Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:58:57 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Flash plugin ? Message-ID: <53F11791.6090501@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <20140817224730.e3cc1fb0.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <53F0986B.2000604@hiwaay.net> <20140817135824.78df3203.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F0AA33.3050605@hiwaay.net> <20140817151151.5527a1bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F0B338.2020608@hiwaay.net> <20140817155855.GA97753@slackbox.erewhon.home> <53F0D7E9.6060808@hiwaay.net> <20140817183930.8a4a804a.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F0DE80.6080906@hiwaay.net> <20140817191355.878b8dc1.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F10531.8010508@hiwaay.net> <20140817214742.d67a18b2.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F115F6.50008@hiwaay.net> <20140817224730.e3cc1fb0.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 08/17/14 15:47, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:52:06 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> On 08/17/14 14:47, Polytropon wrote: >>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 14:40:33 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>>> While we're at it, how to set my own homepage ? >>> Which browser? >>> >>> At the moment, I can just answer for Opera: >>> >>> Go to the page you want to be your homepage. Press Alt+P >>> (Preferences), first tab is "General", and you'll see: >>> Start with home page (or with the tabs open from last >>> session, or no tabs at all, just as you like), next line >>> with a button "Use Current". The home page is set. OK. >>> >>> The home page can be accessed immediately by pressing >>> Ctrl+Space. If no tab is open, one will be opened auto- >>> matically, or the current tab will be used. >>> >>> But I think in Firefox the setting can be done in a >>> similar way (check Edit -> Preferences). >>> >>> >>> >> Aaaaahhhhh, I couldn't seem to get to that dialog any other way .... Thx >> :-) .... > If you have the menu enabled, it's Tools -> Preferences > (or Alt+P or Ctrl+PF12). I know it takes some time to > configure Opera into a state where it's usable. ;-) > > > It's going well, list is very helpful. I did try to follow the directions on http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/desktop-browsers.html to build flash support for opera, & the build failed: [root@kabini1, linux-f10-flashplugin11, 12:05:48pm] 435 % make clean ===> Cleaning for linux-f10-atk-1.24.0 ===> Cleaning for linux-f10-cairo-1.8.0_2 ===> Cleaning for linux-f10-expat-2.0.1 ===> Cleaning for linux-f10-fontconfig-2.6.0 ===> Cleaning for linux-f10-gtk2-2.14.7_4 ===> Cleaning for linux-f10-jpeg-6b ===> Cleaning for linux-f10-pango-1.28.3_1 ===> Cleaning for linux-f10-png-1.2.37_2 ===> Cleaning for linux-f10-tiff-3.8.2 ===> Cleaning for linux-f10-xorg-libs-7.4_1 ===> Cleaning for linux-f10-flashplugin-11.2r202.346 [root@kabini1, linux-f10-flashplugin11, 3:53:44pm] 436 % make install clean ===> Found saved configuration for linux-f10-flashplugin-11.2r202.346 ===> linux-f10-flashplugin-11.2r202.346 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg - found => install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/11.2r202.346. => Attempting to fetch http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.2.202.346/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz fetch: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.2.202.346/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz: Not Found => Attempting to fetch http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/ports-distfiles/flashplugin/11.2r202.346/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz fetch: http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/ports-distfiles/flashplugin/11.2r202.346/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz: Not Found => Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this => port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/11.2r202.346 and try again. *** [do-fetch] Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/linux-f10-flashplugin11. *** [install] Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/linux-f10-flashplugin11. [root@kabini1, linux-f10-flashplugin11, 3:53:56pm] 437 % not sure what's going on here .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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