<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hello All, <br><br> I have a question about installing <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1267235276_0">Adobe Flash Player</span>.
I have recently partitioned HD, on an IBM Thinkpad 600X, and installed Damn Small Linux (DSL)
onto my computer. Next, I went to a website which required Adobe
Flash Player. So I ended up doing two things.<br><br> 1. First, I downloaded the Adobe Flash Player 10 .tar file. Then I extracted the <a target="_blank" href="http://libflashplayer.so"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1267235276_1">libflashplayer.so</span></a> file. Lastly, I put that file into the Firefox plugin folder [ /opt/.firefox_plugins]. When I went back to the website there was no difference.<br><br>
2. Went back to the website and noticed this time that a drop-down
menu appeared and said that I was missing plug-ins for the site. I
clicked on "Install Missing Plug-in". Process went step-by-step where
I downloaded and installed the necessary files but in a much more user
friendly fashion. At the end, it said that Firefox needed to be
restarted for plug-in to take affect. I restarted computer and went
back to that website but same message appeared that stated I needed to
install the missing adobe flash player plug-in.<br><br>
Also to note, after I restarted the computer, I went back to the
Firefox plugin folder and looked for the original .so file I had put in
manually. The file was no longer there. I also noticed that some
other files I had downloaded, which were on the Desktop, were no longer
there either.<br><br> I am thinking that everytime I restart the computer, my changes are nullified. I am confused by this
since I am no longer running off the LiveCD but running off an installed version of DSL.<br><br> Any thoughts, suggestions??<br><br>
Other than that, I hope that this message finds you all well and in
very good spirits. Looking forward to hearing from you all about this obstacle.<br><br> With much respect and thanks,<br><br> Brian Gallagher</td></tr></table><br>