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I've just upgraded from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 and now firefox will not play videos on youtube. Please help, thanks.

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After an upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04, YouTube playback failures are usually caused by the browser/Flash plugin combination or a corrupted Firefox profile. and pointed at the two usual first fixes (installing the Flash plugin and reinstalling Firefox). Those are sensible first steps; the checklist below provides the next, lower-risk diagnostics and fixes that typically resolve this kind of post-upgrade breakage.

  • Verify the plugin is actually visible and enabled in Firefox (check about:plugins or the Add-ons -> Plugins panel). If nothing named "Flash" or "Shockwave" appears, the plugin install did not complete.
  • Look for duplicate or stale plugin files in user and system plugin directories (for example the browser plugin folders). Multiple copies or an old leftover library can prevent the active plugin from loading; keep only one correct copy.
  • Make sure the plugin and Firefox are the same architecture (32-bit vs 64-bit). An architecture mismatch can silently fail.
  • Test with extensions disabled (restart Firefox in Safe Mode / "Restart with Add-ons Disabled") or with a fresh profile. If video works then, an extension or profile corruption is the culprit.
  • Right-click a Flash video and toggle hardware acceleration off; that often fixes choppy or blank playback after driver or library upgrades.

If these checks do not help, try a different browser (Chromium) to isolate the problem, enable the official partner repository and reinstall the Flash package from there, or consider updating to a supported OS/browser for long-term compatibility since Flash support and browser APIs have changed a lot since Lucid.

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What is the ache. 64 or 32 bit.??

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32

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run in the termial
This should fix the problem.

sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

just cut and paste if you can.

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sudo apt-get remove firefox
sudo apt-get install firefox

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