[manjaro-general] flash issues (Was: Re: manjaro-general Digest, Vol 16, Issue 4)

[Jonathon Fernyhough]

It would be great if, in future, you could edit the subject to match the
item you're replying to. This way the list thread has an informative title!


Jonathon


On 17/07/15 15:11, chardo137 wrote:
>
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2948115/browsers/mozilla-firefox-temporarily-blocks-flash-by-default.html
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>        1. flash issues (bill .)
>        2. Re: flash issues (Philip M?ller)
>        3. Re: flash issues (Chris Andrew)
>        4. Re: flash issues (Philip M?ller)
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>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: "bill ." <tvulture at outlook.com <mailto:tvulture at outlook.com>>
>     To: <manjaro-general at manjaro.org <mailto:manjaro-general at manjaro.org>>
>     Cc:
>     Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:39:36 -0500
>     Subject: [manjaro-general] flash issues
>     Yesterday my flash in Firefox started giving me warnings it was
>     untrusted and I had to manually approve its use each time.
>     Later in the afternoon I saw there was a new manjaro update,
>     including flash. I applied it and am "up to date," but it didn't fix
>     my flash issue. It still behaves as if its outdated and vulnerable.
>     Any suggestions?
>     peace
>     -bill
>
>     from my windows phone
>
>
>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: "Philip Müller" <philm at manjaro.org <mailto:philm at manjaro.org>>
>     To: manjaro-general at manjaro.org <mailto:manjaro-general at manjaro.org>
>     Cc:
>     Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 06:55:26 +0200
>     Subject: Re: [manjaro-general] flash issues
>     Did you restart your browser? On our end the flash update worked.
>
>     Am 17.07.2015 um 02:39 schrieb bill .:
>     > Yesterday my flash in Firefox started giving me warnings it was
>     untrusted and I had to manually approve its use each time.
>     > Later in the afternoon I saw there was a new manjaro update,
>     including flash. I applied it and am "up to date," but it didn't fix
>     my flash issue. It still behaves as if its outdated and vulnerable.
>     > Any suggestions?
>     > peace
>     > -bill
>     >
>     > from my windows phone
>     >
>     >
>     >
>
>
>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: Chris Andrew <cjhandrew at gmail.com <mailto:cjhandrew at gmail.com>>
>     To: "bill ." <tvulture at outlook.com <mailto:tvulture at outlook.com>>
>     Cc: manjaro-general at manjaro.org <mailto:manjaro-general at manjaro.org>
>     Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 06:02:18 +0100
>     Subject: Re: [manjaro-general] flash issues
>
>     Also seeing this in Linux Mint. Guessing it's a Firefox policy
>     change. Anyone experiencing it with other browsers?
>
>     Cheers,
>     chris_debian
>
>     On 17 Jul 2015 02:16, "bill ." <tvulture at outlook.com
>     <mailto:tvulture at outlook.com>> wrote:
>
>         Yesterday my flash in Firefox started giving me warnings it was
>         untrusted and I had to manually approve its use each time.
>         Later in the afternoon I saw there was a new manjaro update,
>         including flash. I applied it and am "up to date," but it didn't
>         fix my flash issue. It still behaves as if its outdated and
>         vulnerable.
>         Any suggestions?
>         peace
>         -bill
>
>         from my windows phone
>
>
>
>
>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: "Philip Müller" <philm at manjaro.org <mailto:philm at manjaro.org>>
>     To: manjaro-general at manjaro.org <mailto:manjaro-general at manjaro.org>
>     Cc:
>     Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 07:42:33 +0200
>     Subject: Re: [manjaro-general] flash issues
>     Followed packages are the fixed ones:
>
>     extra/flashplugin 11.2.202.491
>         Adobe Flash Player
>     multilib/lib32-flashplugin 11.2.202.491
>         Adobe Flash Player for 32-bit Mozilla-based browsers
>
>     They are not flagged outdated and vulnerable. Either kill all firefox
>     instances or reboot your machine once.
>
>     Am 17.07.2015 um 07:02 schrieb Chris Andrew:
>     > Also seeing this in Linux Mint. Guessing it's a Firefox policy
change.
>     > Anyone experiencing it with other browsers?
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     > chris_debian
>     > On 17 Jul 2015 02:16, "bill ." <tvulture at outlook.com
>     <mailto:tvulture at outlook.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >> Yesterday my flash in Firefox started giving me warnings it was
>     untrusted
>     >> and I had to manually approve its use each time.
>     >> Later in the afternoon I saw there was a new manjaro update,
>     including
>     >> flash. I applied it and am "up to date," but it didn't fix my
>     flash issue.
>     >> It still behaves as if its outdated and vulnerable.
>     >> Any suggestions?
>     >> peace
>     >> -bill
>     >>
>     >> from my windows phone
>     >>


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