[Discuss] [Fwd: Flash :-(]

[gaf.linux at gmail.com (Jerry Feldman)]

Chrome has not deprecated flash. Flash end of life is 2020.
I have 4 systems all Fedora 27 all running same version of chrome.
The issue seems to be:
Chrome reports flash version 28, but the "check now"  button reports
version 24 on the affected laptop.

The next step is to wipe out the system and reinstall after backing up my
wife's home directory. In this case I will back it up from her old system.



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Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
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On Mar 13, 2018 10:15 AM, "John Abreau" <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:

> I believe recent versions of firefox and chrome have deprecated flash
> entirely.
>
> Perhaps running an older version of firefox or chrome would be a
> reasonable workaround.
>
> Or an older version of seamonkey, so both browsers can be run on the
> same box at the same time.
>
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:00 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > It is enabled on all 4 systems.
> >
> >
> > Sent from Galaxy S8 Android
> >
> > Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
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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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