From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 17 20:37:11 2007 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 7F73A16A421 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:37:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlecic@EUnet.yu) Received: from smtpclu-7.EUnet.yu (smtpclu-7.eunet.yu [194.247.192.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C94D13C45B for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:37:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlecic@EUnet.yu) Received: from nyx.localhost (adsl-213-51.eunet.yu [213.198.213.51]) by smtpclu-7.EUnet.yu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l7HJIt83005497; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:18:58 +0200 Message-Id: <200708171918.l7HJIt83005497@smtpclu-7.EUnet.yu> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:32:34 +0200 From: Nikola Lecic To: Laszlo Nagy In-Reply-To: <46C5FF7D.7010000@shopzeus.com> References: <200708171651.43582.cblasius@gmail.com> <46C5CEF4.5080004@shopzeus.com> <200708172000.l7HK0KcA010591@eunet.yu> <46C5FF7D.7010000@shopzeus.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE X-Face: pbl6-.[$G'Fi(Ogs2xlXP-V6{3||$Y[LOYs&~GJoikj'cVjcFC[V7du;;0~6nO= [Vi2?uU1Pq~,=Adj@,T:|"`$AF~il]J.Nz#2pU',Y7.{B;m/?{#sO^Dvo$rnmY6] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-EUNET-AVAS-Milter-Version: 2.0.0 X-AVAS-Virus-Status: clean X-AVAS-Spamd-Symbols: BAYES_50,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-AVAS-Spam-Score: 0.0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash 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: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:37:11 -0000 On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:05:17 +0200 Laszlo Nagy wrote: > > The flash-related questions/answers appeared probably >10 or 15 > > times on various FreeBSD lists in last 3-4 months. These threads > > contain everything related to installation problems, warning > > messages and other problems. In total, if Flash7 and Acrobat > > plugins don't work inside native browsers _flawlessly_, then user > > does something wrong. > Oh well, yesterday I had a machine where I installed flash plugin 7 > and linuxpluginwrapper but it did NOT work until I made symlinks > to .so files (as given in the aforementioned article). The ports tree > was up to date, so I'm really not sure what I did wrong. :-) What you did wrong is that you didn't read the documentation. The symlinking you are talking about is very well explained in the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browser= s.html (section 6.2.4), and thus all googling hard work and disenchantment you expressed publicly yesterday were not necessary. The further investigation of recent mailing lists history would show you that nspluginwrapper is easier to install and more reliable. When new user comes to FreeBSD (especially it he/she is a Linux convert), the first thing he/she has to learn is that official FreeBSD Handbook, articles, FAQs and mailing lists @freebsd.org are the places that contain 99.99% of answers to all imaginable questions.=20 FreeBSD's documentation is one of its greatest strengths, so please take an advantage of it. Nikola Le=C4=8Di=C4=87