Firefox should not offer a manual install of Flash on First Run

[Fabián Rodríguez]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

After installing today's updates in Jaunty, when first opening Firefox I get a greeting with this message:

You should update Adobe Flash Player right now.

Firefox is up to date, but your current version of Flash Player can cause security and stability issues. Please install the free update as soon as possible.

This links to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ which proposes a manual download and installation of Flash.

AFAIK my version is current (alpha 64-bit version of Flash), Firfox shouldn't be attempting to detect nor correct such updates. This should be handled by the packaging system in Ubuntu.

Not sure if this affects non-64-bit versions.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Package: firefox 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic x86_64

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

After installing today's updates in Jaunty, when first opening Firefox I get a greeting with this message:

You should update Adobe Flash Player right now.

Firefox is up to date, but your current version of Flash Player can cause security and stability issues. Please install the free update as soon as possible.

This links to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ which proposes a manual download and installation of Flash.

AFAIK my version is current (alpha 64-bit version of Flash), Firfox shouldn't be attempting to detect nor correct such updates. This should be handled by the packaging system in Ubuntu.

Not sure if this affects non-64-bit versions.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Package: firefox 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic x86_64

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

My current version is 10.0 r22.

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ suggests I get version 10.0.32.18, and let me download a .deb which fails manual installation with this error:

package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

It seems there is a corresponding, up-to-date 10.0.32.18 version of Flash for 64-bit Linux systems. It's not packaged, though, and it's still alpha:

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

For an example on how to download/install this, see:
http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2008/11/25/64-bit-adobe-flash-ubuntu.html

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. We do not support the 64 bit version of flash in Ubuntu at present. Please subscribe to bug 326555 to find out when we will. Firefox correctly noted that your flash is out of date as 10.0.32.18 is the latest version. Please report any other issues you may find.

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

Micah, if we don't support Flash 64 bit, we shouldn't allow Firefox to propose upgrading/installing things manually. This bug is about Firefox proposing the upgrade, not about supporting 64-bit Flash. Tx. for the link.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it at: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=519417

[Chrismore-bugzilla (chrismore-bugzilla)]

Closing old Mozilla.org website bugs due to them not being relevant to the new Python-based Bedrock system. Re-open if this is a critical bug and should be resolved on the new system too.

[Samuel Sidler (samuel-sidler)]

The Launchpad link is still open, but I'm not sure if the Flash check is still pointing Linux users to Adobe's website. WebQA? Reopening for now...

[Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)]

I don't think this still happens in supported Firefox, closing.

[Marja Erwin (marja376)]

Depending on browser settings, Adobe's website can strobe, trigger migraines, and for some people, trigger seizures, with several refreshes per second. I think it may be a cookie-handling bug. Firefox shouldn't point any users to the website.

[Niklasbetz20 (niklasbetz20)]

Adobe Flash is no longer supported.