multiple flash players installed as they will conflict on occasion. If that doesn't work, the next thing to check is your video drivers. Could you please post the results of lshw -C video and/or tell me which drivers you are using.
Thanks.

[Dev (imvishudev)]

Thanks for looking into it. Its a Dell Latitude D 620 and here is the output:

dev@dvishwak-linux:~$ sudo lshw -C video
[sudo] password for dev:
  *-display:0 UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2.1
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for the updated information. Generally the Intel Drivers work pretty well with Linux, so let's move on to the next thing to try. Sometimes Firefox profiles can become corrupt and/or extensions can conflict. Could you please try this with a new profile and see if the problem still exists? You do not need to delete your old profile to test. If this helps, you might want to try to disable all your extensions and re-enable them one by one until you find the problematic one.
firefox -ProfileManager

[cachcoco (cachcoco)]

Wifey loves Facebooks farmville and was upset that she couldn't access it with Ubuntu. She threatened that I'd have to reload XP if i didn't figure it out!!! gasp.... So, the solution: go to synaptics application manager and completely remove swfdec. It will now work. Be well and happy farming!

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Changed to correct package. For some reason swfdec causes alot of problems with most people. This is not needed for anything unless you want a free vesion of flash however gnash is a better alternative than swfdec-*

[Dev (imvishudev)]

Thanks Micah,

I uninstalled all the flashes from the system and downloaded the adobe flash only.

Now it works. Happy Farming!!

[Tulasi (murtulasi)]

Iam new to ubuntu. What all flash players do i need to uninstall as farmville is not working for me. From synaptic package manager i can find folloiwng flash players.

flashrom, flashblock,flash plugin non free extra sound packages.

Please also let me knwo what to do next.

[Vinodh Kumar (vino)]

Just uninstall swfdec-mozilla plugin from Synatic Package Manager and Install Adobe flash plugin.
It will work like a charm. (it worked for me)

[mlhab3062 (mlhab3062)]

Thank you for the suggestion. It worked great.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

If I could please get someone to confirm that Farmville doesn't work with swfdec-mozilla installed by itself and a description of what doesn't work, I'd be happy to upstream a bug to get it fixed.

Thanks.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for swfdec-mozilla (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Ken Kohl (rad-ken)]

I am using Ubuntu 10.10 and trying to figure out which Flash Player to download and install for FireFox version 3.6.13. Mozilla Firefox for unbuntu canonical 1.0.

When I go to adobe to download Flash I have 5 different versions of flash to download.
Which one do I download?