From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 17 16:19:04 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7BAC6269 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:19:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 452E8287B for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:19:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.27] (rbn1-216-180-76-251.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.251]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s7HGIxPr030975 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:19:00 -0500 Message-ID: <53F0D76A.5090807@hiwaay.net> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:25:14 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon Subject: Re: Flash plugin ? References: <53F0986B.2000604@hiwaay.net> <20140817135824.78df3203.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F0AA33.3050605@hiwaay.net> <20140817151151.5527a1bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F0B338.2020608@hiwaay.net> <20140817155439.e533c0ad.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140817155439.e533c0ad.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:19:04 -0000 On 08/17/14 08:54, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 08:50:48 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> On 08/17/14 08:11, Polytropon wrote: >>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 08:12:19 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>>> 2nd, the make failed looking for some fedora >>>> compat files .... How come these weren't fetched & installed on the fly ? >>> Oh, I thought that would be a dependency... install the >>> linux_base-f10 port, it should include the dependencies. >>> Make sure you have Linux ABI in the kernel (should be the >>> default) and check if your /etc/fstab has >>> >>> linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 >>> proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 >>> >>> included. Remember: This is the _Linux_ version of "Flash" >>> running via FreeBSD's alternative binary interface, so it >>> expects certain Linux facilities to be present. The port >>> mentioned provides those. >>> >>> >>> >> There was/is a pkg for this, I installed that & proceeded, it eventually >> finished. Now I am looking around for the actual flash plugin, mozilla >> doesn't have one (!!!!), any idea where to go for that ? TIA .... > Make sure linproc is mounted (a reboot should be fine), and > then run: > > % nspluginwrapper -a -v -i > > Afterwards, "about:plugins" should list it in Firefox. As I > said, I'm not using "Flash" with Firefox, but with Opera, as > described in the Handbook. Those steps should lead you to a > functioning installation. :-) > > > about:plugins told me 'no plugins installed', which I already knew ;-) .... I have done the other 2 steps earlier .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.