On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 08:26:42AM +1100, Stephen Morris wrote: > On 02/04/2015 05:12 PM, Ahmad Samir wrote: > >On 3 February 2015 at 23:44, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>www.cnn.com is telling me that my version of flash-player is out of date > >>with security risks so it won't display any video news. Go and update your > >>flash player. > >> > >>On this F21 system I am using: > >> > >>adobe-linux-x86_64.repo > >> > >>which has in it: > >> > >>baseurl=http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/ > >> > >>yum.log shows: > >> > >>Jan 19 18:08:31 Updated: flash-plugin-11.2.202.429-release.x86_64 > >>Jan 26 08:51:24 Updated: flash-plugin-11.2.202.440-release.x86_64 > >> > >>So supposedly I am current to Jan 26. But cnn is not a happy camper. There > >>have been a couple other sites complaining as well. Even one that said my > >>version of Firefox was out of date, but that was only a warning. > >> > >> > >Go to about:plugins in Firefox, if the displayed version of Adobe > >Flash isn't *.440, try deleting > >~/.mozilla/firefox/PROFILE_NAME/pluginreg.dat and refresh > >about:plugins or restart Firefox. > > > >I've hit a similar issue recently on a different website. > > > I just installed the 64 bit rpm for version 442 of flash I > downloaded from Adobe's website, put a symlink into > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (the upstream version of 64 bit firefox > looks for its plugins in /usr/lib) to where the rpm placed the > plugin, remove pluginreg.dat, started firefox and issued > about:plugins which firefox says it is picking up from > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins but it says the version is 11.2.202.310 > still, why is this occurring? Seems likely that SOMEWHERE there is still a copy of the old version that FF is finding instead of the one you want. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." ------------------------------- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) ------------------------------ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
