Flash problems on 64-bit Linux

Have you tried the (still Beta) 64bit Version available on adobe.com? For me it works much better than the implementation of the 32bit Plugin with nspluginwrapper.

depends on what you mean with 'not working', there are two things that could happen:

* flash is there, but you can't click on anything, so it looks like it's not working. i wrote about how to fix that on my blog;
http://sadplanet.blogspot.com/2009/11/karmic-koala-is-one-of-best-ubuntu...

* flash is not there, it doesn't start. in that case, you'll notice that even sites that previously worked, now don't work either. for some reason flash doesn't even start at all anymore. only solution so far is to restart your browser.

previous flash was more stable, with 9.10 it's the first time i'm having so much problems with it (no such problems on 32b). must be related to the flash version used.

Are you using the flash plugin from here?

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

Untar the file you get from that link into ~/.mozilla/plugins/ and restart your browser. I just tried the Teletubbies website and it seems to work just fine with the 64-bit plug-in.

Go here for a download: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

You should download the tar.gz file at the bottom. It contains a .so that you should copy to your firefox plugin location (for example, ~/.mozilla/plugins).

Cheers

remove karmic's flash plugin and nsplugin crap

download libflash64 from adobe's website and put it in .mozilla/plugins

done

HTH

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326555

I clean installed ubuntu 64. Ran restricted-ubuntu-extras.

The flash issues I'm currently seeing (and are known by adobe) are buttons not working on some flash applications within the browser, non-responsiveness and or blank issues, and slowdowns and choppy play while using fullscreen.

The current fix (read: workaround) that is working on EVERY flash site I've tried so far is to simply close firefox and "save the tab state" on close. Count to five, and restart firefox.

The issues with some buttons not working may still be there, but video playback functionality returns.

The fullscreen chop and slowdowns are not resolved.

I'd suggest bug reporting, or at least reporting the issues directly to adobe at this point.

Just my 2 cents on the issues as I've seen them.

I prefer to use the adobe labs 64-bit flash player. I've been using it since its release, and it's just as stable as 32bit flash on 32bit Linux. Simply extract the library into the Firefox plugins directory in /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/.

Not the best solution, but you could install Wine from the repositories, then install the win32 version of Firefox/Flash. I keep a version installed for a few particular sites...

I had a similar problem with flash not working with Club Penguin (I also have kids). After some messages exchange in UbuntuForums I discovered that I was being hit by

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/410407

Pay special attention to the fix sugested in comments 153/154, it solved the issue for me.

Oh, and that should have been this bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/410407

(this one is where the action is)

Are you referring to this bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434606

(mouse clicks being ignored)

If so, you can either disable compiz, or you can also work around it mostly by modifying the way you click on things:

1) Right click outside the flash container, do not release right mouse button
2) Move mouse and click outside flash container to dismiss popup menu
3) Move mouse into flash container (with right mouse button still held) and click

Quite a hack.

The other alternative would be to give gnash a shot. I can only imagine that project getting better and better.

help.ubuntu.com's 64-bit Flash guide worked great for me.

I've solved that problem by installing the latest libflashplayer.so from Adobe (It's not free, but it's free like in free beer :))

Anyhow. I've done this on my Karmic amd64 installation.

1. Start with removing the installed flash player
sudo apt-get remove nspluginwrapper flashplugin-nonfree --purge
sudo rm -r /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
sudo rm /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm ~/.mozilla/plugins/*flash*

2. Download the latest libflashplayer.so
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

3.Unpack the downloaded file and move the libflashplayer.so to the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ folder

4. change owner on the file to root (just incase)
sudo chown root:root /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

5. Be sure to restart all instances of firefox.

That solved my "issues" with flash on Karmic 64bit

I hope i helps you

I ran into something perhaps similar? The fix for me was to disable desktop effects. Discussion here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1293921. They do have links to bugs and whatnot.

Have you tried installing the 64-Bit version of Flash from the PPA? I found the 32-bit version to be quite problematic on my 64-bit system, but, the 64-bit version seems to be working great!

