From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 17:54:51 2010 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 70629106566B for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:54:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-bw0-f224.google.com (mail-bw0-f224.google.com [209.85.218.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A1278FC23 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:54:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz24 with SMTP id 24so2618917bwz.13 for ; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:54:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.7.203 with SMTP id e11mr373912bke.39.1267811680294; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:54:40 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [85.116.204.54] In-Reply-To: <20100305171233.GB1500@gmail.com> References: <20100305051415.GA1847@gmail.com> <20100305065837.660d3ebd.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100305110049.GA10715@gmail.com> <20100305161210.GA46349@gmail.com> <20100305171233.GB1500@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:54:40 +0100 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Pongthep Kulkrisada , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: Flash viewer for FBSD 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, 05 Mar 2010 17:54:51 -0000 On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Pongthep Kulkrisada w= rote: > * C. P. Ghost (cpghost@cordula.ws) wrote: >> If you csup, you update only /usr/src (or /usr/ports). Have you actually >> updated the system and the ports as well? > % uname -a > FreeBSD bsdhost.localdomain 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0: Tue Dec =A0= 1 19:12:37 ICT 2009 =A0 =A0 root@bsdhost.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/G= ENERIC =A0i386 So your system is approx. 4 months old, despite you cvsup-ping? >> As said, if all else breaks, try running OpenSolaris (or a Linux distro) >> as a guest OS inside VirtualBox. This way, you have the best of both >> worlds. > > I don't want to. Even now I have 2 OSes installed, I still hate it. > In fact, 90% I boot of FreeBSD (at home). That's understandable. I boot FreeBSD/amd64 almost exclusively too. Only when I absolutely need Flash (and I very seldom do), I fire up VirtualBox o= n FreeBSD with a little OpenSolaris installation. Since this OpenSolaris guest lives in a single VirtualBox disk image, it doesn't clutter up my FreeBSD system, contrary to the whole Linux compat shims and RPMs needed to run the linux flash plugin. Of course, it's all a matter of personal tastes, likes and dislikes. I'd ra= ther have a native flash plugin for FreeBSD/amd64 too (Firefox and Opera), but this is unlikely in the near future, knowing the miserable track record of Adobe's FreeBSD "support". ;-) > Thanks, > Pongthep Regards, -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/