Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 19:56:17 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: Vladimir Tsvetkov <npacemo@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD + Firefox + Flash Problems Message-ID: <cb5206420510020856v5e125d3dvd49958d54c80b5a6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <666bdb140510020731n99525cx@mail.gmail.com> References: <666bdb140510020731n99525cx@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/2/05, Vladimir Tsvetkov <npacemo@gmail.com> wrote: > I did everything like it was described in the how-to's about > installing plugins for native Firefox on FreeBSD. I use FreeBSD 4.9 > Release, which at this moment is unsupported. > > 1. Install firefox: > # cd /usr/ports/www/firefox ; make install clean > > 2. Install linuxpluginwrapper: > # cd /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper > # make WITHOUT_PLUGINS=3Dyes install clean > > I use WITHOUT_PLUGINS=3Dyes, because I don't need acroread7 - I have > acroread5 and it perfectly fits my needs. > I got the following message: > > Please enable libmap.conf(5) feature for rtld(1). > 4-stable user: > You can get a following patch. > http://people.FreeBSD.org/~nork/libmap_4stable.diff > Please apply on /usr/src and make install on /usr/src/libexec/rtld-elf= : > # cd /usr/src ; patch -p0 < /tmp/libmap_4stable.diff > # cd libexec/rtld-elf ; make clean all install > 5.1-RELEASE user: > Please see /usr/src/libexec/rtld-elf/Makefile. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper. > > 3. Patching: > I've downloaded the patch: > http://people.FreeBSD.org/~nork/libmap_4stable.diff and than I tried > to apply it: > # cd /usr/src ; patch -p0 < /tmp/libmap_4stable.diff > > I got the following message: > Hmm... Looks like a unified diff to me... > The text leading up to this was: > -------------------------- > |diff -urN libexec/rtld-elf.old/Makefile libexec/rtld-elf/Makefile > |--- libexec/rtld-elf.old/Makefile Sun Jun 23 06:32:35 2002 > |+++ libexec/rtld-elf/Makefile Wed Oct 8 02:50:10 2003 > -------------------------- > File to patch: > > Obviously, I don't have /usr/src/libexec sources installed. > > 4. Install the libexec sources: > I put the FreeBSD 4.9 Release installation CD in the CD-ROM. > # /stand/sysinstall > Configure->Distributions->src->libexec > > 5. Patch again: > # cd /usr/src ; patch -p0 < /tmp/libmap_4stable.diff > # cd libexec/rtld-elf ; make clean all install > > This now works. > > 6. Another try to install linuxpluginwrapper: > # cd /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper > # make WITHOUT_PLUGINS=3Dyes install clean > > No problems at all. > > 7. Install linux-flashplugin6: > # cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin6 > # make install clean > > No problems at all. > > 8. Editing /etc/libmap.conf: > # /etc/libmap.conf for FreeBSD 4.x > > # Flash6 with Mozilla Firefox > [/usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so] > libpthread.so.0 pluginwrapper/flash6.so > libdl.so.2 pluginwrapper/flash6.so > libz.so.1 libz.so.2 > libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 libstdc++.so.3 > libm.so.6 libm.so.2 > libc.so.6 pluginwrapper/flash6.so > > # Acrobat5 with Mozilla Firefox > [/usr/X11R6/Acrobat5/Browsers/intellinux/nppdf.so] > libc.so.6 pluginwrapper/acrobat.so > > # Helix RealPlayer with Mozilla Firefox > [/usr/X11R6/lib/linux-mozilla/plugins/nphelix.so] > libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 libstdc++.so.3 > libc.so.6 pluginwrapper/realplayer.so > > I've checked every single Shared Object that is listed in my /etc/libmap.= conf. > > But there are no indications at all, that Firefox is using the > installed plugins. Still Firefox continues to inform me about missing > plugins. > I tried also, to configure Konqueror (3.1.4) to use the new plugins: > Settings->Configure Konqueror..->Plugins->Scan for new plugins > And I got the following error message: > > "The nspluginscan executable cannot be found. Netscape plugins will > not be scanned." > > I searched the web for this problem and I found this on the > freebsd-questions maillist: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-July/053298.htm= l > > >You have to compile /usr/ports/x11/kdebase3 with motif support. Run > >'make config' to change that option, then recompile and install it. > > I tried this, but the message above is outdated (Thu Jul 22 02:13:13 > PDT 2004). Currently in the configuration of the kdebase3 port there > is only one option: > > [X] Suid wrapper for aRts, req'd for realtime prio > > I am aware that the version of FreeBSD that I use is no longer > supported, but is there any way to workaround the necessity of moving > to 4Stable, and to get a working plugins for the Firefox browser? > > Best Regards, > Vladimir Tsvetkov > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > I'd start with trying to recompile the whole world.
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