topic title: SOLVED Flash on PC dated, can it work?
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maary79
Joined: 14 May 2013
#1
Hello, I would like to know if you have any problems with Adobe Flash Player, my pc is very dated, and video on you tube I can not view them. In an Italian forum I read that the problem is the processor of the PC, that being dated does not have SSE2 instructions.
In your opinion? This also applies to antiX, since it is designed to operate dated pc?
Adobe Flash Player 11 is still installed on my pc. __{{emoticon}}__

Thanks
Last edited by maary79 on 25 Jun 2013, 15:55, edited 1 time in total.
anticapitalista
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#2
Use the earlier version.

See if running this in a root terminal works.

flashplayer-selector.sh

choose 3) Revert and you should see flash 10. Choose that one, reboot and enjoy (?) flash.
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#3
I'm using flash on a sony laptop w/ a 900mhz amd duron and 512 mb of ram. Flash works but you have to have reasonable expectations.

If I remember correctly, the 32 bit version of antiX already has the older flash, yes?
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maary79
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#4
@anticapitalista

I did not understand what should I do ... I open the terminal as root and then write: flashplayer-selector.sh me"command not found"
I have to be connected to the Internet?

@dolphin

Flash just does not see anything, I have an AMD Athlon 1700 - 768 ram,
Antix 12 has the 11 version of Flash, the last I presume.

Thanks.
anticapitalista
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#5
maary79

Open a terminal and type
su
your root password
flashplayer-selector.sh

What happens?
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#6
maary79,

flashplayer 10.3 is installed with antix 13 32 bit by default.
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#7
anti- the flashplayer-selector from root gives command not found errors.

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dolphin@littlebyte:~
$ su
Password: 
root@littlebyte:/home/dolphin# flashplayer-selector.sh 
bash: flashplayer-selector.sh: command not found
root@littlebyte:/home/dolphin#
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SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#8
maary79 wrote:...I have an AMD Athlon 1700 - 768 ram,
Antix 12 has the 11 version of Flash...
flashplayer-selector.sh was not included in antiX-12 but is included in antiX-13.

Flash v 11 is often too heavyweight for older kit. Flash 10 may work better on older less powerfull hardware.
maary79 wrote:I did not understand what should I do ... I open the terminal as root and then write: flashplayer-selector.sh me"command not found"
Here is the topic about flashplayer-selector.sh. The script can be downloaded from the attachment in the last post.
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4011&hilit=flashplayer
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SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#9
dolphin_oracle wrote:anti- the flashplayer-selector from root gives command not found errors.

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dolphin@littlebyte:~
$ su
Password: 
root@littlebyte:/home/dolphin# flashplayer-selector.sh 
bash: flashplayer-selector.sh: command not found
root@littlebyte:/home/dolphin#
Just tried this on antiX-13 and it works as expected here.
anticapitalista
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#10
flashplayer-selector is only in 32 bit.

maary79 if you are running antiX-12 you might need to in a root terminal

apt-get update
apt-get install antix-goodies
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maary79
Joined: 14 May 2013
#11
@ anticapitalista

this appears:

root@antiX1:/home/andrea
# flashplayer-selector.sh
bash: flashplayer-selector.sh: command not found
root@antiX1:/home/andrea
#
flashplayer-selector is only in 32 bit.

maary79 if you are running antiX-12 you might need to in a root terminal

apt-get update
apt-get install antix-goodies
Done, but I still do not see the Flash video.
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maary79
Joined: 14 May 2013
#12
@ samk
Example of adding an earlier version of Flash Player
Much of this can be found in the topic mentioned above.
The example is based on version 10.3 but also works with 11.1 or others (simply use the filename of the version you want).

Download Flash Player 10.3.183.43 from
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/"
linktext was:"http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/"
====================================
... sions.html
In Archive Manager (File Roller), open fp_10.3.183.43_archive.zip
Extract from the archive flashplayer_10.3.183.43_linux.tar.gz
As root, move flashplayer_10.3.183.43_linux.tar.gz to /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree
Note: do not extract the contents
I read the post, I downloaded the latest file .zip (post 11.17.2012)
But I do not know which folder and how I need to extract the attachment flashplayer-selector.sh.zip.
It can write in the easiest way.
I'm sorry.
anticapitalista
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#13
Try flashplayer-selector.sh in root terminal again.
It should be in /usr/local/bin
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maary79
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#14

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Flash Player Selector
Options:
Cancel   - Exit without making any changes
Download - Obtain and install the latest version
Revert   - Re-install a previously installed version

What do you want to do?
1) Cancel
2) Download
3) Revert
Enter the number of your selection: 3
Flash Player version installed on this system  : 11.2.202.285 is currently installed

Which of the previously installed versions do you want to re-install?
1) /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/flashplayer_10_3r183_61_linux.tar.gz
2) /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/get-upstream-version.pl
3) /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz
Enter the number of your selection: 1

Flash Player version installed on this system  : 10.3.183.61 is installed
I did so, now I try to restart Iceweasel. Thanks
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maary79
Joined: 14 May 2013
#15
Anticapitalista

Thank you, now you see perfectly!!! __{{emoticon}}__