Although Flash support is not complete in version 0.8.2, Gnash has now reached the point where it is usable for the most common everyday purposes, such as watching videos on YouTube - a point that Gnash was exaggeratedly reported as having reached last June. The new release is a milestone for both the project and the GNU/Linux desktop, which remains dependent on the proprietary Adobe player for handling Flash files (.swf). If something is wrong with it, then that would explain why I suddenly lost the capability to play SWFs: I'm not using Adobe Flash anymore, instead I'm using Gnash.Gnash, the free software Flash player, has released its first beta. I was thinking that maybe, when I ran an update, I downloaded this Gnash and it set itself up as the default SWF player. I have even used Ubuntu Software Center to uninstall, and subsequently, re-install Flash, and get the same thing every time.Īny ideas or suggestions!?! I can't live without me flash!Įdit: It seems that my machine is attempting to read the SWF with something called Gnash. When I go to Adobe Flash's site, which automatically detected what version (if any) of Flash you have, it just freezes the browser and I have to kill the process!

Clicking on it just makes my whole machine freeze, and I never end up getting to the section where you can click the Install button! I went to Ubuntu Software Center, typed in Adobe Flash Plugin, and got to the box where it says Use This Source. Same for ebaumsworld, or any other Flash media site. If I go to, say, youtube, and click a movie to watch, I just get a black screen. I'm not sure exactly when this began happening, perhaps after I ran an update, but Flash has simply stopped working altogether on my machine! And every solution I've found so far has proven to be ineffective. Yes I have read and followed the instructions for this post and the answer doesn't work (as I'll explain in a moment) for me! I have a bizarre issue going on with my Ubuntu installation.

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