Howto Install 32 bit Firefox with Flash w/sound and Java for AMD64

[rockyraccoon]

Ok, I dont like that verify for java. It only checks the latest version. Sadly java 6 is to buggy to use. Try this page instead.
So you have no sound regardless of the pulgin. I have a feeling some things didnt install on your computer. Please go to /ect/apt/sources.list and copy and paste the file into a reply.
I know you are running Feisty, but are you running Ubuntu , Xubuntu, or Kubuntu?

i tried the java test with exactly the same results. i'm running ubuntu. and...

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[Kilz]

i tried the java test with exactly the same results. i'm running ubuntu. and...

Ok, at least the sources look good, But im not sure why you are not getting any sound, out of any plugin. Second, we can see that there is a java plugin, but the browser isnt seeing it.

Lets make sure the java plugin symlink in the plugins directory is actually linking to a file.

ls -al /usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/jre/plugin/i386/ns7

Also do you have sound outside of the browser?

[rockyraccoon]

Also do you have sound outside of the browser?

$ ls -al /usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/jre/plugin/i386/ns7
total 116
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-04-22 15:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2007-04-22 15:24 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103432 2006-12-15 07:09 libjavaplugin_oji.so

yes, i do have sound outside the brower. cds and audio files play fine.

[Kilz]

yes, i do have sound outside the brower. cds and audio files play fine.

Java should work, all the files are in place. What plugins are listed when you type in

about:plugins

in the adress bar? At least copy the flash section and paste in into a post.

Lets also make sure that all the sound packages that were supposed to be installed by the script were.

sudo apt-get install lib32asound2 alsa-oss

[rockyraccoon]

Java should work, all the files are in place. What plugins are listed when you type in

about:plugins

in the adress bar? At least copy the flash section and paste in into a post.

Lets also make sure that all the sound packages that were supposed to be installed by the script were.

sudo apt-get install lib32asound2 alsa-oss

the plugins:

Installed plug-ins
Find more information about browser plug-ins at mozilla.org.
Help for installing plug-ins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org.
Shockwave Flash

File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes

$ sudo apt-get install lib32asound2 alsa-oss
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
lib32asound2 is already the newest version.
alsa-oss is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
vmware-player-kernel-modules vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-15
libssl0.9.7
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

should i remove the vmware packages or does it matter?

[Kilz]

the plugins:
should i remove the vmware packages or does it matter?

It doesn't matter. The only other thing I can think of, is close all firefox windows. Open a terminal, type in firefox32, go to a flash site and see if we get any sound errors in the terminal.

[rockyraccoon]

It doesn't matter. The only other thing I can think of, is close all firefox windows. Open a terminal, type in firefox32, go to a flash site and see if we get any sound errors in the terminal.

well, when i open firefox32 from a terminal, it gives me this:

$ firefox32
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

(firefox-bin:30347): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

if i try swiftfox, it gives me this:

$ swiftfox

(swiftfox-bin:30469): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.

(swiftfox-bin:30469): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /opt/swiftfox/plugins/libunixprintplugin.so [/opt/swiftfox/plugins/libunixprintplugin.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64]
LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /opt/swiftfox/plugins/mplayerplug-in-dvx.so [/opt/swiftfox/plugins/mplayerplug-in-dvx.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64]
LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /opt/swiftfox/plugins/mplayerplug-in-qt.so [/opt/swiftfox/plugins/mplayerplug-in-qt.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64]
LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /opt/swiftfox/plugins/mplayerplug-in-rm.so [/opt/swiftfox/plugins/mplayerplug-in-rm.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64]
LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /opt/swiftfox/plugins/mplayerplug-in-wmp.so [/opt/swiftfox/plugins/mplayerplug-in-wmp.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64]
LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /opt/swiftfox/plugins/mplayerplug-in.so [/opt/swiftfox/plugins/mplayerplug-in.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64]
LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /opt/swiftfox/plugins/npwrapper.so [/opt/swiftfox/plugins/npwrapper.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64]

the thing about "C Library" wasn't there before. nor were the loadplugin failure messages.

also, when i go to a flash site, there are no additional errors.

[Churnd]

I've used this script twice on a fresh Feisty x64 install, and it worked great both times. Thanks!

[Kilz]

well, when i open firefox32 from a terminal, it gives me this:


if i try swiftfox, it gives me this:


the thing about "C Library" wasn't there before. nor were the loadplugin failure messages.

also, when i go to a flash site, there are no additional errors.

For Firefox 32, the preload errors can be ignored, its using an alternate location for the C library, that is ok as far as I can tell.
Sadly Im not sure why firefox 32 isnt working like it should for you. Everything is in place and configured correctly.

[rockyraccoon]

For Firefox 32, the preload errors can be ignored, its using an alternate location for the C library, that is ok as far as I can tell.
Sadly Im not sure why firefox 32 isnt working like it should for you. Everything is in place and configured correctly.

crap. i was afraid you were going to say that. thanks for all you help, at any rate. i greatly appreciate it.