From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 8 06:20:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2706116A420 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 06:20:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from ns1.internetinsite.com (ns1.internetinsite.com [208.179.97.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4085743D55 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 06:19:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Received: from [192.168.4.2] (68-190-198-174.dhcp.ccmn.ca.charter.com [68.190.198.174]) by ns1.internetinsite.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k286JpVc060450; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 22:19:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@chrismaness.com) Message-ID: <440E7787.9050004@chrismaness.com> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:19:51 -0800 From: Chris Maness User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060217) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joseph Vella References: <440E6A0D.9050209@chrismaness.com> <200603072210.08139.satyam@sklinks.com> In-Reply-To: <200603072210.08139.satyam@sklinks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash Player 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: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:20:00 -0000 Joseph Vella wrote: > On Tuesday 07 March 2006 21:22, Chris Maness wrote: > >> Joseph Vella wrote: >> >>> On Monday 06 March 2006 22:34, Duane Whitty wrote: >>> >>>> On Tuesday 07 March 2006 01:42, Chris >>>> >>>> >>>>> I installed these ports. Is there >>>>> anything I need to do to the browser >>>>> to get it to recognize them, because >>>>> flash is still not working. >>>>> >>>> Sorry, I forgot to mention that for >>>> firefox you want to make a symbolic >>>> link from >>>> >>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so >>>> >>>> to >>>> >>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so >>>> >>>> and from >>>> >>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/flashplayer.xpt >>>> >>>> to >>>> >>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so >>>> >>>> (Shamelessly copied from a previous >>>> post :) >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>> There's a typo in the last link: it should be >>> from >>> /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/flashplayer.xpt >>> to >>> /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt >>> >>> I put my links into /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins instead of >>> firefox/plugins and I'm then able to view flash in konqueror as well as >>> firefox. >>> >>> >>> Also I had to create a file named /etc/libmap.conf with the following in >>> it: >>> >>> # Flash6 with Konqueror >>> [/usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so] >>> libpthread.so.0 pluginwrapper/flash6.so >>> libdl.so.2 pluginwrapper/flash6.so >>> libz.so.1 libz.so.3 >>> libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 libstdc++.so.5 >>> libm.so.6 libm.so.4 >>> libc.so.6 pluginwrapper/flash6.so >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> Thanks, that worked for firefox. It didn't seem to work for Konqurer >> (but don't really use it anyway). >> > > Oh yeah, I also had to go into the settings for konqueror and click a button > something like "scan for plugins", after that, flash in Konqueror worked too. > > > Perfect, thanks. I'm kind of a newbie, so the extra hand holding is appreciated.