From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 15 17:31:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DFC316A403 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:31:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chobbs@siloamsprings.com) Received: from [24.248.215.40] (cityhall.siloamsprings.com [24.248.215.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8130443D4C for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:31:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chobbs@siloamsprings.com) Received: from no.name.available by [24.248.215.40] via smtpd (for mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:48 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by athome.siloamsprings.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5547694096 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:31:11 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by athome.siloamsprings.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A16636940A3 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:31:11 -0500 (CDT) Received: from athome.siloamsprings.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (athome.siloamsprings.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15058-01 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:31:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [10.5.2.1] (unknown [10.5.2.1]) by athome.siloamsprings.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC430694096 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:31:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from no.name.available by [10.5.2.1] via smtpd (for athome.siloamsprings.com [10.5.2.3]) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:42 -0500 Message-ID: <450AE369.5090606@siloamsprings.com> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:31:21 -0500 From: "Christopher M. Hobbs" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060731) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060915120051.72ED316A5C7@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060915120051.72ED316A5C7@hub.freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at siloamsprings.com Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 151, Issue 14 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, 15 Sep 2006 17:31:23 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Message: 27 Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:49:53 -0400 From: "Bob M." Subject: Re: Firefox+Flash To: White Hat Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions Message-ID: <1158320993.25573.13.camel@freebsd> Content-Type: text/plain On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 14:57 -0700, White Hat wrote: > > FreeBSD 6.1 > > > > I have been trying to get a few of my friends to try > > FBSD on their PCs without much success. One of the > > major problems is the inability to get flash to work > > properly to display videos available on Google. I know > > that the linux-flash port is marked broken, so that it > > out. How else can I get flash to work so I can perhaps > > persuade them to try FBSD? > > > > I have KDE and Firefox installed obviously. I tried > > loading a few of the flash packages available in the > > ports, but they did not not seem to work. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > This works for me, make sure you have the src tree under /usr/src. > > > > > > http://www.unixlike.com.br/?p=%2081 > > > > > > There's an english translation somewhere, but if you just follow > > > the > > > commands you'll be ok. > > > > > > Bob I put together a really quick translation at work a while back for some co-workers. http://altbit.org/?p=111 Isn't the linux flash plugin 7 (used in this article) broken anyhow? See: http://www.freshports.org/www/linux-flashplugin7/ I've been trying to install it on a new machine with little luck. I normally don't have any problems, so it's probably just an oversight on my part. cmh - -- Christopher M. Hobbs IS Technician, City of Siloam Springs chobbs@siloamsprings.com, (479).524.5136 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFCuNp5D6v/aN2SK8RAsIWAJ4gCqD3Fk8PUR1bGKKZuenD/5GSJACeJDvm QYMLb38f4GuZEtEme21dej0= =Z6Xt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----