Flash not detected suse 11.4 / Firefox 9.0.1

Hi,

I am not able to get Flash player to work since updating firefox.

OS:

openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64)

VERSION = 11.4

CODENAME = Celadon

Installed firefox 9.0.1

Installed flashplayer from    install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar

When I run firefox, flash player is not detected.

Firefox says   "For your safety, Firefox has disabled your outdated version of Flash."

./mozilla/firefox/plugins/pluginreg.dat shows:

[INVALID]

/usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so:$

1328726850000:$

I realize this could be a problem with firefox, but can you confirm that the

OS/firefox/flash configuration described should work?

Any suggestions as to why flash is not being detected?

Thanks,

George