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“up”grading

September 17, 2009 on 3:52 pm | In Computers and Web Stuff | No Comments

Okay, so I was playing some games and stuff online with my tiny Eee PC a while ago. Quite a few games said that I needed a new version of Flash. “Sure” I thought, “I’ve had this little computer for over a year and haven’t updated anything. It’s probably time.”

So I tried to update Flash. It did not work. I did all manner of installing and upgrading things (fumbling through Linux installing) and eventually got Flash installed. As soon as I did that, YouTube videos would no longer play on this computer. I found a bunch of online things saying that it’s a problem with the most recent versions of Flash not working with this version of Linux. So I needed to upgrade to Firefox 3 and install a patch to Flash, is what they said.

I installed Firefox 3. I installed the patch. Now YouTube videos still don’t work, and about half of the games that used to work on this computer stopped working. And when I put about:plugins in my browser address box, it shows 2 different versions of Flash both installed and enabled.

I’m lost. I’ve tried everything. I’ve tried completely uninstalling Flash and reinstalling it. I’ve tried force-installing old versions. Nothing is working. Help.

UPDATE: Finally got a patch installed onto the most current Firefox, and YouTube is working again. Some games are still broken, but I’m going to quit now while I’m ahead.