Flash player problems on Linux machines

Here are some problems, I noticed when using Flash player on linux machine. I've tried different browsers on different Linux builds. And these problems I've got with each.
1) Some images and contents of sites are displayed wrongly. This problem has it's own discussion
2) In non-latin languages (eg Russian) there are some problems with entering information. If symbol is 2 or more bytes in UTF-8 charset, it will be displayed serially as its bytes are going in ascii anci charset. I find that difficult to use.
I'll add more, while I'll find them.

Some browsers had resvolved first problem.
FF 3.5 Beta 4 for example

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Flash Player 9 for Linux

Could someone at Adobe please update us with what is
happening with Flash Player 9 for Linux? I noticed that other Flex
components have been released for Linux, so obviously there is some
groundwork to Flash Player 9.

Will alienate? They've already alienated users a long time
ago. That isn't the point, though, because it doesn't matter if
users are alienated, it only matters if the users need flash.
The only thing that could make flash player better is open
source. I don't see why they don't do it. They make money on the
authoring tool, not the player. All of my Linux machines are ppc
and x86_64, no flash there. I also don't have flash on my PDA, a
Palm T|X. If the player was open sourced, people would stop
complaining about how much flash sucks -- because, right now, there
are very serious, legitimate, complaints against it.
Anyway, for now I'm hoping that SVG matures quickly.
Although, I"m sure that once Adobe sees that train coming, they
will extend Flash (dev.) to export SVG movies containing embedded
binary data that can only play with their binary plugin.

Adobe Flash Player Problem: "Movie Not Loaded"

new user to mac.
i'm getting more and more frustrated with this computer.
what's bugging me the most right now is
i am unable to view videos on certain websites.
rather than showing the content,
a white box appears.
when i right click on the white box,
it says "movie not loaded" (in gray) and adobe flash player 9 (in black).
i can't click on the gray line.
when i click on the black line, it brings me to the adobe website and tells me adobe flash player 9 has been successfully installed.
i am fairly sure this has nothing to do with heavy traffic.
any insights on how to resolve this issue?
cheers.

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Adobe Flash player 10 for Linux

I'm interested in: when will be available for download Adobe Flash Player 10 on Linux (Ubuntu) x64 station?

Hi, This is the latest that I have just finished reading tonight(well it is now 8/5/10 in my time zone) This is regarding the 64bit.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/6b3af6c9.html
Thanks,
eidnolb

When did these flash player problems begin?

So, I had a computer running Win98 and IE6, which worked
great until Flash Player 8 autodownloaded about 4 months ago,
causing the beginning of an extreme headache. Several
communications with Adobe support (they eventually stopped
responding) over several weeks went nowhere None of the fixes
suggested by them, nor the ones here worked. Countless manhours led
me to think it was time to bite the bullet, buy a new computer. So,
as of two months ago I have a new computer running XP and IE6 with
SP2. I didn't know it until today, when I started having crashes,
but I have Flash Player 7.0.19.0. When i go to Adobe's Test page,
both Shockwave and Player windows show the animations (and no
crash).
On certain pages, which I believe have flash content, I get
the "IE has experienced a problem and must close" message. It
specifically mentions the flash.ocx file as the offender. It is
repeatable when visiting certain pages.
So, before I jump into the abyss of attempting to fix this, I
am wondering when these types of problems began. I have been using
Windows and IE since 1998 with no trouble until this year. I hoped
moving to a new computer would solve my Flash compatibility
problems. Could the root problem be new types of spyware, etc that
change something in the registry? Some of the fixes suggested by
Adobe were regarding keys changed in the registry. Unfortunately
those fixes didn't work (in Win98).
Finally, does anyone know if attempting to fix flash player
under XP is any easier than 98? Also, I will admit I may have
visited some sites recently that downloaded some adware, etc. Any
suggestions on cleaning that may solve the flash player problem? I
know this post is all over the map - I don't know where to begin...
Thanks in advance, Don

Hi
Which browser is giving you the error? Is it IE11?
Are you saying when you go to Adobe's website and download flash player it gives you an error?
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Flash Player 10 on Linux