Flash on 64 bit linux can be a bit of a pain. Wait I'd try first, is getting the official most recent release from Adobe http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html
Just stick the libflashplayer.so file into ~/.mozilla/plugins/ and be sure that you've uninstalled any plugin packages. Be sure to run a chmod +x on the file, as well. I'm not 100% sure if it is needed but I have yet to see any problems from doing it.

If that doesn't work out for you, you can try to route of installing 32-bit firefox and the 32-bit plugins. I've never had to try this, but here you go. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AMD64/FirefoxAndPlugins#32-bit%20Firef...

here too ... i notice some strange behaviors in some flash movies. most videos are working. but sometimes the klick on the start button doesn't work.
if you find a solution, let me know :-)

Ubuntu uses the nsplugin-wrapper to wrap 32bit Flash Player into your 64 Bit Browser and it does not work all the time.
In my experience the 64 Bit Beta from Adobe runs faster, and smoother:

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

Have a go at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/410407

You can grab the 64bit version of Flash and install it manually. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1259102 Ubuntu still uses the 32bit version which runs inside a plugin wrapper and it can be hit and miss. 64bit works fine with the Teletubbies stuff on the CBeebies site (My 2 year old loves it too), YouTube and any other Flash site I've tried.

Hello!
Have a look at:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/410407

For me, this solves the problem in a stable way:

WORKAROUND 3: Open a terminal and enter:

gksudo gedit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer

Then add: export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 before the last line of text

greetings,
Jango

I suggest you try to download the latest flashplayer plugin from the adobe website. select the archive, not the installer. Copy the libflashplayer.so into the folder /usr/lib/firefox/plugins and maybe you should move the current flashplugin file in there somewhere else for backup. Tell me if it worked.

Not sure what you have installed now, but the best option for flash on a 64-bit install is to manually install the Flash 10 x86_64 pre-release from Adobe:

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

Hope this helps.

give the native 64bit flash a try:
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

SSIA. Presuming you have the package flashplugin-installer, which Depends on nspluginwrapper, which you should purge (both of them). Use the native 64-bit alpha refresh from labs.adobe.com.

You need 64bit flash I think. Most distros ship 32bit flash with a wrapper and that has always caused minor problems for me. Uninstall the flash plugin then get the 64bit flash alpha from adobe and put it in the /usr/lib64/browser-plugins folder. Its always been much better for me even though its an alpha

I've been getting problems with sound starting to make stuttering, skipping sounds and having flash just outright crash on a bunch of sites. I'm also on 64 bit, although I will say that in 64 bit Kubuntu Jaunty flash worked perfectly for me. ymmv.

I'd love to find a fix for this as I've just migrated my wife over to 64 bit after having Jaunty work so well for me. She hasn't been too impressed so far... :(

Yeah i use the 64 flash myself, it can be a problem.. - i hear there is a firefox plug in which can work around this problem but am not sure about the name,.. if i can recall it i shall let you know asap.

Try using this beta plugin from Adobe site:

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10....

Just unpack it and put it under ~./mozilla/plugins/ directory (if you are using firefox as your web browser), It works like a charm on my AMD64 machine.

I had similar problems and the problem seemed to be because flash from the restricted formats archive is 'broken', it works via keyboard and not by mouse (not much good for a toddler). The solution I found was to get flash 64 bit beta from adobe directly. http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

It now works for me. I went to the BBC website to check the teletubby games there and they work fine :-)

Bug 410407

Short version: edit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer and add "export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1" to it.

You're welcome.

Here's a link:
http://adammichaelroach.com/blog/110309-installing-adobe-flash-64-bit-ub...

Try starting your browser the following way from within the Terminal:

GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 firefox
(or whetever browser you use)

Also some people say that deleting the flashplugin-nonfree package with Synaptic and manually installing the plugin from adobe's site should fix the problems.
I am not quite sure if this is right, feel free to test it if above doesn't work for you

If you're referring to the Teletubbies games hosted at bbc.co.uk, I can play them with no issue with my 64-bit setup.

