Firefox does not play local flash files
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Linux Mint |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Mozilla Firefox |
Expired
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Medium
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firefox (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After upgrading to Xubuntu 14.04 I cannot play local swf files int Firefox any more. Was OK in 13.10.
I get the window "You have chosen to open: xxx.swf which is: Shockwave Flash file (yyyMB) from: /home/...
What should Firefox do with this file?
- Open with (Parole/Other...)
- Save File
Do this automatically...
Reinstalling 14.04 completely (and installing flashplugin-
Of course this works well with flash embedded in html pages.
In Firefox, there are 2 entries in the applications menu, one for"shockwave flash files" and the other for "SWF", as described in https:/
I cannot link the action "Use shockwave flash (in Firefox)" to the type "shockwave flash files" as it is for "SWF file".
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: firefox 30.0+build1-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic i686
AddonCompatChec
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
BuildID: 20140608211132
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Jun 28 09:16:51 2014
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExt
English (South Africa) Language Pack - <email address hidden>
English (GB) Language Pack - <email address hidden>
Default - {972ce4c6-
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-15 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.2)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.0.254 dev wlan0 proto static
192.168.0.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.5 metric 9
Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/
PrefSources:
prefs.js
[Profile]
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=
RunningIncompat
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/02/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: H0ET94WW (2.54 )
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: 3259CGG
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.name: 3259CGG
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
Changed in firefox: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
summary: |
- Firefox 30 does not play flash files + Firefox does not play local flash files |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | Confirmed → Unknown |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | Confirmed → Expired |
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0 (Beta/Release)
Build ID: 20140314220517
Steps to reproduce:
I attempted to run a Shockwave Flash file in-browser using a file:// URL in the current official Mozilla Firefox x86-64 version 28 binary, running on a Debian GNU/Linux jessie (testing) system. I have version 11.2 r202 of the Flash player installed.
Actual results:
Firefox presented me with the Opening (filename) dialog box that asks whether I want to Open the file in an external viewer or Save the file to my Downloads directory, as if I had accessed a file type Firefox doesn't know how to handle.
Disabling all of my Extensions had no effect on this misbehaviour.
Expected results:
Firefox should have activated the Flash plugin to play the SWF file, in the same way that it does when I access an SWF file via an http or https URL, and in the same way that the Debian wheezy (stable) build of Iceweasel does.