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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:
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> On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 08:05:34PM -0600, eculp@bafirst.com wrote:
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>> 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



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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't.
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