Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:51:14 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Flash plugin ? Message-ID: <53F0DD82.8010906@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <20140817183930.8a4a804a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <53F0986B.2000604@hiwaay.net> <20140817135824.78df3203.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F0AA33.3050605@hiwaay.net> <20140817151151.5527a1bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F0B338.2020608@hiwaay.net> <20140817155855.GA97753@slackbox.erewhon.home> <53F0D7E9.6060808@hiwaay.net> <20140817183930.8a4a804a.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 08/17/14 11:39, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:27:21 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>> Word dat on old tech, it's a US-gov website (NOAA or subset), they might
>> still be using that 20 years from now. I have followed those directions
>> completely, AFAIK, I just can't find the actual flash plugin to load &
>> use ....
> That's strange, but I have to admit that I also had problems
> getting "Flash" work in Firefox once. That's why I tried Opera
> and it worked immediately. Could you, just for reference, try
> that browser according to the instructions in the Handbook?
> If it works, make Opera your "'Flash' browser" and let Firefox
> be your "normal browser" for fast, unpolluted and secure web
> access.
>
>
>
Already working in that direction ..... I got a few oddities when I did
'pkg install opera-12.16_2 opera-linuxplugins-12.16', 3 pkgs failed
their POST-INSTALL .... unfortunately I have lost the output, did a
'makewhatis -v' & washed it away ....
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William A. Mahaffey III
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