Bug#754116: qa.debian.org: Gnash does not display youtube vedios

[Gabriele Giacone]

Please keep bug CC'ed.

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Lakshmikanth Kammath b <lakbk89 at yahoo.in>
wrote:

> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> 1. This picture gives the pluggin which Iceweasel reports to be outdated.
> I am sending this as I only have a basic knowledge regarding add-ons in
> browser.
>
>
>  Outdated Plugins  Plugin Status Action  Shockwave FlashShockwave Flash
> 10.1 r999.
> Gnash 0.8.11dev, the GNU SWF Player. Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
> 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation <http://www.fsf.org/>, Inc.
> Gnash comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may
> redistribute copies of Gnash under the terms of the GNU General Public
> License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. For more information
> about Gnash, see http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash.
> Compatible Shockwave Flash 10.1 r999.vulnerableUpdate Now
> <http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer>
> Back to To <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/#top>
>


You probably already have latest wheezy version. Youtube movie play has
been fixed in Debian Wheezy 7.4. I see you already upgraded to 7.5.
To confirm that:
$ dpkg -l|grep gnash


>
> 2. The command sudo update-alternatives --display flash-mozilla.so
> results in the below given output.
>       lakshmikanth at debian:~$ sudo update-alternatives --display
> flash-mozilla.so
>    [sudo] password for lakshmikanth:
>    flash-mozilla.so - auto mode
>      link currently points to /usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so
>    /usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so - priority 10
>    Current 'best' version is '/usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so'.
>
> 3. Can you tell me what is xul-ext-adblock-plus and xul-ext-flashblock
> and how I can install it?
>     Is this a free software or a browser pluggin?
>     Will it interfere with the base system stability and security or any
> other installed packages or browser add-ons?
>

They are two firefox extensions which would let you limit popups and flash
animations display.
$ sudo apt-get install xul-ext-adblock-plus xul-ext-flashblock

So was it working till yesterday? You could try to create a new profile.
$ iceweasel -P

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