[SOLVED] Could not load Shockwave Flash on Zorin Lite

I'm trying to revive a very old 1.2Ghz Celeron PC for the inlaws and I am a linux newb.

Installed Zorin 6 Lite, works great but slow due to only having 256MB Ram (Trying to find an upgrade to the systems max of 512MB).

Only problem is I can't see flash content in Chromium or Chrome. In Chrome a yellow notification bar shows up saying "Could not load Shockwave flash".

I'm a little confused because I thought Chrome had a built in flash player.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Hi,

post this command in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install default-jre

This will give you full Java support, then open Synaptic package manager and type "flash" in search and then right click the package and add the "Suggested" packages.

Did you fully update the system??:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

Regards Wolfman

I ran the command for Java support, and the flash packages were already installed (I selected re-install to make sure it wasn't corrupted).

I go to Youtube for example, using Chromium. It requests permission to run flash, I click accept always. In the video box, it says Flash needs your permission to run.

Is there some sort of Permissions I need to fix? I have Flash enabled in the plugin page of Chrome.

On Chrome, I sometimes get Shockwave has crashed. Maybe this PC is too just too slow for modern web browsing?

Hi,

you might want to try "Midori" web browser which is lightweight, another alternative is a lightweight OS:

http://www.bodhilinux.com/

You PC should run okay but it is borderline with Zorin Lite (Lubuntu).

Regards Wolfman

Just thought I would mention:

Shockwave and Flash are two different products and there is no linux version of shockwave.

Adobe Shockwave

Adobe Flash

Hi,

try installing Gnash via a terminal:

sudo apt-get install browser-plugin-gnash

It is the Linux equivalent for Shockwave.

Regards Wolfman

Please help it is doing my head in. I have installed Zorin lite on to an old laptop and it is fantastic, it has put new life into it. The problem I have is that it will not play the flash embedded into web sited. I ave tried everything that has been listed above but to no avail. It just does not want to work, does anyone have a suggestion on what to try next?

Hi Batdragon,

have you installed the "Medibuntu Repo" ??:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1852

What exactly are you trying to playback and from what site, please post a link so we can check it out.

See also:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2637

The part about "Another Tip".

Have you fully updated your system ??:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2247

Regards Wolfman

Hi Batdragon,

have you installed the "Medibuntu Repo" ??:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1852

What exactly are you trying to playback and from what site, please post a link so we can check it out.

See also:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2637

The part about "Another Tip".

Have you fully updated your system ??:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2247

Regards Wolfman

Yes to Medibuntu Repo after you pointed me in the right direction. Still no luck
I was using the adobe test page to see if it was working as it would be clear if it was the flash or the web page as it did not work on anything.http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
I followed the "Another Tip" section but again to no avail
Yes I have fully updated the system

I have tied the other browsers and there is no joy with any of them. So far I have Chromium, Chrome, Firefox and Opera.

Am confused as to why it will not work, also Shockwave does not work but that is another issue.

Hi,

what size is your graphics card??, is it sharing the memory??, you may simply not have enough resources to run the media, can you play other types of media on your PC??.

You said you only have 256MB RAM, is that correct??.

Regards Wolfman

I am not sure of the spec of the graphics card as it is an old'ish laptop. It has 512 RAM and an mobile Athlon 2000+ processor in it.

I think that it should be pleanty powerful enough to play flash as it plays movies fine

Try this.
Get connected to the internet, open terminal and write

Code:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Let it install, then reboot and try again.

Hi,

have you installed the drivers for your graphics card:

System Settings > Hardware > Additional Drivers (ATI and Nvidia only).

Also, in the update link, try running "dpkg":

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2247

Regards Wolfman

After much research, this is a known bug with the latest version of Adobe Flash not running on older processors without the SSE2 instruction set.

I had to downgrade to an earlier version of flash and lock it.

https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?eve ... id=3154276
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/968504

For me, this is SOLVED. Well, sorta.

