From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 17 15:57:44 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBD2616A407 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:57:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A449613C4A5 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:57:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0HFvhVZ050421; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:57:43 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id l0HFvh6h050418; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:57:43 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:57:43 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Dak Ghatikachalam In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20070117084647.J50351@wonkity.com> References: <20070116131316.N47969@wonkity.com> <2d19405f0701161337p784d881dk52289aa61d9ce34d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:57:44 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD WickerBill Subject: Re: Firefox mess in Freebsd 6.1 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, 17 Jan 2007 15:57:44 -0000 On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > On 1/16/07, FreeBSD WickerBill wrote: >> or, look in /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins/ and make sure the plugin >> or a symlink exists. > > 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1 > > I have these files in > > $ pwd > /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins > $ ls -lrt > total 2132 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2158864 Oct 27 16:42 libflashplayer.so > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 856 Oct 27 16:42 flashplayer.xpt > drwxr-xr-x 2 500 100 512 Dec 4 19:09 install_flash_player_7_linux > $ > > I need to try the Warren's method to see if that is going to help me, > first of all I need to read man portupgrade to perform the upgrade from 6.1to > 6.2 , as i am new into this freebsd world. Please stop top-posting. It makes replying to your messages difficult and confusing. I have not used /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins. My guess is that only Firefox will look there. /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins works for Firefox, Seamonkey, Mozilla, and probably others. The helpful web site used a roundabout way to set up the Flash plugin, and linking the files is preferable to copying them into the plugins directory. A little less chance of a version mismatch after updating. Portupgrade is used to upgrade ports, not the operating system. The Flash plugin will work under 6.1, so you don't have to update the operating system. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA