Fwd: Flash plugin not recognised by Firefox on the OLPC

[pgf at laptop.org]

shivaprasad wrote:
 > Ok. I tried installing from the link given in the Firefox page of the OLPC
 > wiki ( http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Firefox ) . It works fine if I install it
 > from a .tar.gz file but doesn't if it is installed from a .rpm file? Any
 > ideas?

i think i already said something about this in private mail to
you, but again, so no one else needs to reply:  the RPM version
installs the flash extension to a different place than the
install-flash script provided with the firefox activity.  it does
this because the firefox activity doesn't look for extensions
in the "usual" place.  (i can't speak to whether or not it would
be possible to trick the activity into using the "standard"
locations -- but it doesn't currently.)

paul

 > 
 > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 > From: shivaprasad javali <jbsp72 at gmail.com>
 > Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:20 PM
 > Subject: Fwd: Flash plugin not recognised by Firefox on the OLPC
 > To: OLPC Devel <Devel at lists.laptop.org>
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > The Flash rpm given at that link will install flash plugin's for all
 > browser's including Firefox right? or do I need to install it seperately as
 > given in this link http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Firefox .
 > 
 > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 > From: shivaprasad javali <jbsp72 at gmail.com>
 > Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:35 PM
 > Subject: Flash plugin not recognised by Firefox on the OLPC
 > To: OLPC Devel <Devel at lists.laptop.org>
 > 
 > 
 > Hi,
 > 
 >    I installed Firefox on my OLPC from the All activities page. And then
 > installed flash from the following link
 > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Adobe_Flash#Installation . I don't have a Wi-Fi
 > router so I downloaded the .xo and rpm on my windows machine and then
 > transferred them over to the OLPC and installed them. I wanted to view some
 > flash content that I had so when I opened them in Firefox I got a message
 > saying Flash Player is not installed.
 > 
 >     To double check I typed rpm -qa at the terminal and it showed that Flash
 > has been installed. The flash content works fine on the Browse activity but
 > not in flash. I tried uninstalling GNASH with the same result.
 > 
 >     I know that the flash content works fine with firefox because it works
 > fine with firefox on my linux machine. So can any body tell me what else the
 > problem might be?
 > 
 > Thanks
 > jbsp72
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