Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:38:41 -0500 From: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash player for either Konqueror or Firefox? Message-ID: <468AEC11.2090301@denninger.net> In-Reply-To: <20070704002323.GA46732@mail.scottro.net> References: <468AB3F3.1040402@denninger.net> <20070703205209.GA12457@mail.scottro.net> <468AC8AA.9050308@denninger.net> <20070704002323.GA46732@mail.scottro.net>
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I got Opera to work with Flash7; will go back at Firefox with the wrapper program...... 9 doesn't work AT ALL - attempting to go to any page that has flash content on it instantly blows up as soon as you navigate - even trying to leave! Too bad Konqueror won't work. That sucks; it would be awesome if it did - one tool for all. Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) http://www.denninger.net Scott Robbins wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 05:07:38PM -0500, Karl Denninger wrote: > >> Yeah, I've tried that and updated to Firefox 2 as well; if I try to have the >> flashplayer (there isn't a FreeBSD one, I'm attempting to use the Linux one) >> load it segfaults Firefox immediately. >> >> Opera doesn't work either. >> > ] > Again, flash 7 or flash 9? As I said, at this point, flash 9 is quite > problematic. > > > >> I think I'm stuck here; this is something that FreeBSD needs to get resolved if >> its going to be a serious contender in the desktop arena. I've got folks that >> would love to run this (and some Java apps) but its just not getting it >> done....... >> > > I'm able to run both java and flash with firefox. (Although I can't get > linux-java working with linux-opera at this point.) > > Others have had more luck with linux-firefox, linux-flash and > linux-java. It's true that these are harder to get working in FreeBSD > than they are in Linux, and are actually a bit behind, but most folks > manage to get one combo (or combination of combos) working in some way. > > For me, native firefox works with java, linux-flash 7, acroread, and the > mplayer plugin. The linux-opera port works with acroread and flash. > > For native firefox, I installed it, linux-flash 7, and then > nspluginwrapper. (I had acroread installed somewhere along the line.) > I then just ran nspluginwrapper -a -v -i and it worked without problem > (for me.) > > On the other hand, I've run into lots of posts on bsdforums where people > have your problems, some eventually solved, others apparently not. I > realize that's not much help, but at least you know you're not alone. > :) > > >
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