From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 17 12:24:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA11932 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 12:24:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from the-twist.crosslink.net (the-twist.crosslink.net [206.246.124.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA11926 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 12:24:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgregory@crosslink.net) Received: (qmail 417 invoked from network); 17 Dec 1998 20:24:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO crosslink.net) (192.190.177.149) by the-twist.crosslink.net with SMTP; 17 Dec 1998 20:24:41 -0000 Message-ID: <367968A8.673ECFA2@crosslink.net> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 15:25:12 -0500 From: Scott Gregory X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Mock CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shockwave flash and apache References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It sounds like you don't have a mime type set up for a .swf file. If apache can't determine the file type I believe it sends it as text. Check the mime.types file located in the same directory as apache's config files. Scott Jim Mock wrote: > Hi folks, > > One of my hosting customers has a site that uses shockwave > extensively, and he's having some problems getting it to work > correctly. Any time he tries, it "spits out a bunch of text" (in his > words) instead of loading it in flash. Basically it's trying to read > the file instead of running it. The permissions on the file are > currently -rw-r--r-- and I tried as -rwxr-xr-x as well with the same > results. It worked fine when his site was hosted at Pair Networks. > > The box is running apache 1.2.5 with FrontPage extensions (installed > manually before the apache-fp port existed).. I dunno if it's apache > causing the problem or what. I also know that it's not a corrupt file > because he emailed me the file and was able to play the attachment he > sent without incident. It's a normal shockwave flash .swf file that > he's trying to get working. Is there anything I need to add to > apache's conf files to get this working? > > Thanks. > > Jim > > : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : > : System Administrator | web: http://www.triax.com/ : > : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : > : Portland, OR USA | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : > : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message