Wolfman wrote:Hi,

have you installed the drivers for your graphics card:

System Settings > Hardware > Additional Drivers (ATI and Nvidia only).

Also, in the update link, try running "dpkg":

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2247

Regards Wolfman

I am running the Lite version so havent got that setting on the menu

swarfendor437 wrote:If it is an oldish laptop it will either use memory from the RAM to give graphics or a separate chipset (nVidia or ATi). Open a terminal and enter the following command:

Code:

sudo lshw -C display

You will be asked for your password which will not show any asterisks so be careful!

If you want to get a full hardware listing:

Code:

sudo lshw

When I did this I was looking for mouse/touchpad but could not find anything - at least if you do the latter we can determine make and model of laptop!

Did this and this is what I got back

lc-hp-nx9005-dg221t
description: Notebook
version: KAM1.44
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3
configuration: administrator_password=enabled boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook frontpanel_password=unknown keyboard_password=unknown power-on_password=disabled uuid=208B23FB-ECB0-D711-97A6-000BCDE8D6F3
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 0024
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
physical id: 0
version: PQ1A79
serial: None
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
physical id: 0
version: KAM1.44
date: 06/23/200392
size: 107KiB
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*-cpu
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vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.8.1
slot: mPGA462B
size: 530MHz
capacity: 1662MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up cpufreq
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capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
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*-cache:2
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*-memory
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slot: System board or motherboard
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product: AGP Bridge [IGP 320M]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
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configuration: driver=agpgart-ati latency=32
resources: irq:0 memory:d4000000-d7ffffff memory:d0500000-d0500fff ioport:8090(size=4)
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: PCI Bridge [IGP 320M]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
resources: ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:d0100000-d01fffff memory:e0000000-efffffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Radeon Mobility U1
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: agp agp-2.0 pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=radeon latency=66 mingnt=8
resources: irq:10 memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:9000(size=256) memory:d0100000-d010ffff memory:d0120000-d013ffff
*-usb
description: USB Controller
product: USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: ALi Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 maxlatency=80
resources: irq:10 memory:d0004000-d0004fff
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device
vendor: ALi Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ALI 5451 latency=64 maxlatency=24 mingnt=2
resources: irq:5 ioport:8400(size=256) memory:d0005000-d0005fff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: M1533/M1535/M1543 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+]
vendor: ALi Corporation
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Modem
product: M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller
vendor: ALi Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm generic cap_list
configuration: latency=64
resources: memory:d0006000-d0006fff ioport:8800(size=256)
*-pcmcia:0
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vendor: O2 Micro, Inc.
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width: 32 bits
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configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=128
resources: irq:11 memory:80000000-80000fff ioport:1000(size=256) ioport:1400(size=256) memory:1c000000-1fffffff memory:20000000-23ffffff
*-pcmcia:1
description: CardBus bridge
product: OZ6933/711E1 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller
vendor: O2 Micro, Inc.
physical id: a.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=128
resources: irq:11 memory:2c010000-2c010fff ioport:1800(size=256) ioport:1c00(size=256) memory:24000000-27ffffff memory:28000000-2bffffff
*-firewire
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product: TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
resources: irq:10 memory:d0007000-d00077ff memory:d0000000-d0003fff
*-ide
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product: M5229 IDE
vendor: ALi Corporation
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configuration: driver=pata_ali latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:8080(size=16)
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vendor: Hitachi
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vendor: TOSHIBA
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logical name: /dev/cdrom
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*-bridge
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vendor: ALi Corporation
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
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capabilities: bridge pm
configuration: driver=ali1535_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-network
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product: DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
vendor: National Semiconductor Corporation
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
logical name: eth0
version: 00
serial: 00:0b:cd:e8:d6:f3
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capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
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resources: irq:11 ioport:8c00(size=256) memory:d0008000-d0008fff memory:2c000000-2c00ffff
*-remoteaccess UNCLAIMED
vendor: Intel
physical id: 1
capabilities: inbound
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:18:39:0b:3b:ec
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rndis_wlan driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=Wireless RNDIS device, BCM4320b usb-0000:00:02.0-1 ip=192.168.0.17 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

Would like to thank everyone that has given out advice to me on this. I am a real newbie to the world outside MS or Mac. It is all ver much appreciated

Unfortunatly nothing is making it work for me. Midori keeps crashing and Opera, Firefox, Chrome & Chromium are all unable to display flash or shockwave embeded pages. XP is looking good at this stage

Hi,

did you install "Gnash" and did you try to run "dpkg" in recovery mode??.