Hi all,
I've got a strange problem on Linux (Ubuntu 8 running in
VMware): I've got a quite complex Flex application running in FP
10.0.12.36 where (in both Opera and Firefox)
- the "Settings" link in the FP context menu is greyed out
- the Settings popup does not appear when the Flex app tries
to save more data in a SharedObject than currently allowed for this
domain
- the Settings popup window does not appear when deliberately
triggered (via Security.showSettings)
With another simple Flex test application running in the same
OS as the same user in the same browsers, all these problems don't
appear. The only difference which I can see at the moment (apart
from the complexity of the application which of course shouldn't
play a role) is that the complex application is compiled from an
Ant task whereas the simple app is created and compiled inside Flex
builder.
I did not deliberately set anything in the Ant task which
could avoid the "settings" issue to work properly. In the Flex
compiler options I also can't see anything related to these
settings.
Does anyone have had a similar problem? Any clues or
suggestions?
btw: here is the Ant task:
<target name="compile_annex_flex_files"
depends="checkFlexHome">
<echo>Compile: start</echo>
<echo>FLEX_HOME: ${FLEX_HOME}</echo>
<mxmlc file="${ANNEX_SOURCES_DIR}/AnnexInterface.mxml"
output="${ANNEX_OUTPUT_DIR}/AnnexInterface.swf"
locale="en_US" debug="false" use-network="true"
static-rsls="false">
<load-config
filename="${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/flex-config.xml"/>
<runtime-shared-library-path
path-element="${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/libs/framework.swc">
<url
rsl-url="${SERVER_PATH}/framework_${FLEX_BUILD}.swz"/>
<url
rsl-url="${SERVER_PATH}/framework_${FLEX_BUILD}.swf"/>
</runtime-shared-library-path>
<compiler.source-path path-element="src"/>
<compiler.library-path dir="${basedir}" append="true">
<include name="lib/scrollbar.swc"/>
</compiler.library-path>
</mxmlc>
<echo>Compile: end</echo>
</target>
Thanks,
Thomas

Just in case anyone wants to know the solution (took me a
couple of hours of tedious nitty-gritty testing): the problem was
caused by using wmode = transparent for the Flex app while using
the Quicktime player in a different div on a higher layer (i.e.
here z-index = 3).
Please note that the problem did not appear on Windows and
Mac computers, only on Linux.
If I didn't use wmode = transparent then there were problems
with the Quicktime player which would disappear after a second or
so behind the Flex app (briefly showing the first image of the
selected video).
So, if you're running into the same problem and you have to
cater for Linux, there are in my opinion two options:
1. use Quicktime (e.g. if you have to) and set wmode =
transparent. Then the "Settings"-related things won't work in Linux
but if you have an application where the involvement of the media
player is crucial, you won't be able to use QT anyway in Linux.
There seem to be a couple of ways to get QT behaviour running in
Linux (using mplayer or totem) but from my own and colleagues'
testing this works on some Linux machines, on others it just won't
(don't ask me why). So this is probably not an avenue to go down if
you have to deal with a "unknown" target audience.
2. use a Flash/Flex-based media player and omit the wmode =
transparent setting. This sounds easy and straightforward but there
may be reasons beyond your reach (legacy support for QT, no flash
streaming server available, ...)
Here are the corresponding snippets from the embedding HTML
page:
AC_FL_RunContent(
"src", "${swf}",
"wmode", "transparent",
} else { // flash is too old or we can't detect the plugin
// -->
</script>
<div id="quicktime" style="display:block;
position:absolute; left:192; top:96; z-index:3;">

