firefox flash install requires restart

[David Balažic]

Ubuntu 8.04.1 amd64 - fresh install with updates

When firefox encounters a page which uses flash, it displays that plugin frame, which upon clicking triggers the plugin installation.

But after the plugin is installed, the page still show that frame. Even after reloading the page.
Clicking it opens again the plugin installation wizard, but this time it says, that the flash plugin is already installed.

It only works after closing and restarting firefox.

Either:
 - the plugin should work without restart
or
 - the install wizard should inform the user that the change will be effective only after closing and restaring firefox

[Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin)]

Confirmed here, this is an issue.

Should get the usual Firefox restart is required bubble thing.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 274468, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Derek (bugs-m8y)]

Not sure this one was duped correctly.
Seems unrelated.
Also, hitting the about:plugins page should cause flash plugin to be picked up without restart.

I imagine there's some similar backend method too?

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Tyhis is not a firefox issue and was not the same as the bug it was marked as a duplicate of.

[László Monda (mondalaci)]

Charlie, this is not a duplicate of bug 274468, but rather of bug 231679.

Let's post to there from now on and check out there whether my solution works for you.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Please confirm that this is the same as bug #338785

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

I confirm this bug on updated Ubuntu 10.10 beta.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Can someone experiencing this issue confirm whether or not it is bug 338785 please?

[marco.pallotta (marco-pallotta)]

Charlie, bug 338785 is generic, I don't know it is also related to this issue. In both bug 338785 and mozilla bug 427028 (upstream bug) the question related to firefox plugin isn't ever sayd so I shouldn't mark this bug as duplicate of 338785.

However I confirm the issue on 10.04 and firefox 3.6.13

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for looking at those bugs. I am marking this as NEW again until it is determined if there is enough information to confirm this issue.

[David Balažic (xerces8)]

Confirming on Ubuntu 11.04 the Natty Narwhal
3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

The plugin finder has been discontinued.