Re: spoke too soon

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: "k" <http://www.kathaus.org/~cat>
 > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 17:19:22 -0800
 >
 > well the real downside is that i don't appear to have the
 > thing at all any more.  it was working last night, i watched
 > something, but today when i went back it was no longer
 > working.  i tried to re-install but, while it said a
 > re-install happened, it hadn't.  
 > now i'm really stumped.
 > btw- i think the file was an adobe specific file, since i
 > downloaded it from them.  
 > also, what is an .so file?

.so files are shared library files, generally used by programs.  They are
picked up dynamically (i.e., they are loaded in when the program starts).
E.g., after firefox starts, it reads in various directories to look for
.so files and loads them.  They contain code which does various things --
in your case, shows shockwave flash content.

 > and do i need flashplayer and a
 > flashplugin, or are those roughly the same?

Usually, one depends upon the other.  Usually, a flashplugin requires that
the associated flashplayer be installed to work.  For example, the open
source flash player swf-player needs to be installed in order for
swf-mozilla (the firefox plugin) to work.

But, if you're installing directly from Adobe, all that may go out the
window :-).

 > anyway, i have to get to the Long Haul for my shift tonight
 > and realistically i won't be looking at anything here until
 > tomorrow.  i'll try to futz with it then. or maybe just give
 > up t.v.

You might wanna try installing flashplugin-installer again.  Then, in a
terminal window, try "ls /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer".  There should be
a single file "libflashplayer.so".  If there isn't, then that's the
problem and you may be able to get it from
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_1_p3_linux_022310.tar.gz
. You'll wanna download it and open it and then move the .so file to
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer.  To move it, you'll want to open a
terminal window, then move it.

For example, if you extracted the contents into Desktop, you'll do "cd
Desktop" in the terminal window followed by "sudo mv libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer" -- you'll be asked for your password.

You may also be able to just drag libflashplayer.so to
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer -- I've never tried that.

You probably don't understand any of the above -- hope the re-install
just works!