[opensuse] Flash video clips on news websites -- Second try

The fact that nobody has been able to comment on the following query must
indicated either that I haven't given enough information on it (although
I don't know what else I could say), or that this is not the right place
to ask for help with the problem, but I don't know where a more
appropriate place would be. I would really like to solve this problem,
and would be very grateful for any helpful comments or advice.

This system is OS v11.1. Recently it stopped showing the video clips on
the CNN.COM site (which is where I get much of my foreign news). The
behavior is that the graphics status line declares that data is being
transferred, but when all that is done, the window remains black. These
are the clips listed in the "Latest News" part of the Home page.

I also still have an installation of OS v10.3 on the machine; the same
clips that are not displayed on the v11.1, do show on the v10.3.
Comparison of the JavaScript permissions for the two systems are
Identical, so the problem is not one of JS.

But in BOTH installations, an attempt to enter the Crime section of the
site fails: the status line reports that data is being transferred, but
afterward the window remains grey. That doesn't happen with any other
part of the CNN site.

My next attempt at diagnosis was to disable all the browser extensions.
This made no difference, so the problem is also not in an extension.

The only remaining possibility that occurs to me is the Flash plugin.
The ShockWave plugin is present (v10.0.r22), and is enabled for swf and
spl formats.

But I have also noticed lately that several sites I have visited refuse to
admit me because they claim that I don't have Flash, and I should install
Flash v8 or higher, and I assume/hope that this is a clue to the present
problem, even if I don't know how to interpret it.

I have also examined about:config and searched for lines
containing "flash", but nothing jumps out at me as a possible connection.

Any advice will be welcome.

--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel
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