Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:41:10 -0500 From: "Scott T. Hildreth" <shild@sbcglobal.net> To: Christopher Sean Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> Cc: andy@neu.net, freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash problem Message-ID: <1150468871.47958.12.camel@fbsd1.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20060612231834.GA3328@dagobah.vindaloo.com> References: <20060608120155.EB51716F8FC@hub.freebsd.org> <Pine.LNX.4.56.0606091030190.6924@Mira.dandy.net> <1149865048.3038.233.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> <20060612231834.GA3328@dagobah.vindaloo.com>
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On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 19:18 -0400, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:57:28AM -0500, Scott T. Hildreth wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 10:42 -0400, andy@neu.net wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Nothing shows up under plugins in Mozilla or Seamonkey. I tried to
> > > install the linuxplginwrapper,
> >
> > Well you can't run linux flash in FreeBSD native browser without it.
> > Also to run flash 7 you need to patch rtld-elf, adds a missing call.
> > The linuxpluginwrapper port explains how to do this.
> >
> >
> > > but it is marked broken.rtld-elf
> > >
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm going through the same thing. If anyone has gotten this on solved
> I'd love to know. Several of the websites that I use have flash and
> will not work without it.
>
> I have tried:
>
> CVSuping my ports tree and building the latest firefox
>
> Updating linuxpluginwrapper
>
> Changing from www/linux-flashplugin6 to www/linuxflashplugin7
>
> Applying the rtld-elf patch.
You have to create links for the plugins
(I don't know why, this started a while ago.)
flashplayer.xpt@ -> /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin7/flashplayer.xpt
libflashplayer.so@ -> /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin7/libflashplayer.so
>
> Using linux-firefox rather than the FreeBSD native one.
>
> The result is always the same. Hit www.doonesbury.com and your browser
> packs it in.
Works for me, native FreeBSD & flash7.
>
> -- Chris
>
--
Scott T. Hildreth <shild@sbcglobal.net>
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