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Kevin the Drummer
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 Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: Web games, one computer works, the other not |
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My kids have recently started playing games via fashiongames247.com on
the family's main computer. We decided to build a computer just for the
kids, which I did. I loaded that computer with Mandriva 2008.0 and it
works fine. Except, that the games from that website no longer will
play. They open up a new window in Firefox just fine, but the window is
empty. The computer that works is a Mandriva 2007.0 machine, also
running Firefox. The cake decorating game works, for instance, on the
2007 machine, but loads into a empty Firefox window on the 2008 machine.
What could I be missing which could cause this? Any troubleshooting
pointers are appreciated.
Thanks....
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Ignoramus27757
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject: Re: Web games, one computer works, the other not |
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On 2008-08-28, Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us> wrote:
| Quote: | My kids have recently started playing games via fashiongames247.com on
the family's main computer. We decided to build a computer just for the
kids, which I did. I loaded that computer with Mandriva 2008.0 and it
works fine. Except, that the games from that website no longer will
play. They open up a new window in Firefox just fine, but the window is
empty. The computer that works is a Mandriva 2007.0 machine, also
running Firefox. The cake decorating game works, for instance, on the
2007 machine, but loads into a empty Firefox window on the 2008 machine.
What could I be missing which could cause this? Any troubleshooting
pointers are appreciated.
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What are the games based on? Java? Flash?
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Robert Heller
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: Re: Web games, one computer works, the other not |
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At Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:25:44 -0500 Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us> wrote:
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My kids have recently started playing games via fashiongames247.com on
the family's main computer. We decided to build a computer just for the
kids, which I did. I loaded that computer with Mandriva 2008.0 and it
works fine. Except, that the games from that website no longer will
play. They open up a new window in Firefox just fine, but the window is
empty. The computer that works is a Mandriva 2007.0 machine, also
running Firefox. The cake decorating game works, for instance, on the
2007 machine, but loads into a empty Firefox window on the 2008 machine.
What could I be missing which could cause this? Any troubleshooting
pointers are appreciated.
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You need Flash Plugin. Because of licencing issues, the Flash Plugin
is not distributed by any of the Linux distros, so a basic (cold)
install won't have it installed. You need to download it from Adobe
and install it manually. I suspect that somewhere along the way you
downloaded and installed Flash Plugin on your family's main computer and
so the flash-based games work there.
Adobe has a yum repository with Flash Plugin and other free Adobe Linux
packages (Adobe's PDF Reader). This lets you get updates automagically
via 'yum update'.
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer
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Robert Riches
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:08 am Post subject: Re: Web games, one computer works, the other not |
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On 2008-08-29, Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us> wrote:
| Quote: | Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
At Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:25:44 -0500 Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us> wrote:
You need Flash Plugin. Because of licencing issues, the Flash Plugin
is not distributed by any of the Linux distros, so a basic (cold)
install won't have it installed. You need to download it from Adobe
and install it manually. I suspect that somewhere along the way you
downloaded and installed Flash Plugin on your family's main computer and
so the flash-based games work there.
Adobe has a yum repository with Flash Plugin and other free Adobe Linux
packages (Adobe's PDF Reader). This lets you get updates automagically
via 'yum update'.
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer
I'll try the Adobe site. I had a Flash Player installed with the
PowerPack installation. I tried the PLF flash player too. Neither one
works.
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Kevin the Drummer, are you the same person who multi-posted
the same question in alt.os.linux.mandriva? Please read up
on why multi-posting is such an anti-social thing. Properly
done, cross-posting is not as bad.
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Kevin the Drummer
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:08 am Post subject: Re: Web games, one computer works, the other not |
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Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
| Quote: | At Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:25:44 -0500 Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us> wrote:
You need Flash Plugin. Because of licencing issues, the Flash Plugin
is not distributed by any of the Linux distros, so a basic (cold)
install won't have it installed. You need to download it from Adobe
and install it manually. I suspect that somewhere along the way you
downloaded and installed Flash Plugin on your family's main computer and
so the flash-based games work there.
Adobe has a yum repository with Flash Plugin and other free Adobe Linux
packages (Adobe's PDF Reader). This lets you get updates automagically
via 'yum update'.
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer
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I'll try the Adobe site. I had a Flash Player installed with the
PowerPack installation. I tried the PLF flash player too. Neither one
works.
Thanks....
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Kevin the Drummer
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:08 am Post subject: Re: Web games, one computer works, the other not |
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Ignoramus27757 <ignoramus27757@NOSPAM.27757.invalid> wrote:
| Quote: | On 2008-08-28, Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us> wrote:
My kids have recently started playing games via fashiongames247.com on
the family's main computer. We decided to build a computer just for the
kids, which I did. I loaded that computer with Mandriva 2008.0 and it
works fine. Except, that the games from that website no longer will
play. They open up a new window in Firefox just fine, but the window is
empty. The computer that works is a Mandriva 2007.0 machine, also
running Firefox. The cake decorating game works, for instance, on the
2007 machine, but loads into a empty Firefox window on the 2008 machine.
What could I be missing which could cause this? Any troubleshooting
pointers are appreciated.
What are the games based on? Java? Flash?
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How can I tell? I've got both Java and Flash installed.
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