Flash uploader on Mediafire hangs

[Brian T. Austin]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

Using Adobe Flash plugin (most recent 10.x, as of 11/3/2009).

Clean install of Karmic.

Repeatable - happened under Jaunty as well.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 4 09:05:26 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate amd64 (20091020.3)
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Brian T. Austin (btafssp)]

Upon installing Gnash, I am able to upload fine.

So...score another one for open-source!

[Brian T. Austin (btafssp)]

Although working under Gnash, I noticed other Flash sites not working (Hulu, Nike).

So, I followed the tutorial here on installing the Alpha 64-bit version from Adobe, and all sites are now working - so far!

http://www.myscienceisbetter.info/install-native-64bit-flash-player-10-on-linux.html

[Alicia Boya (ntrrgc)]

Still present in Lucid. It is present in other browsers and distros too, also in x86 I think. Probably Adobe Flash fault.

[Alicia Boya (ntrrgc)]

As it seems to be Adobe fault, perhaps this is no the place for this bug. Try to report to Adobe...
http://bugs.adobe.com/flashplayer/
As a workaround, you can use Wine/PlayOnLinux Firefox's.

[Alicia Boya (ntrrgc)]

An upstream version of Adobe Flash Player fixed the bug. Also Mediafire now doesn't need Flash Player to work, although is recommended.
Download from here and try ;) http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

To install it remove any flash-player packages you have and un-tar the plugin into ~/.mozilla/plugins/