See also the part about "Broken Packages:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2247

Regards Wolfman

swarfendor437 wrote:Have you followed the guide that I posted the link to? I made it a Global Announcement as it is an issue that might have been plaguing other users:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3053

Don't just use the code on that posting - you have to go to the liberiangreek page and follow the instructions there!

I have followed everyone's instructions to the letter and it appears that everything has gone smothly but still no luck getting flash to work. As for Midori, I am not impressed as it keeps crashing, I am not sure if it is the Flash issue or not but it did not even like having this page open and the liberiangreek page, it crashed.

Any other suggestions?? as I have fully exhausted my knowledge of ubuntu and have tried everything that came up in searches.

Hi,

did you get a message in FireFox about disabling Java and did you do so, open FF > Tools > Add-ons > Plugins > Java > Disable

You can check your other plugins while you are there by clicking on the button at the top and check!!.

Regards Wolfman

Wolfman wrote:Hi,

did you get a message in FireFox about disabling Java and did you do so, open FF > Tools > Add-ons > Plugins > Java > Disable

You can check your other plugins while you are there by clicking on the button at the top and check!!.

Regards Wolfman

Add-ons Manager - Mozilla Firefox_049.png

Thanks Wolfman, I dont have the Java plugin installed so is not even on the list.

Batdragon wrote:

Hi Batdragon,

have you installed the "Medibuntu Repo" ??:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1852

What exactly are you trying to playback and from what site, please post a link so we can check it out.

See also:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2637

The part about "Another Tip".

Have you fully updated your system ??:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2247

Regards Wolfman

Yes to Medibuntu Repo after you pointed me in the right direction. Still no luck
I was using the adobe test page to see if it was working as it would be clear if it was the flash or the web page as it did not work on anything.http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
I followed the "Another Tip" section but again to no avail
Yes I have fully updated the system

I have tied the other browsers and there is no joy with any of them. So far I have Chromium, Chrome, Firefox and Opera.

Am confused as to why it will not work, also Shockwave does not work but that is another issue.

Hi BD,

I have only just noticed that you are trying to use the "Windows" test function for Adobe Flash, that won't work!!.

Try installing the complete Mono set and see if that helps:

sudo apt-get install mono-complete

Also, you might want to try out "mahara-mediaplayer" which is an alternative "Flash" player!!.

sudo apt-get install mahara-mediaplayer

I am not sure how it works or whether it will work at all, I tried removing "Flash" but all I did was end up screwing up Flash Player entirely
(USE AT YOUR OWN RISK)

Regards Wolfman

Hi all
Switched from Win7 to zorin 6 about a month ago & love it!
I am currently on an antiquated lappy nearly 13 years old running lite just as an experiment & had the same flash problems tried most from this thread to no avail so I installed lightspark through the software center & video worked instantly in both opera & FF but no sound, apparently its something to do with /etc/xdg/lightspark.conf I am not to worried as I am just playing with this old lappy but thought I would give a heads up to other readers that may have this trouble.
Great site BTW with great people, it has been most helpful to me
Regards
D
Edit; right clicked on a youtube clip & ticked "sound" works great now

Thanks swarfendor for both the warm welcome & advice, the truth is that dear little lappy is long past its sellby date & ready for silicon heaven its been in a cupboard for years & I am just playing around with it, I put Zorin on my main PC & love it, I still have 7 installed but lost bootloader but thats a different story, lappy is running both XP & lite well