From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 21 09:24:47 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 04117106568B for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:24:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (ns0.blackend.org [82.227.222.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DE858FC51 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:24:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id n7L9OfVq099264; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:24:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n7L9Pf8m005589; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:25:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n7L9Pe5O005588; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:25:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:25:40 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20090821092540.GA76646@gothic.blackend.org> References: <200908201343.07634.tijl@ulyssis.org> <20090820123041.GA1239@gothic.blackend.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-BETA2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash10 with 8.0-BETA2 and Firefox 3.5.2 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: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:24:47 -0000 On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 07:02:28AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > > > > So you should not run it as root. > > Let me clarify: I did not run it as root until after it didn't work as a > normal user. Or at least I thought I didn't. > > Now, having removed the link in /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins and > making sure that npwrapper.libflashplayer.so was not present in > /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins, nspluginwrapper and Flash as a normal > user works. > All these Firefox plugins are a big nightmare cause so many parameters can prevent them to work. It's a pain :( But if you find a reliable reason, something that we can repeat, that prevented the detection of the plugin, please mail me. I'm interested in updating the docs on this point. -- Marc