On 7 July 2015 at 16:42, Kevin Cummings <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a strange happening. > > On my F19.x86_64 home server, I have both firefox-34.0-1.fc19.x86_64 and > the latest Adobe flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-release.x86_64 installed. > About:plugins shows that it is the correct plugin, and all seems to work > as expected. > > On my F20.x86_64 laptop, again, I have both firefox-38.0.5-1.fc20.x86_64 > and the latest Adobe flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-release.x86_64 installed. > About:plugins however shows that version 11.2.202.466 is the current > installed version of the flash plugin being used by firefox. > A quick look at my systems shows that there are only 2 libflashplayer.so > files: > > /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so > /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > > And a quick check of both of them shows: > > strings /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so | grep 11.2.202 > FlashPlayer_11_2_202_468_FlashPlayer > LNX 11,2,202,468 > 11.2.202.468 > drm/%s/%s/%s/11.2.202.468%s > > So, if the file in the location that firefox about:plugins shows that it > is 11.2.202.468, then why does firefox say it is: > > Shockwave Flash > > File: libflashplayer.so > Path: /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so > Version: 11.2.202.466 > State: Enabled (STATE_VULNERABLE_UPDATE_AVAILABLE) > Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202 > > This is weird! > The flash-plugin package was updated while Firefox was running, that sometimes make things go south. To fix the issue, quit Firefox then delete ~/.mozilla/firefox/<PROFILE>/pluginreg.dat, it'll be recreated when firefox is started the next time with the correct info about the plugin(s). -- Ahmad Samir -- 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
