Terrible Flash update

[Swagman]

What the heck is wrong with the latest (32 bit) Flash update ?

I have NEVER had a single issue with flash but since this latest update it regularly crashes... glitches, all sorts of weird stuff.

I've used synaptic to completely remove it.. rebooted.. installed it. That seemed to cure it but after a couple of minutes playing it's glitching again.

Anyone else getting this problem and does anyone know how to cure it ?

Yes I'm using a nVidia GPU (8800GT)

[edit]

Is there anyway to roll back - reinstall the earlier version ?

[sandfire]

I have had problems too, since the last update.

Prior to that I could log into youtube and view videos with Firefox. Now I cannot.

I have to use Google Chrome instead.

Has anyone got any answers or possible solutions, please?

Cheers,

Sandfire

[TBABill]

I'm not sure if something is borked in the Flash available in the repos, but I'm assuming that's the plugin causing you issues. Can you install Flash Aid from the web? If you aren't familiar, it's an extension that removes your current flash plugin and gets the latest from Adobe.

[RedSingularity]

I understand its a 32bit upgrade, but what system architecture are you running?

[beew]

I'm not sure if something is borked in the Flash available in the repos, but I'm assuming that's the plugin causing you issues. Can you install Flash Aid from the web? If you aren't familiar, it's an extension that removes your current flash plugin and gets the latest from Adobe.

+1 to that. Lovinglinux rules.
https://addons.mozilla.org/af/firefox/addon/flash-aid/

[msmx5s]

WTF is going on?

I've done some updates in the last few days, and now Flash Player does not work at all.

Wherever it is needed it says "Missing Plug-in"

This is a nightmare!

[Sylos]

What version of flash it that is installed?

I only ask as I was recently made aware of a new flash version out that supports hardware acceleration for NVIDIA cards via the VDPAU lib. Might it be teething problems with this that are the source of the issue?

[RedSingularity]

WTF is going on?

I've done some updates in the last few days, and now Flash Player does not work at all.

Wherever it is needed it says "Missing Plug-in"

This is a nightmare!

Does firefox give you an idea of what the plugin is? IcedTea for example..?

[msmx5s]

I have no idea what the version is, but it isn't just a firefox problem. It's affected Chrome, Chromium, and Chrome Plus too.

[msmx5s]

OK I updated manually the flash player in FireFox to 10.2 R152 and now it works.

Unfortunately, I use Chrome based browsers the most, and that hasn't helped