Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 21:06:04 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Peter Losher <Peter.Losher@nominum.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Shockwave Flash plugin problems... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0004012059360.53010-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004011413140.659-100000@shell.nominum.com>
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On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Peter Losher wrote: > Hi > > (Thanks to all that helped me with adding additional keys to my keyboard) > > I have a new "irritation" - mainly with the Shockwave Flash plugin. I run > FreeBSD workstations at home and at work (Both v3.4-STABLE), and I run the > Linux Netscape Navigator (v4.72 standalone). I installed the Linux Flash > plugin at home around six months ago, and while I could view most plugins, > I kept having problems with some Flash movies where Netscape would say: > > "A plugin for the MIME type application/octet-stream was not found" > -or- > "A plugin for the MIME type text/plain was not found" > > (This also sometimes happens with the RealPlayer 7 plugin, where it will > ask for "A plugin for the MIME type audio/x-realplayer was not found") > > Now, I just added the Shockwave Flash and RealPlayer 7 plugins on my > workstation at work, and I visit the same sites where I had those error > messages at home, and the movies (or streams) come thru just fine. I have > checked the .netscape/plugin-list and ~/.mime-types and it still does it > at home. > > Is there anything else I need to change here at home to get this to work? I've just noticed the same thing with the new linux-flashplayer port in conjunction with the linux-netscape-communicator-4.72 port when vising someplace like http://www.atomfilms.com. I just tried adding 'swf' to the list of filename suffixes that apply to the plugin (which was empty by default), but that had no effect. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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