After installing netflix-desktop, the silverlight plugin is not detected. I can log into netflix and browse videos, but attempting to watch one produces a page which says
<quote>
You're almost ready to watch <insert show name here>
Install the Microsoft Silverlight plug-in now — it only takes a minute.
By clicking Install Now, you agree to the Terms of Use for this feature.
Install Now
</quote>
Clicking "Install Now" produces a microsoft page which says the following:
<quote>
Get Microsoft Silverlight
Silverlight home page
You are running on a browser that may not be fully compatible with Microsoft Silverlight. You can still try to install by clicking below or you can refer to the System Requirements for more information.
Direct Download Links
Install for Windows
Install for Macintosh
</quote>
Output of "netflix-desktop --showdebug":
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# OpenGL Diagnostics #
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direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
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# Firefox #
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fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
fixme:system:SetProcessDPIAware stub!
fixme:process:SetProcessDEPPolicy (1): stub
fixme:console:AttachConsole stub ffffffff
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyAddrChange (Handle 0x2ffe900, overlapped 0x2ffe8e4): stub
fixme:winsock:WSCGetProviderPath ({e70f1aa0-ab8b-11cf-8ca3-00805f48a192} 0x35ee6f8 0x35ee6b8 0x35ee6e4) Stub!
fixme:winsock:WSCGetProviderPath ({e70f1aa0-ab8b-11cf-8ca3-00805f48a192} 0x35ee6f8 0x35ee6b8 0x35ee6e4) Stub!
fixme:winsock:WSCGetProviderPath ({11058240-be47-11cf-95c8-00805f48a192} 0x35ee6f8 0x35ee6b8 0x35ee6e4) Stub!
fixme:winsock:WSCGetProviderPath ({11058241-be47-11cf-95c8-00805f48a192} 0x35ee6f8 0x35ee6b8 0x35ee6e4) Stub!
fixme:winsock:WSCGetProviderPath ({11058241-be47-11cf-95c8-00805f48a192} 0x35ee6f8 0x35ee6b8 0x35ee6e4) Stub!
fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x1436926, 0x2096680, {509962e0-406b-46f4-99ba-5a009f8d2225}, 3, 0x209a5c0, (null), (null), 0x20966b0,): stub
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32d490,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\users\\jakimfett\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Mozilla Firefox\\updates\\0\\update-1.status" 0x32b174): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\users\\jakimfett\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Mozilla Firefox\\active-update-1.xml" 0x32a034): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\users\\jakimfett\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Mozilla Firefox\\updates-1.xml" 0x32a034): stub
fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
fixme:alsa:AudioSessionControl_SetGroupingParam (0x158730)->({4563f72c-7afd-4852-beec-bfe29d59ae31}, (null)) - stub
fixme:alsa:AudioSessionControl_SetGroupingParam (0x158730)->({00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}, (null)) - stub
fixme:alsa:AudioSessionControl_UnregisterAudioSessionNotification (0x158730)->(0x4e51900) - stub
fixme:advapi:TraceEvent 0 0x32cf28
fixme:resource:GetGuiResources (0xffffffff,0): stub
fixme:win:FlashWindowEx 0x32b3d4
fixme:imm:ImmGetOpenStatus (0x16c450): semi-stub
fixme:imm:ImmReleaseContext (0x1006c, 0x16c450): stub
fixme:appbar:SHAppBarMessage unknown msg: 4
fixme:appbar:handle_appbarmessage SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETSTATE): stub
fixme:appbar:handle_appbarmessage SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETTASKBARPOS, hwnd=0x10040): stub
fixme:appbar:SHAppBarMessage unknown msg: 4
fixme:appbar:handle_appbarmessage SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETSTATE): stub
fixme:appbar:handle_appbarmessage SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETTASKBARPOS, hwnd=0x10040): stub
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {f7747266-777d-4f61-a175-dd5adf1e37df} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {f7747266-777d-4f61-a175-dd5adf1e37df} could be created for context 0x1
fixme:appbar:SHAppBarMessage unknown msg: 4
fixme:appbar:handle_appbarmessage SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETSTATE): stub
fixme:appbar:handle_appbarmessage SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETTASKBARPOS, hwnd=0x10040): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\users\\jakimfett\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Mozilla Firefox\\active-update-1.xml" 0x3296f4): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\users\\jakimfett\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Mozilla Firefox\\updates-1.xml" 0x3296f4): stub
fixme:advapi:TraceEvent 0 0x32aca8
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\safebrowsing" 0x67fe384): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\safebrowsing\\test-malware-simple-1.sbstore" 0x67fe31c): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\safebrowsing\\test-malware-simple-1.cache" 0x67fe32c): stub
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {f7747266-777d-4f61-a175-dd5adf1e37df} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {f7747266-777d-4f61-a175-dd5adf1e37df} could be created for context 0x1
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\safebrowsing\\test-phish-simple-1.sbstore" 0x67fe31c): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\safebrowsing\\test-phish-simple-1.cache" 0x67fe32c): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\safebrowsing-backup" 0x67fe394): stub
fixme:win:FlashWindowEx 0x32c634
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4125dd96-e03a-4103-8f70-e0597d803b9c} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4125dd96-e03a-4103-8f70-e0597d803b9c} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4125dd96-e03a-4103-8f70-e0597d803b9c} could be created for context 0x3
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {f7747266-777d-4f61-a175-dd5adf1e37df} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {f7747266-777d-4f61-a175-dd5adf1e37df} could be created for context 0x1
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\sessionstore-1.js" 0xc3fe3a4): stub
fixme:win:FlashWindowEx 0x32bf84
fixme:appbar:SHAppBarMessage unknown msg: 4
fixme:appbar:handle_appbarmessage SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETSTATE): stub
fixme:appbar:handle_appbarmessage SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETTASKBARPOS, hwnd=0x10040): stub
fixme:appbar:SHAppBarMessage unknown msg: 4
fixme:appbar:handle_appbarmessage SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETSTATE): stub
fixme:appbar:handle_appbarmessage SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETTASKBARPOS, hwnd=0x10040): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\safebrowsing" 0x67fe364): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\safebrowsing\\goog-phish-shavar-1.sbstore" 0x67fe2fc): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\safebrowsing\\goog-phish-shavar-1.cache" 0x67fe30c): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\safebrowsing-backup" 0x67fe374): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\thumbnails\\3bd2588aec09a57e96bf810266934bd7-1.png" 0xac7e3a4): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\prefs-1.js" 0x32c3ac): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\sessionstore-1.js" 0xac7e3a4): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\sessionstore-1.js" 0xac7e3a4): stub
fixme:advapi:TraceEvent 0 0x32f0f8
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\netflix-profile\\localstore-1.rdf" 0x32eb8c): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\users\\jakimfett\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Mozilla Firefox\\active-update-1.xml" 0x32bef4): stub
fixme:advapi:FileEncryptionStatusW (L"C:\\users\\jakimfett\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Mozilla Firefox\\updates-1.xml" 0x32bef4): stub
fixme:advapi:TraceEvent 0 0x32f118
It looks like I am not the only person to run into this. /bugs.launchpad .net/netflix- desktop/ +bug/1083862/ comments/ 29
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