From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 13 04:05:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DF8016A41F for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:05:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC40943D45 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:05:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [192.168.42.21] (andersonbox1.centtech.com [192.168.42.21]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k2D45oXF032668; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:05:50 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <4414EF9C.30008@centtech.com> Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:05:48 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060112) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: eculp@bafirst.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org 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> In-Reply-To: <20060313022339.GA67448@mail.scottro.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1326/Sat Mar 11 14:33:54 2006 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Subject: Re: flash and firefox X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:05:52 -0000 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 : >>> >>> >>> 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------