Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:35:06 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flash and firefox Message-ID: <4415831A.4050103@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20060313102740.g2vu4dca0oogsoko@netchild.homeip.net> 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>
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Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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