Flash videos won't play sound anymore

[Cooter2543]

I was having problems with pulseaudio, which I eventually cleared up. Now sound works on everything except flash videos and games. I have tried to reinstall adobe-flashplugin in synaptic, but I get this:

E: adobe-flashplugin: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2

When I try to remove Adobe Flash Plugin 10 in Ubuntu Software Center, I get this:

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(Reading database ... 254674 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing adobe-flashplugin ...
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--remove):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
postinst called with argument `abort-remove'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
adobe-flashplugin


I primarily use Opera, but flash videos do not work in either Opera or Firefox.

[Scotchifer]

I'm having the same problem. Running 9.10, and flash sound wont work....any suggestions?

[lovinglinux]

For 32bit see this.

For 64bit see this.

[Cooter2543]

I did get mine to work after fighting it for about two hours. I tried many things recommended various places, and none of them worked immediately. Then I rebooted and the sound was working again, so I can't pin-point what actually worked for me. I thought we were passed the days of rebooting every 5 minutes after something gets changed?!?

Anyways, thanks to lovinglinux for the link, and good luck to Scotchifer.