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firefox-3.5 package

  1. Bug #396257
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 396257

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote : Re: [Bug 396257] Re: firefox 3.5 does not play sound with flash

Sorry, we do not support Firefox 3.5 installed from a tarball.

The correct way to install firefox 3.5 is to install the firefox-3.5
package. Instructions are here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion

phreakincool wrote:
> Please re-open this. The above solution did not work for me. When I
> ran pavucontrol, Firefox did not show up at all. I'm wondering if this
> has to do with the fact I installed Firefox 3.5 from a tarball rather
> than from package update? I've tried to upgrade to Firefox 3.5 via apt-
> get, but it only wants to install 3.0.11.
>
> I'm running Ubuntu 9.04. Audio works in games, wine, vlc, audacity, and
> other programs. Firefox does play audio from some sites, just not in
> flash-enabled video, like on Youtube or Facebook. Facebook actually
> prompts you to install the Adobe Flash player, which does not work.
> either.
>
>