01-13-2020, 05:11 AM
Netflix stopped working for me in my install, complaining that it could not find the widevine plugin, I am running on Bionic and with KDE Neon on top. Here is the simple way I fixed it, seems it is down to the latest version of Chromium not playing nice and downgrading to version 78 fixes this.
First thing is to nip to mrfixits github and grab the versions of the browser and codecs from there. Current link below.
https://github.com/mrfixit2001/updates_r...filesystem
Remove the current install of chromium-browser and chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
Install the downloaded versions, the easiest way is to chuck both files in a directory, cd to the directory and
Now there will be a problem, the system will want to update the now older files so we need to put a hold on the packages, this is done by marking them for a hold.
Best check it works by looking at policies. and you should see something like:
OK, not running the latest version, but it will work. You will have to refresh any tabs as it will not resume open tabs, as the system agent will have changed.
Hope this helps anyone who has lost Netflix / Amazon Prime.
First thing is to nip to mrfixits github and grab the versions of the browser and codecs from there. Current link below.
https://github.com/mrfixit2001/updates_r...filesystem
Remove the current install of chromium-browser and chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
Install the downloaded versions, the easiest way is to chuck both files in a directory, cd to the directory and
Code:
sudo dpkg -i *.debNow there will be a problem, the system will want to update the now older files so we need to put a hold on the packages, this is done by marking them for a hold.
Code:
sudo apt-mark hold chromium-browser
sudo apt-mark hold chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extraBest check it works by looking at policies. and you should see something like:
Code:
$ apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
Installed: 78.0.3904.97-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Candidate: 79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Version table:
79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 500
500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-security/universe armhf Packages
500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-updates/universe armhf Packages
*** 78.0.3904.97-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
65.0.3325.181-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic/universe armhf Packages
$ apt-cache policy chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra:
Installed: 78.0.3904.97-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Candidate: 79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Version table:
79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 500
500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-security/universe armhf Packages
500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic-updates/universe armhf Packages
*** 78.0.3904.97-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
65.0.3325.181-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic/universe armhf PackagesOK, not running the latest version, but it will work. You will have to refresh any tabs as it will not resume open tabs, as the system agent will have changed.
Hope this helps anyone who has lost Netflix / Amazon Prime.
