From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 22 22:07:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9FF7106566B for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:07:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BD348FC08 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:07:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd3ml1so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.140]) by pd3mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 22 Feb 2009 15:07:10 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=IjKnGDJrEobpcPysnhwA:9 a=J-aVgOZYMxxlwLURpfJa8M3KWHoA:4 a=jgoaQNzrKcYA:10 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd3ml1so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 22 Feb 2009 15:07:10 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AB921701E for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:07:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:07:08 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090222140708.4478cda2@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <20090222214720.GA43510@thought.org> References: <20090222214720.GA43510@thought.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: flashplugin9? 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: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:07:12 -0000 On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:47:23 -0800 Gary Kline wrote: > If I stick with FreeBSD as my main desktop, I want firefox and > flashplugin-9. So far, no joy. I have firefox2, and when I try to > pkg_delete, I find gnome2 is just one of the dependicies. > linux-flashplugin-9 is installed as well as the pluginwrapper ports, > but still YouTube won't work. > gary, my son just got it all to work according to the directions in the handbook (section 6.2.3): http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html using firefox3 and www/linux-flashplugin9 on fbsd7.1 (note they say you need www/linux-flashplugin7 if you are using an older version of fbsd ... which would explain why i haven't been able to get it to work since i installed 9 on 7.0 ... not that i want to use flash in the first place since there is a great benefit to telling all the irritating people i can't use flash which is that you don't have to watch all the amazing videos they just discovered on the web that they want to share with you as though they think you don't have better things to do with your life than to watch the nonsense they think is wonderful ... therefore, noflash => less bothersome existence). -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's