On my newly installed Debian 7.8.0, Iceweasel plays video clips on the ABC news site without any problems. But if the clip is from youtube or the BBC, then no dice. On youtube, after clicking the "play" triangle, the playing time indicator moves, but the screen remains black, and there is no sound. The little grey two-bump-lego-block in Iceweasel's TLH corner says: "Adobe Flash" is enabled on www.youtube.com and clicking on "Continue Allowing" does nothing to start allowing, either. On the BBC, the "play" triangle doesn't show, and clicking on the initial image does nothing - mostly. Once in a dozen tries, a "you need to download FlashPlayer" message appears. Following the links to: https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ doesn't show anything for Debian, and Ubuntu isn't binary compatible, AIUI. In case a bit of non-free might provide the missing functionality, I added to sources.lst: # non-free multimedia stuff. Mirror for http://deb-multimedia.org/ deb http://mirror.optus.net/deb-multimedia/ stable main deb-src http://mirror.optus.net/deb-multimedia/ stable main And then as root: # apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring # apt-get update # apt-get dist-upgrade The latter includes a new iceweasel, but no change in behaviour. If there's a debian-compatible package for firefox anywhere, then that'd perhaps be the best way around this mess. If not, does anyone know how iceweasel might be coaxed to perform this basic function? Erik -- Personally I love having sole control of the TV. I can stay up until 2am binge watching my favourite shows and not be worried about disturbing anyone. I can sleep in to 10am the next morning and no one wakes me. I can eat porridge for dinner and not have to cook for anyone else. No one steals my chocolate supply. I don't have to put up with someone else's dodgy friends or relatives. I can decorate the way I like without having to compromise. Oh the bliss of living alone. I love, love love it. - LK