From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 02:02:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE6F1065678 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:02:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek.graham@att.net) Received: from smtp121.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com (smtp121.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com [66.196.96.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E6C18FC14 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:02:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek.graham@att.net) Received: (qmail 74311 invoked from network); 3 Jun 2008 02:02:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mulder) (derek.graham@att.net@68.75.174.209 with plain) by smtp121.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Jun 2008 02:02:42 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: VLiPOkYVM1khiRDP43RMVb0_oTGoLKmDSzT7I4k1wVgUWZx6i0uzfNLPYqMF4A9uor8pob8LEsGGnFjiurjWHhokkohH6lqQfSk0A0_.W91F6E7gO7s5VopH82v.dDc- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: Derek Graham Organization: D and M Computers, Inc. To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:02:17 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200806021609.58980.derek.graham@att.net> <20080603015910.5aaf8567@gumby.homeunix.com.> <11167f520806021834p66041eb5o1ff0f84041a33e8b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <11167f520806021834p66041eb5o1ff0f84041a33e8b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200806022102.17322.derek.graham@att.net> Subject: Re: linux-flashplugin9 Restricted? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:02:43 -0000 on Monday 02 June 2008Monday 02 June 2008 Sam Fourman Jr. "Sam Fourman Jr." wrote: > > AFAIK Flash9 relies on the Linux 2.6 kernel, and so wont run on > > FreeBSDs default of 2.4. I've not tried it, but I think people have said > > it can be made to run with 2.6 emulation. > > If someone reading this has time,motivation, and the know how could they > please look into getting flash 9 on FreeBSD 7 Stable to work. > I have not tried it, but I have heard that liniux 2.6 emulation does not > magically make flash9 work. > > I am just a FreeBSD user, and as of yet I do not have the know how to look > into this. > > Flash 9 is badly needed for desktop users. for what it is worth, I can not > even browse a major bank's website in FreeBSD > https://www.citicards.com/cards/wv/home.do > > > Thank you > Sam Fourman Jr. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I agree, flash 9 is important and increasingly becoming a tool needed for everyday internet life. I am not a coder, I have coded a lil here and there long time ago but this is a project for someone with the know how to do it right :) Derek