Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:28:10 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flashplugin9? Message-ID: <20090222232810.GA43827@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20090222140708.4478cda2@gom.home> References: <20090222214720.GA43510@thought.org> <20090222140708.4478cda2@gom.home>
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 02:07:08PM -0800, prad wrote: > On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:47:23 -0800 > Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> 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 hmm. well, after my kernerl wipeout i rebuilt EVERYTHING and now have 7.1. (up from 7.0-pre) ... ... 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). oh, i hear you. many of the site i login to use flash [or ask you to d/load+install it ] for commercials. something i despise, but that's another matter. youtube is just an example. i want video mostly to stream the pbs videos that i miss because i'm often helping my daughter with her homework:-) ... and there are other streams too. i just installed miro here. it fails. don't know why. seems like if not flash, no video. (*sigh*) be nice if things-java were the easiest/best way, but evidently now. gary gary > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.23a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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