[SOLVED]Flash not working in firefox

Hi,
I have recently installed arch linux and I am a newbie/noob here. As suggested by wiki, I kept a 'builds/' directory in my home folder to install new packages. I first installed flash there, by downloading the '.tar.gz' file from "http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" However, I accidentally deleted it.
Now, whenever I try to visit youtube, it shows 'An error occured. Please try again.' I reinstalled flash plugin from pacman it, and it is showing as installed now. But still the site is not working. Moreover, when I type 'about:plugins' it shows Shockwave flash and FutureSplash Player, but not adobe flash. Isn't it supposed to show that?
My browser version is 30.0. Please let me know what other information I should supply.
Last edited by kranti (2014-07-19 17:59:08)

progandy wrote:
kranti wrote:I did the above, and it's still not working. I also tested my flash by going to this site, and the test fails: "https://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/". It says "A plugin is needed to display this content."
This is the Shockwave testpage. Flash and Shockwave are different things.
You want this: https://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ (there should be an animated flash logo and a box called "Version Information" which displays your flash version)
I went to this site, and it worked. I was testing for the wrong software.. (Feel like a dumbass.)
But thanks!
And about youtube, I don't know why, but this video wasn't working when I checked before. (I love this song.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4
I just did "pacman -Syu", and now it works. Don't know why though. I'll mark this thread as solved.

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