</div>

Flash Player problem on more than one PC

Hi,
I'm a local IT admin and have an issue where four users keep having the same problem. What they say is that after a Windows update and reboot their Flash Player stops working. Uninstalling and reinstalling Flash Player fixes the issue, but they are not admins of their machines and so cannot do this. Windows updates are controlled by Group Policy here and I have no way of changing this either.
However, going on what the users have said I am not entirely sure that Windows updates is the issue. I have a users PC to test today and my last test did not produce the same result as what the users are saying (more on that step below).
Reading through some of the threads I think I have checked most solutions but please review what I have done and suggest anything I may have missed.
OS - WinXP SP3
Browser - IE8 32bit
Visit www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/? - flash animation doesn not appear but it does show the version information (10.2.153.1)
Is the Shockwave Flash object addon enabled - yes
Disable all other addons
Internet Security Zone - set to medium, also reset browser settings
Disable AV and popup software
Updated Java
Kill bit reg change - the entry was there but deleting it made no difference
Installed Firefox and the flash player works (yet to know if this will be affected by the same issue though)
Flash Player file details in image below
So as mentioned above my last step was to remove the latest Windows updates. There were two of them applied the previous night (KB2511455 & KB2508429). I uninstalled and reinstalled Flash Player (now at version 10.2.159.1), checked it worked and reapplied the Windows updates. Rebooted but Flash Player still works. So I am unsure as to what is causing the problem; I'm expecting it to happen again but I hope by then a solution will have been found.
If you need me to test anything else, there are other machines that have the issue.
Thanks and regards,
Brad
Here are the details of the Flash files installed...

Thanks for your response, that file was indeed the problem. The shockwave object was looking at the older file, so I had to run the uninstaller, delete the file manually and then reinstall the latest version.
There does seem to be some reoccuring issue on some of the workstations here in my office and I'm still not quite sure the reason for it.
From my observations what seems to happen is this:
- a new version of flash player is installed (the previous version files are left in the macromed directory)
- all works OK for a while
- then something triggers the Shockwave object to look at the older file and I have the instance where is says flash is installed but not working
This has just happend on a workstation upgrading from 10.2 to 10.3 this past week.
Can anyone think of a reason for this?

Please Help!!! At wits End!! Flash player problems using full screen mode

Thank you... I have a dual monitor setup with my macbook which is connected to my TV a Insignia NS-LCD47HD-09 model. +When I play flash videos in full screen on my lcd they come in all choppy and unsmooth.+ This problem developed all of a sudden and I have played flash videos on my lcd in the past with no issues, I dont know what changed. I've noticed these flash videos play all smooth on my macbook in fullscreen but not on my lcd. I have tried flash videos form many diffrent sites and have this same problem, also other formats divx for example dont have this problem. A flash video will play all smooth in the regular view and when i make it full screen it gets all choppy without fail on my tv.
I should also say I have the most up-to-date flash player 10, and have tried unistalling it and doing it again, as well as tried putting flash player 9 & 8 on my computer which dont seem to work at all. I have also tried to mess with the displays under system prefrences and am using a 1920X1080 on my lcd with 59.9ghz, none of my other potions seem to make a diffrence.
I have tried everything i can think of and tried to find other fourms for this problem and I just cant figure it out.... Please help, this has been really been bugging me.

Hmm, you may be onto something regarding the repair permissions thing. The authorization issue is happening when even putting together a movie that has more than one song from itms (and if you go to trim it, you end up in an endless loop between iMovie and iTunes— FUN!). There's a whole 'nother thread on it here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1079288&tstart=0
I did report it as a bug however. One other person in that thread was able to duplicate the issue at an Apple store on one of their machines. One would assume they go through the steps you do before installing software (assume tht is).

Adobe Flash Player problems

Hi have installed latest version of Adobe Flash player but when i go to a site that ueses this app it says i need to down load latest version ?
Can any one help me

That sounds like a reasonably new driver, although there is a newer one (8.15.10.2827) on the Intel download site.
Can you try if disabling Hardware Acceleration fixes the problem (see http://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337)? Although there is a chance that the Settings panel may also display blank, in which case you will not be able to disable Hardware Acceleration.

