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Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net today.

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On Sunday 23 April 2017 15:15:05 Patrick Bartek wrote:

> On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 00:21:28 -0400 Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
>
> wrote:
> > On Saturday 22 April 2017 23:22:45 Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > > On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 12:24:32 -0400 Gene Heskett
> > > <gheskett@shentel.net>
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > Went to newegg.com to look for some optical fiber but the front
> > > > page, while I think its alive, did not respond to a mouse click
> > > > on any product link. I hope its not contagious.
> > > >
> > > > Many news sites are saying "request entity too large" also.
> > >
> > > Works fine here.  Although rendering sometimes is sluggish -- a
> > > few seconds longer.  Could be Cox Internet.  They get slow at
> > > times.  Version 45.9.0 with the latest flashpalyer 25.0.0.148
> > > installed yesterday
> > >
> > > B
> >
> > And how do you get that 10 year newer flash?  The adobe site doesn't
> > show me anything newer than the 11.xx.xx.xxx stuff.
>
> That's strange.  In your other posts you said you found that "new"
> version, but I get mine just by going to www.adobe.com, and at the
> bottom of the page, right side, click on "flashplayer."  That takes me
> to the download page with Linux 64bit already picked, I choose the
> tar.gz file even though there's a .deb one.  Download, unpack and
> copy as root libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ after
> mv'ing the old version just in case. Done!
>
>  For years while using Fedora, manually was the ONLY way to install
> the flashplayer.  And since "install-flashplayer-nonfree" stopped
> working months ago, I reverted to my old Fedora habits..
>
> I noted as you did that there are a lot of other places for the
> player, mostly symbolic links, but the above works for me, so I keep
> doing it that way.
>
> As to how to find out when a new version is out, I wait until Firefox
> during my normal browsing notifies me my version is old and my system
> "..is at risk."  Then just do the manual download/install thing.  I
> don't use the Firefox link to the new version.  Have had problems with
> it before.
>
> B

Problems is an understatement and I blame that for the mess I have now.

Its as if they intended to poison it. They just didn't use a strong 
enough dose of arsenic, and created a monster with all the workarounds.  

None of which ever worked 100% because the web pages all seemed to be 
using a different version.  The "it works here" syndrome, essentially 
the same as the N.I.H. beliefs. :(

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net today. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-04-22 18:30 +0200
  Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net  today. songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-04-22 23:40 +0200
    Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net today. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-04-23 01:00 +0200
  Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net  today. Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-04-23 05:30 +0200
    Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net today. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-04-23 06:30 +0200
      Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net  today. Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2017-04-23 08:00 +0200
        Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net today. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-04-23 12:40 +0200
          Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net  today. Frank de Bruijn <frank.de.bruijn@ziggo.nl> - 2017-04-23 15:10 +0200
            Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net  today. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-04-23 16:00 +0200
            Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net today. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-04-23 19:50 +0200
      Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net  today. Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-04-23 08:10 +0200
      Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net  today. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-04-23 11:30 +0200
      Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net  today. Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-04-23 21:20 +0200
        Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net today. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-04-23 21:50 +0200
          Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net  today. Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-04-24 00:50 +0200
            Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net  today. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-04-24 02:40 +0200
              Re: new firefox for wheezy last night, can't do squat on the net  today. Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-04-24 04:00 +0200

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