Ubuntu System Testing for Flash support fails because there is no plug in

Bug #632981 reported by albert fishnets
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

When running the testing suite in Ubuntu 10.10 Beta a test for flash support is run that fails because there is no default flash plug in installed. Beta is the most recent version as of Sept 8th 2010.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: firefox 3.6.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxCommand: firefox $CHECKBOX_SHARE/data/websites/flashtest.html
CheckboxDescription:
 Click the "Test" button to launch Firefox and view a sample Flash test.

 Did you see the text?
CheckboxTest: applications-firefox-flash
Date: Wed Sep 8 08:17:38 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
 firefox-branding 3.6.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: firefox

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albert fishnets (mateolingerhaus) wrote :
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Nicola Ferralis (feranick) wrote :

Do you still suffer from this issue in the release version of Maverick?

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albert fishnets (mateolingerhaus) wrote : Re: [Bug 632981] Re: Ubuntu System Testing for Flash support fails because there is no plug in

No. It was fixed with the new installer. I think part of the problem was
failure to load open source flash support plugins in firefox. This worked
fine in the final release.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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albert fishnets (mateolingerhaus) wrote :

This bug was fixed in ubuntu 11.10.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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