I fixed the Flash Player Problem...Here's How

Okay, this worked for me. Whether it will work for you, I hope so. Thanks to Duelly Noted for much of the work, and dumb luck for the rest.
First, you need 3 user accounts for windows. When you open the start menu, on the top is the username and the icon you use. Click on the icon, and it will go to manage accounts. Now, make sure your account is set to administrator. Create 2 new accounts, and make sure BOTH are set as administrators, not users!!!
Now to make it simple, I am going to use letters to name the accounts.
A-Your main account, with the Flash Problem
B- A second account
C-The account you want to use as your new one
You need to download the Flash installer, on both A and C. Here is the link:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html
While you are logged into A and C, you must install on both accounts. Install to desktop.
In account A, download and install the uninstaller. uninstall flash player with the uninstaller above. DO NOT UNINSTALL through WINDOWS PROGRAMS! Run whatever you use to clean your account, Disk Cleanup, etc. Restart your computer. Log out of the account. Log into account B, it takes a moment to set the desktop. Then log out. Log into account C, and uninstall Flash Player from there. With the uninstaller!!! Now clean that account too. Restart again. Log out of C. Restarting helps clean the old files out. Log back into B, and transfer all your files from A to C. Then log back into B. Here's how:
Click the start Menu, click computer, then click your C: drive. click Tools, click Folder Options, click the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click OK. Locate the user account for A, where C is the drive on which Windows is installed, and Old_Username is the name of the profile you want to copy user data from. Highlight each file and subfolder in this folder, except the following files: * Ntuser.dat * Ntuser.dat.log * Ntuser.ini. On the Edit menu, click Copy. # Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\New_Username folder, where C is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and New_Username is the name of the user profile that you created in the "Create a New User Profile" section. # On the Edit menu, click Paste. Log off the computer, and then log on as the new user. Note You must import your e-mail messages and addresses to the new user profile before you delete the old profile. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 313055 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313055/ ) Mail folders, address book, and e-mail messages are missing after you upgrade to Microsoft Windows .
Now log on C. Then make sure EVERYTHING transferred. It worked on mine, but as far as Outlook, or Mail, your contacts should be imported, and hopefully your messages, too. Then unless you are prompted to log in there, you will have to reset your settings. If you don't know how, contact your service provider for your internet.
If everything is transferred fine, then make sure A and B are logged off. But first make sure all your files and accounts are working. Since C is administrator, simply delete A and B. Then you are left with C, and a destination for a working Flash. At this point, clean and defrag your drive.
Then install flash on C. What I figure is the Flash Problem might be code, and if you have Flash on A and C, whatever problem transfers with your files. Without 2 Flashes to go to, it just gets lost.
This worked great for me, I hope it works for you too. I pray that I didn't miss a step, but as far as physical computer problems, I am great. With software, I am still learning. But between what I have been suggested to do, and a little bit of conjecture, I now have Flash.
P.S. Adobe support is WORTHLESS on this! I contacted them, and they told me they couldn't help me without registering my product. But you can't since Flash is a free program and there is not serial number, which is the first step to register a program. Then, they followed up with 3 responses asking if my problem had been solved, or to contact them. BUT you just said you couldn't help me unless I registered. Then they considered my problem closed and that was that. I replied with exactly what they said to me, and reopened the case. You know, just for the heck of it. Then, HA HA, they sent me a survey asking how the help went for me. Oh, I enjoyed that survey indeed.

I apologize for that. Here is the problem I was having:
With two particular sites, espn.com and ign.com, though I have heard it happened on many other sites as well. On these sites, the flash content for backgrounds, advertisements, everything else would run fine. The issue was with the video content. On ESPN.COM, if I wanted to watch a larger video the length of the screen, when I loaded it the screen would freeze on a still image, and the sound would play but not the video. On the still image, a white play arrow would be static with a white circle around it. If I called up the Flash settings menu, it would be inoperative, frozen, and you could not close it. On smaller videos, the box would stay black with no picture, no sound. If I called up the Flash menu, same thing would happen, frozen. On IGN.COM, pretty much the same thing. Other Flash content would load fine, but not videos. On the link to a video, a Flash advertisement next to the video box would play, but not the video. Occasionally, an ad would play in the video screen fine, but no requested video. All black, with a frozen Flash settings menu. That's pretty much it, sorry for leaving that out. But on every other site I visited with video (ie. Youtube, gamespot, etc.) everything would run fine. But the two in question are a couple of the sites I visit most, so I was on a mission to fix it.

Can anyone help with a Flash Player problem on the Weight Watchers site?

