1316354 - Flash not working most sites in FF 49.0.2

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[ERIC]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0
Build ID: 20161025170400

Steps to reproduce:

I have FF 49.0.2, & in the plugin sections, it doesn't even list Flash as it has in the past versions of FF. & on Youtube, vids play w/out ay probs. But, no YT vids posted on say Facebook will not! & other Flash based things too, like ani gifs, & the speed test at: https://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/, which requires Flash-yet that worked fine in my older previous version of FF. I went directly to Adobe's site & DL'd & installed the latest Flash, & it said it installed successfully, so NO clue what the prob is!? But, all these sites that have these probs tell me to update Flash.How could Flash have installed CORRECTLY, & yet work ONLY on Youtube? I don't get it! Please help, this is beyond frustrating!


Actual results:

See above


Expected results:

Flash should be working!

Comment 1

[Benjamin Smedberg]

Eric, please delete pluginreg.dat in your profile folder and retry.

Comment 2

[ERIC]

Ben,

I should mention that I DL'd & installed the WIN version of Flash, as the Linux one will NOT install at all! Having said that, the prob STILL persists as originally described by me. &  So,I don't know where to find that file. Finding program files in Linux is an absolute nightmare, unlike in Windows! Alas, I've had MANY other probs in Linux too besides this! Like not being able to install Comodo AV nor their Internet Security suite either. & it freezes up my entire system WAY more than ANY version of Windows ever did! SO,my 2 week long frustrating trip through hell of trying Linux is at its end! I'm gonna format & install WIN 8.1.

-Eric