From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 27 16:39:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47CFF106566C for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:39:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail4.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:6000:6::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF53B8FC12 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:39:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n6RGdJ9U018942 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:39:20 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id A7B721CC0B; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:39:19 -0700 (PDT) To: Bruce Simpson In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:55:08 BST." <4A6DBFCC.9040201@incunabulum.net> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:39:19 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20090727163919.A7B721CC0B@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2009-07-27_06:2009-07-24, 2009-07-27, 2009-07-27 signatures=0 Cc: stable@freebsd.org, Luigi Rizzo Subject: Re: status of flash9/flash10 support in RELENG_7 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:39:22 -0000 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:55:08 +0100 > From: Bruce Simpson > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > Is there a recipe for a working flas9 or flash10 operation ? > > > > Allegedly PC-BSD ship a working Flash install, I have not tried it. > > I have had similar problems and tried similar recipes. The Flash > player(s) thus embedded are not very stable, and can crash or hang with > multiple opens, or browser tab embedding the player(s) being closed. In all honesty, linux-flash has not been really stable, even on Linux, since flash7. That said, I have had good results with flash9 and nspluginwrapper. I also use linux_base-f8 and carefully updated all of my linux emulation mode ports to the f8 version (when available). I think that covers all of them EXCEPT linux-nvu and the closed source third-party apps like linux-realplayer and linux-flashplugin9. Also, be sure to add the define lines to /etc/make.conf as described in the installation of linux_base-f8. # portversion | grep linux- then, for each item: portupgrade -o /usr/ports/DIR/linux-f8-PORT/ linux-PORT Where DIR is the ports directory and PORT is the pat of the port name following 'linux-'. Note that you really need to do these in dependency tree order or you will get install errors. Use 'portupgrade -fn linux-\*' to get the order. Log into the system under your normal account (not root) and run nspluginwrapper to install the plugins that need to be wrapped. nspluginwrapper -i /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so nspluginwrapper -i /usr/local/lib/linux-mozilla/plugins/nphelix.so Restart firefox3. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751