electron: Flash is not working (webview + pepperflash)

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Issue Details

Electron Version:
- 6.0.10
Operating System: *Solus 4.0 with kernel 5.2

Expected Behavior

Game should actually load

Actual Behavior

Game doesn’t load. If you open the dev tools and in console type “navigator.plugins” you will be able to see the flash, but for some reason game isn’t working.

To Reproduce

Additional Information

Can anyone help me? Thanks!

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 5 years ago
Comments: 24 (1 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Just ran into this myself. Apparently there is an issue with sandboxing. See #17034

The Flash Player under Linux never worked in a mixed-sandbox or (full-)sandbox environment. As of v5.0.x, mixed-sandbox is forced. This prevents the plugin from loading.

The work around is to add app.commandLine.appendSwitch('no-sandbox')

Worked for me v8.0.x custom build. Now to look into the associated risks of running ‘no-sandbox’.

vsellen on Nov 24, 2019

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electron-triage on Mar 9, 2021