From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 25 00:06:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44EBA1065670 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:06:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f210.google.com (mail-fx0-f210.google.com [209.85.220.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0D8C8FC0A for ; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:06:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm6 with SMTP id 6so10589886fxm.43 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:06:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Wq0u6meCEHBzuUZFwDIfPjatEnYaQtAS87n+rmJfJl8=; b=YyT2JRZGIfG1E575vsWCWEGsi2irFYz+ro+7dnP6a3EDYljaeP+eDO+DmYZIv1lI3t +BQ/RbIJ8KWk6tVuIK9FLY7XQIiEXUcGxMeKvEPX5QBrYvCVcwL9FmqOs4G401idgGnn CQvQvnqkn7aGpYsXDNuXKnJ32HsihrbeammUM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=QN4OPJY3Q2UN9F9rWYjeQc0Mx6b/AeHqfWY5l1v4/TX5CMxCU+EMeOC6ginarHoG+v NKPbOcGxdJWaoYv15V017cEn5M9mw4F5KTnPaQQhI5ZRMnXmMlo/lbewUkM9nYnOGBpB tCh3WD3E3L1EE4TojHj/M7QXFJFstaIc4lzzA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.29.193 with SMTP id r1mr2510462fac.29.1256429209710; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:06:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4AE3944A.4090602@videotron.ca> References: <4AE3944A.4090602@videotron.ca> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:06:49 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310910241706h73ff91a9x115b1089801a401f@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: PJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: flashplugin X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:06:51 -0000 Howdy, On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:56 PM, PJ wrote: > Is there any definitive install guide for flashplugin. > I was able to install it on a 7.2 64bit machine and then on an i386 but > somehow it has morphed into god-knows-what and no longer works. Any errors? > I thought I had installed it with linux-f8 emulations but I found the > linux-f4 on the machine... so I don't know what is going on. > Now, trying to reinstall under linux-f8 and flashplugin9 does not work... I used the steps in the handbook[1] to get flash on my FreeBSD 8 machines. I never used flash on 7 because it wasn't worth the trouble. Things have changed since. > Adobe seems to be toally unreliable as to what they are doing with their > software; at least from what I can see about the problems users are > having with their products. Any major software vendor fits in this category, IMHO. Not everything works for everyone. Computer configurations, hardware, OS, etc differ from person to person, company to company. > So, the question - what is the latest method to get the flashplugin to > work - what linux emulation, whick version of flashplugin... stumble, > bumble and mumble ... [1] - http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html#MOZ-FLASH-PLUGIN HTH. -- Glen Barber