Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 08:22:01 -0400 From: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com> To: "'tobi@physcip.uni-stuttgart.de'" <tobi@physcip.uni-stuttgart.de>, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: RE: opera 5.0 release no longer works with flash plugin Message-ID: <46AEB8C1B628D511969200508B6FE42A668479@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu>
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I don't believe this to be a bug. I'm on the opera linux mailing list and
according to them there is no support for plugins right now. But "soon", the
next release probably there will be flash support.
Roderick P. Person
Programmer II
personrp@ccbh.com
"Get the thing straight once and for all. The policeman isn't
there to create disorder. The policeman is there to perserve
disorder."
- Richard Daley, mayor of Chicago
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tobi@bland.fido.de [mailto:tobi@bland.fido.de]
> Sent: July 06, 2001 3:00 AM
> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
> Subject: opera 5.0 release no longer works with flash plugin
>
>
> Hallo!
>
> Previously, I was using Opera 5.0b16 (IIRC), installed from FreeBSD
> ports, and I was using the Linux flash player plugin, also from ports.
> I simply had to symlink libflashplayer.so to
> /usr/local/share/opera/plugins (again, IIRC, but somewhere there was a
> opera plugins directory where I could symlink to), and voila, Opera
> could show flash animations.
>
> Today I cvsupped my ports and was happy to find that now the port for
> Opera has been upgraded to 5.0 release. So I pkg_deleted my old Opera
> installation and installed the new one, again via ports.
>
> Now, the new port does no longer install a "plugins" directory. By
> using truss, I found out that the new Opera version is now searching
> for plugins in /usr/lib/opera/plugins. So I created this directory and
> symlinked (also tried to copy) the flash player plugin and the
> ShockWave.class file there. But it does not work. I see that Opera
> finds the file and does something with it:
>
> linux_open("/usr/lib/opera/plugins/libflashplayer.so",0,05041052214)
> = 3 (0x3)
> linux_newfstat(8,0xbfbfd918) = 2 (0x2)
> read(0x8,0xbfbfc96c,0x1000) = 3 (0x3)
> linux_mmap(0xbfbfc90c) = 1 (0x1)
> mprotect(0x289ac000,0x425fc,0x0) = 3 (0x3)
> linux_mmap(0xbfbfc90c) = 1 (0x1)
> linux_mmap(0xbfbfc90c) = 1 (0x1)
> close(8) = 1 (0x1)
> mprotect(0x28908000,0xa4000,0x3) = 3 (0x3)
> munmap(0x28908000,0xe65fc) = 2 (0x2)
>
> But it still refuses to play flash plugins, and the plugin list under
> "appearanaces" is empty.
>
> Is this actually a bug in the new port (I think at least that it no
> longer installs a plugin directory is a problem with the port), a bug
> in the newer version of Opera, or one in the Linux emulation?
>
> Viele Grüße,
> Tobias
>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I don't believe this to be a bug. I'm on the opera linux mailing list and according to them there is no support for plugins right now. But "soon", the next release probably there will be flash support.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Roderick P. Person</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Programmer II</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>personrp@ccbh.com</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"Get the thing straight once and for all. The policeman isn't </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>there to create disorder. The policeman is there to perserve </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>disorder." </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> - Richard Daley, mayor of Chicago </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: tobi@bland.fido.de [<A HREF="mailto:tobi@bland.fido.de">mailto:tobi@bland.fido.de</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: July 06, 2001 3:00 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: opera 5.0 release no longer works with flash plugin</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Hallo!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Previously, I was using Opera 5.0b16 (IIRC), installed from FreeBSD</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ports, and I was using the Linux flash player plugin, also from ports.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I simply had to symlink libflashplayer.so to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> /usr/local/share/opera/plugins (again, IIRC, but somewhere there was a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> opera plugins directory where I could symlink to), and voila, Opera</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> could show flash animations.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Today I cvsupped my ports and was happy to find that now the port for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Opera has been upgraded to 5.0 release. So I pkg_deleted my old Opera</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> installation and installed the new one, again via ports.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Now, the new port does no longer install a "plugins" directory. By</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> using truss, I found out that the new Opera version is now searching</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> for plugins in /usr/lib/opera/plugins. So I created this directory and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> symlinked (also tried to copy) the flash player plugin and the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ShockWave.class file there. But it does not work. I see that Opera</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> finds the file and does something with it:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> linux_open("/usr/lib/opera/plugins/libflashplayer.so",0,05041052214)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> = 3 (0x3)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> linux_newfstat(8,0xbfbfd918) = 2 (0x2)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> read(0x8,0xbfbfc96c,0x1000) = 3 (0x3)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> linux_mmap(0xbfbfc90c) = 1 (0x1)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> mprotect(0x289ac000,0x425fc,0x0) = 3 (0x3)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> linux_mmap(0xbfbfc90c) = 1 (0x1)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> linux_mmap(0xbfbfc90c) = 1 (0x1)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> close(8) = 1 (0x1)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> mprotect(0x28908000,0xa4000,0x3) = 3 (0x3)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> munmap(0x28908000,0xe65fc) = 2 (0x2)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> But it still refuses to play flash plugins, and the plugin list under</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> "appearanaces" is empty.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Is this actually a bug in the new port (I think at least that it no</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> longer installs a plugin directory is a problem with the port), a bug</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> in the newer version of Opera, or one in the Linux emulation? </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Viele Grüße,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Tobias</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
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