From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 13 14:35:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E74CB16A401 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:35:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E9B443D45 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:35:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k2DEZ8iD044888; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:35:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <4415831A.4050103@centtech.com> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:35:06 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060112) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Leidinger References: <20060311213529.epb13ogpggk00ws0@mail.bafirst.com> <20060312042329.GA72610@mail.scottro.net> <17428.17308.781505.771684@roam.psg.com> <20060312194519.ec46nnjgwocgw0kg@mail.bafirst.com> <20060312200534.alo53c8nb400so8w@mail.bafirst.com> <20060313022339.GA67448@mail.scottro.net> <4414EF9C.30008@centtech.com> <20060313102740.g2vu4dca0oogsoko@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20060313102740.g2vu4dca0oogsoko@netchild.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1326/Sat Mar 11 14:33:54 2006 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flash and firefox X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:35:13 -0000 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Eric Anderson wrote: > >> Strange - I have native firefox, with flash and acrobat reader 7, all >> working nice in 6-STABLE. I did have to apply the > > On -current we have symbol versioning (thats a good new feature) and the > problem is, that linuxpluginwrapper is not being able to handle it yet. Yea, I do recall that. Is it difficult to fix linuxpluginwrapper? Seems like a lot of people want it fixed, but nobody wants to fix it. :) >> rtld_dlsym_hack.diff patch though to make flash happy. Linux-firefox >> however is more stable than native wrt flash. I find the >> linux-firefox looks different, and the fonts are somewhat different >> in a strange kind of way, but not that noticeable. > > We use an old gtk and an old freetype in the linuxolator (an update of > the > linux userland bits is upcomming, after the freeze I will commit the > first > step). This may be the cause of the difference. Additionally you may not > have the same theme engine available on the linux side. Thanks for the explanation! I look forward to seeing those commits! (I'd be willing to test too if you'd like) Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------