From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 20 01:37:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A454316A41B for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:37:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=YZz788=SK=vvelox.net=v.velox@yourhostingaccount.com) Received: from mailout11.yourhostingaccount.com (mailout11.yourhostingaccount.com [65.254.253.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C2F713C46B for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:37:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=YZz788=SK=vvelox.net=v.velox@yourhostingaccount.com) Received: from mailscan21.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.15.21] helo=mailscan21.yourhostingaccount.com) by mailout11.yourhostingaccount.com with esmtp (Exim) id 1JGOeW-0007we-AU for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:07:12 -0500 Received: from impout02.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.55.2] helo=impout02.yourhostingaccount.com) by mailscan21.yourhostingaccount.com with esmtp (Exim) id 1JGOeW-0007sB-3m; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:07:12 -0500 Received: from authsmtp08.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.1.18.8]) by impout02.yourhostingaccount.com with NO UCE id fD7B1Y0040ASqTN0000000; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:07:11 -0500 X-EN-OrigOutIP: 10.1.18.8 X-EN-IMPSID: fD7B1Y0040ASqTN0000000 Received: from c-98-206-161-17.hsd1.il.comcast.net ([98.206.161.17] helo=vixen42) by authsmtp08.yourhostingaccount.com with esmtpa (Exim) id 1JGOeV-0000DO-S2; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:07:11 -0500 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:08:07 -0600 From: "Zane C.B." To: Modulok Message-ID: <20080119190807.2e130460@vixen42> In-Reply-To: <64c038660801040516u5c42a6cpadb475ad67fb4730@mail.gmail.com> References: <64c038660801040516u5c42a6cpadb475ad67fb4730@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.5; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-EN-UserInfo: 0d1ca1697cdb7a831d4877828571b7ab:1570f0de6936c69fef9e164fffc541bc X-EN-AuthUser: vvelox2 Sender: "Zane C.B." X-EN-OrigIP: 98.206.161.17 X-EN-OrigHost: c-98-206-161-17.hsd1.il.comcast.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opera, Flash and the stench of failure... 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: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:37:20 -0000 On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 06:16:59 -0700 Modulok wrote: > Seeing the thread about flash with mozilla, I thought, "a flash > plugin with opera would be cool." Last night I tried to get flash > working with opera. I failed. With native opera, I cannot get any > plugins to work. Here is what I know: > > 1. What opera bitches about: > Could not start operapluginwrapper. > Plugins will not work correctly. > > 2. Why opera bitches: > ldd operapluginwrapper; > ... > libXThrStub.so.6 => not found (0x0) > ... > > 3. Why it is missing: > "On OpenBSD, and on old FreeBSD, libc lacks pthread stubs. > This is a problem because libX11 needs to support threading, > but shouldn't cause all X programs to be linked against the > threading library. The solution is libXThrStub (UIThrStubs.c), > which provides weak symbols to stub threading functions, > which are ignored if the application links against the thread > library. I had moved libXThrStub into libX11, because it > seemed unnecessary." > > 4. What I have installed: > linux-flashplugin-9.0r115 Adobe Flash Player NPAPI Plugin > opera-9.25.20071214 A blazingly fast, full-featured, > standards-compliant browse > opera-linuxplugins-9.21.20070510_1 Linux plugin support for the > native Opera browser > > Does anyone have flash working with opera? If so, how? Where can I > get libXThrStub.so.6? My suggestion is to check out 'graphics/gnash'. That port works surprisingly well for part these days.