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[Discuss] [Fwd: Flash :-(]



It is enabled on all 4 systems.


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Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix
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On Mar 12, 2018 8:40 AM, "Brandon Vogel" <bvogel at ipa.cfa.harvard.edu> wrote:

> Stupid suggestion:  have you checked to see if Secure Boot is enabled
> on the laptop in BIOS?  I recall seeing indications that some third-
> party software would not work properly with this enabled.
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
> To: Boston Linux and Unix <discuss at blu.org>
> Subject: [Discuss] Flash :-(
> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:02:33 -0400
>
> > My wife run Fedora 27 on her new laptop, and recently got the
> > following
> > message on one of the Facebook games she plays:
> > "Adobe Flash Player is blocked by your browser. Please check your
> > settings or follow these instructions to enable it."
> > She is running Chrome Version 65.0.3325.146 (Official Build) (64-
> > bit).
> > The problem is that on my Desktop computer her game runs with flash,
> > as
> > well as her old laptopand my laptop.I have tried both wayland and
> > xorg
> > as well as her low res and the highest resolution. The global flash
> > settings are ask, and facebook is set to allow on all 4computers.The
> > global settings are accessed via chrome://settings/content and
> > chrome://flags. Graphics controller is Intel UHD.
> >
> > This might be the issue:
> > When I run chrome://components, chrome reports flash version 28, but
> > when I run https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html, and click on
> > the
> > "check now" button, flash reports as 24.
> > But, on my desktop and laptop, the "check now" button correctly
> > reports 28.
> >
> > At the moment I am out of ideas.
> >
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