With Ubuntu's default setup, I was constantly getting segfaults from npviewer causing me to restart Firefox, so often that it wasn't enjoyable. On a whim I decided to purge the flash packages and its components, including the nspluginwrapper, and opting for a manual install of the libflashplayer.so file to my ~/.mozilla/plugins directory. Since then, I have gotten much better performance and less problems.

Every so often I'll come across a flash embedded web page that, temporarily, will segfault the whole browser (IE: youtube at times). The only time things aren't perfect is during some video playback where I experience some flickering that I believe that has more to do with the video driver.

What flash are you using? flash 10 beta 64 bit? or 32 bit with the nspluginwrapper?

I know that nspluginwrapper has problems, but I don't have any experience with the 64 bit beta. I heard it should be better. It doesn't get installed by default in ubuntu though.

Hi,

Are you using the 64bit flash beta? or 32bit flash using nspluginwrapper...

Maybe you want to mention some concrete sites, so others can check on their installs?

Regards,
Pascal de Bruijn

You can try to download and use the true flash 64 bits version. Ubuntu karmic still use ndiswrapper and flash 32 under ubuntu.

Unfortunately I'm not sure there is a solution. I'm on 64-bit Fedora and Flash is horrendously unstable and occasionally non-functional, sometimes taking out the browser, sometimes freezing it up...

We really need a plugin model that runs in another process. And we need to abandon Flash entirely.

Have you tried manually installing the latest bits from Adobe?
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

After running the last 3 Ubuntu releases as 64bit versions, I actually got tired of the trouble and went back to 32bit. Things still seem to just a tad bit more stable and 64bit, for the time being, seems to offer mostly theoretical advantages for a desktop system (especially when running a lot of Java stuff).

.. probably this well known bug..

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/...

I use a virtualized 32-bit environment for that.
I prefer Virtualbox, but VMWare or even kvm should do fine.

By default, Karmic uses the 32-bit flash plugin with nspluginwrapper. Adobe has had an "alpha" native 64-bit flash plugin out for over a year now, and many users find the native 64-bit plugin to be more stable than the 32-bit one.

The native 64-bit flash plugin is not included in the official Ubuntu repos for ostensibly political reasons:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/326555
But it's easy enough to install. You can use the native 64-bit flash plugin from Debian:
http://packages.debian.org/sid/flashplugin-nonfree
You can find it in an Ubuntu ppa:
https://launchpad.net/~sevenmachines/+archive/flash
Or you can manually download and install it directly from Adobe:
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

Hope this helps!

Hi,

How did you install the FlashPlayer plugin ?

Don't install it using synaptic (package flashplugin-nonfree), this version doesn't work fine for me :(.

Download the 64bits plugin on the Adobe website for Linux.
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

Extract the archive and then put the file libflashplayer.so in that folder /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.

I've just tried the Teletubbies games and it works fine.

ps : if you had already installed the flashplugin-nonfree package through synaptic before, uninstall it of course and also the package "nspluginwrapper"

if you are using the repositories one with nspluginwraper remove it and install the 64bit version from adobe labs its way better even thou it an alpha
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html

Uninstall the flash package, download the 64-bit version from Adobe and place the .so file in ~/.mozilla/plugins. Problem solved! :)

Switching to the 64 bit beta as listed at http://www.myscienceisbetter.info/install-adobe-flash-player-10-on-ubunt... god rid of most of these issues for me. Less CPU usage, too.

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/...

WORKAROUND 3: Open a terminal and enter:
gksudo gedit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer
Then add: export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 before the last line of text

Regards

Dont install flash from the repos.. you have to install the alpha (or is it beta) version from adobe.com for linux 64bit

also be sure to uninstall the version from the repos.. and the nspluginwrapper as well..

Try https://launchpad.net/~sevenmachines/+archive/flash