[plug] 64-bit flash player for Linux

[Adrian Woodley]

Jim,

Try dropping the .so into /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.4/plugins

Cheers,

Adrian

Jim Householder wrote:
> Adrian Woodley wrote:
>   
>> Typical - Adobe release this a month after I'd given up trying to get
>> ABC's iView working under 64bit and reformated my MythTV box with 32bit.
>>
>> Tried it last night on my workstation and it worked a treat!
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>> daniel at flashware.net wrote:
>>     
>>> http://www.itnews.com.au/News/89177,adobe-throws-64-bit-flash-player-open.aspx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> AT THE REQUEST of open-sorcerers, Adobe is releasing an alpha version
>>> of its Flash Player 10 technology for 64-bit Linux users at its Max
>>> Conference in San Francisco today.
>>>       
>
> I got it, and put a link to it in .../firefox/plugins.  Some pages use
> it, others don't see it and say I need to get it.
>
> I suspect the pages that do not see it check the installed add-ons list
> rather than check for the .so file.  A real pain.  The list points to
> directories that have metadata as well as the add-on.
>
> Any clues as to how to tell such pages it's there?
>
> TIA
> Jim
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