I'm having problems with the Weight Watchers web site. I've tried loading it with IE9, IE8, Chrome and Firefox. There's a specific area of the site (Pro Points Calculator) which continually flashes. I can't stop it and I can't access the icons underneath it. Also the Plan Manager, which contains several other tools, will not load. I've contacted WW who say their site set up "is not unique but it is rare which is why other websites will work while ours may seem not to. Please contact your web browser trouble shooting team". I've loaded the latest version of Flash Player (11), tried compatability view, cleared the cache, enabled cookies etc. all to no avail. I've even spent almost an hour on the phone with the Techguys who say it is a compatability problem between the web browsers and flashplayer. I'm stuck!! Not a techhie and don't know where to turn to for help. Anyone out there offer any ideas? (PS - am a newbie to these forums too). Cheers. Happy2golf

Do I assume correctly that the web site / page that is troubling you is not accessible to the public? In that case all we can do is guess.
What is your installed Flash Player version? See http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html#main_Find_the_Flash_ Player_version_installed_on_your_machine
What is your display adapter, device driver version & date? See http://forums.adobe.com/thread/945765

Someone please help me with my flash player problems, i install and then told its not installed

i have windows 7 only on my laptop now, but it seems that i have all the necessary products needed to play games etc. I have all my programs that need updates marked to do so as available. I have noticed when i go to particular sites now , like games in FB or games thru my AOL they tell me i need to install the newest version of the flash player. so i do that, go back to that site, same notification appears to install. i dont know ALOT about my laptop but have learned enough to know that i should very well it should be there if i have installed it time and time again correct? i dont understand the whole basis of what i might need for different sites/games. I have been playing the Big Fish game site since Dec. 2012 and it seems ever since i have been on a daily visit to that site SOMEHOW i cant play any other sites games now. so i read , do this, than this, if this or that is needed..........well it becomes a miss in my brain as to what they are telling/suggesting could be the problem. I truly need someone that has this knowledge to help me learn. i use to play on the webkinz world site for over a year, so last night i thought i would go back in there and again the flash player notice. so something has changed that i am unaware of it and how to solve it. i totally appreciate any help and time someone could give me. thank you,

In any case, the Flash Player forum is here:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/flashplayer
This is the Reader one.

Flash player problem in windows 8.1

I am setting up a new Laptop as a gift and am having issues with Flash player in Internet Explorer 11, Windows 8.1. I cannot use Facebooks bulk picture uploader. I receive a notice that Flash Player is not installed. When I go to the Find Flash Player Version page the movie plays and the dynamic information box shows I have version 11.9.900.152 installed in Windows 8.1 64 bit but is shows none in browser installed field. My IE version is 11.0.9600.16438 with update version 11.0.1. I have tried every fix I could find on Windows forum; reseting IE, disabling and enabling flash add on, disabling and enabling Enhanced Protection, disabling and enabling activex filtering. What else can I try?

This is a known problem with Internet Exploder 11 and Facebook, which Microsoft has been aware of since October 18 when they released their latest "untested" browser. The pages can't recognize the browser, so they don't recognize any of the plugins, like Flash Player. So far, Microsoft has made NO indication that they have any plan to fix it soon.
Microsoft's recommendation is to use Compatibility View for affected pages, and "pretend" you're using an different browser. Trouble with that is it has seen limited success at best, and you have to individually enable it for EVERY page that has problems.
I'm not big on "pretending" so I recommend actually using another browser.
Firefox (from Mozilla)
Opera (from Opera)
Safari (from Apple)
Chrome (from Google)
ANY of those will work where IE11 won't, with the Flash Player Plug-in (For all other browsers), and Chrome doesn't even need that because it has its own Flash Player plugin built in.

Adobe flash player problem

I cannot do anything on my computer without ADOBE FLASH PLAYER popping up constantly....it is very frustrating

I would suggest you run Malwarebytes free version ASAP.
Typically what your being told is a ruse. It's all fake, meant for you to download their payload. When confronted with these requests, always go to the Adobe site. The installer will remove the older version, install the new version, and performs a verify of the installation.
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