From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 27 21:39:13 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0422416A404 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:39:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D464313C48A for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:39:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l0RLdC6P011643 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:39:12 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.41] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l0RLd9Lp008327 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:39:11 -0800 Message-ID: <45BBC678.7000702@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:39:04 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070126073329.BC30B16A40F@hub.freebsd.org> <200701271128.21056.odilist@sonic.net> <45BBC3D5.9060504@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <45BBC3D5.9060504@u.washington.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.1.27.132433 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __LINES_OF_YELLING 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STOCK_PHRASE_24 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: how to enable linux flash player [9] in firefox 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: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:39:13 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Garrett Cooper wrote: > Oliver Iberien wrote: >> On Thursday 25 January 2007 23:33, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org >> wrote: >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:41:37 +0100 >>> From: Erik Norgaard >>> Subject: how to enable linux flash player in firefox >>> To: FreeBSD Questions >>> Message-ID: <45B907F1.5060402@locolomo.org> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>> >>> Hi there: >>> >>> I see the new flash9 for linux has been included in ports, so I >>> installed it - but how do I enable the plugin in Firefox? Does it work >>> or does it crash? >>> >>> Thanks, Erik >>> -- >>> Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org >> I've tried installing this, too. The included readme addresses linux, and >> there is no indication of what is supposed to be done with libmap.conf, which >> leaves me in the dark. Has anyone figured this out? > >> Thanks, > >> Oliver > > I grabbed the symbols table for the flash player, but unfortunately I'm > clueless as to determining what the hell the original > linuxplugin-wrapper dev had in mind, so I can't really move on further > than that. I can provide my info though so someone who does have an idea > can proceed on, if necessary. > > If you use any sound requiring flash modules, Flash player will make > Firefox ( / Seamonkey?) segfault and core dump; this is true for > linux-firefox with (at least) only the default config. This is because > (like some have mentioned before in previous threads) flash uses ALSA, > which is linux's answer to getting rid of OSS. See: > . > > With that aside, Flash 9 is incredibly unstable with linux emulation. > Flash 9 under Linux worked fine on Gentoo when I ran the beta > version--other than flash animations just being a bit slow. > > > It's a pain in the ass that Adobe / Macromedia had to invent a > technology that so many "web developers" sought, just because of its > ease of "developing"; if only the "developers" sought to learn CSS and a > bit of proper javascripting, then stuff would be easier for viewing on > all platforms. > > (a few choice four-/five-letter words combined with other words and > grumbling) > Here's the link to 2 of the text files that contain the libraries / function calls I found in the global symbols table for libflashplayer.so: . - -Garrett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFu8Z4EnKyINQw/HARAgHfAJ4n9K3INpkIEW1NMlLqUnvROl9P5QCdFJTQ Ursg1bPrkWMEvDTCu16uoiU= =WGcH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----