[Bug-gnash] [Bug 647609] Re: gnash in Firefox not displaying flash content

[Sindhudweep Sarkar]

Hi Christopher,

>From comment #6 it sounds like you cleared your http cookies via the
browser. I believe that doesn't clear the "Flash Cookies".

I think flash cookies have the extension .sol (Shared Objects Local?).
and you can list the flash cookies by using the command

$ soldumper -l.

Soldumper is part of the gnash-tools package. This should let you
confirm if clearing cookies via your browser is actually clearing the
flash cookies. Unfortunately I can't remember how to actually clear
flash cookies.

As a side note and slightly off topic, other plugins may implement their
own cookies too. Silverlight is one example. The folks at evercookie
http://samy.pl/evercookie/ use these various local persistence
mechanisms to make a piece of data that is very hard to remove.

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Title:
  gnash in Firefox not displaying flash content

Status in GNU Flash movie player:
  New
Status in “gnash” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnash

1) lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release:        10.04

2) apt-cache policy mozilla-plugin-gnash
mozilla-plugin-gnash:
  Installed: 0.8.7-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.8.7-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.8.7-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
  Candidate: 3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.6.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

3) Thank you for reading this. What is expected is when one installs 
mozilla-plugin-gnash then goes to: http://www.youtube.com/deliciousskateshop a 
video begins playing immediately.

4) What happens instead is that the webpage comes up done and the area where 
the video is expected is just black. Secondary clicked box -> Movie Control -> 
Play and still a black screen after 5 minutes (please see screenshot.png 
attached). I am new to Ubuntu Linux and at this time do not have the facilities 
to further contribute other than making this bug. Just wanted to bring to your 
attention, no big deal. If any more questions exist, please ask.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.7-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.43-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 25 12:44:21 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnash