From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 1 19: 6:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1542C37BA42 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2000 19:06:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA53327; Sat, 1 Apr 2000 21:06:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 21:06:04 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon To: Peter Losher Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Shockwave Flash plugin problems... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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