Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:05:48 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: eculp@bafirst.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flash and firefox Message-ID: <4414EF9C.30008@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20060313022339.GA67448@mail.scottro.net> References: <20060311213529.epb13ogpggk00ws0@mail.bafirst.com> <20060312042329.GA72610@mail.scottro.net> <17428.17308.781505.771684@roam.psg.com> <20060312194519.ec46nnjgwocgw0kg@mail.bafirst.com> <20060312200534.alo53c8nb400so8w@mail.bafirst.com> <20060313022339.GA67448@mail.scottro.net>
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Scott Robbins wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 08:05:34PM -0600, eculp@bafirst.com wrote: > >> Quoting eculp@bafirst.com: >> >> >>> Quoting Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>: >>> >>> >>> Using Scott's suggestion, I installed linux-firefox and low and behold, flash >>> didn't work but there was an opportunity for windows like technology that >>> asked if I wanted to download and install the plugin, so at this point, I said >>> yes and it immediately downloaded and installed the plugin and flash begin to >>> work. Now I have to see about linking in my mplayer plugin and look at pdf >>> although I have an idea they may not work. Thanks, Scott, >>> >> Unfortunately, I've yet to be successful with mplayer and linux-firefox. Has >> anyone been successful playing embedded video in linux-firefox? >> > > Heh, hate to say it, but for that I use native firefox. That Just > Works(TM). I installed the mplayer plugin and it works with most audio > and video formats in native firefox. > > I'm sure there are better ways to do it, but disk space isn't such an > issue for me that it's worth the research to use something that I only > need on occasion. > > Strange - I have native firefox, with flash and acrobat reader 7, all working nice in 6-STABLE. I did have to apply the rtld_dlsym_hack.diff patch though to make flash happy. Linux-firefox however is more stable than native wrt flash. I find the linux-firefox looks different, and the fonts are somewhat different in a strange kind of way, but not that noticeable. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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