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Brave doesn't find Flash installation on the OS #8336

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r3pek opened this issue Feb 20, 2020 · 1 comment
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Brave doesn't find Flash installation on the OS #8336

r3pek opened this issue Feb 20, 2020 · 1 comment

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@r3pek
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r3pek commented Feb 20, 2020

Description

I'm using Fedora 31 as OS and installed brave-browser from the provided repository.
I've also installed flash from the adobe repos.
Brave isn't able to detect (and use), the flash instalation.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Install brave browser
  2. Install flash plugin
  3. Visit https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html and find that flash isn't detected

Actual result:

Flash player isn't detected

Expected result:

Should detect installed flash plugin

Reproduces how often:

Every time

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave 1.3.118 Chromium: 80.0.3987.116 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision dc00a510e4c2ae25c4d084cc3d946fc782249224-refs/branch-heads/3987@{#917}
OS Linux
JavaScript V8 8.0.426.23
Flash (Disabled)
User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.116 Safari/537.36
Command Line /opt/brave.com/brave/brave --enable-dom-distiller --disable-domain-reliability --no-pings --extension-content-verification=enforce_strict --extensions-install-verification=enforce --sync-url=https://no-thanks.invalid --enable-features=PasswordImport,WebUIDarkMode,SimplifyHttpsIndicator --disable-features=AutofillServerCommunication,AllowPopupsDuringPageUnload,LookalikeUrlNavigationSuggestionsUI,NotificationTriggers,AudioServiceOutOfProcess,SmsReceiver,WebXR,VideoPlaybackQuality,WebXrGamepadModule --flag-switches-begin --load-media-router-component-extension=1 --flag-switches-end --disable-webrtc-apm-in-audio-service --disable-sync
Executable Path /opt/brave.com/brave/brave
Profile Path /home/r3pek/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default

Version/Channel Information:

  • Can you reproduce this issue with the current release?
    Yes
  • Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel?
    Didn't try
  • Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel?
    Didn't try
  • Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel?
    Didn't try

Other Additional Information:

  • Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
    No
  • Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards?
    No
  • Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?
    Chrome uses its internal plugin

Miscellaneous Information:

Adobe Flash isn't shown in brave://components

Oficial flash plugin is installed in:
/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/
/usr/lib64/flash-plugin/

@bsclifton
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Thanks for the report, @r3pek! I believe this issue is a duplicate of #1562

Can you please check that issue out- there's a work-around shared there. I'll close this issue as a duplicate- but if your issue is not the same, we can re-open this one if you're able to provide more info. Thanks!

@bsclifton bsclifton added closed/duplicate Issue has already been reported OS/Linux labels Mar 11, 2020
@bsclifton bsclifton added this to the Dupe / Invalid / Not actionable milestone Mar 11, 2020
@bbondy bbondy removed this from the Dupe / Invalid / Not actionable milestone May 30, 2020
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