Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:46:10 -0400 From: Dave Grochowski <malus.x@gmail.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash player for either Konqueror or Firefox? Message-ID: <468E2B82.4060007@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <468AF649.4090903@denninger.net> References: <468AB3F3.1040402@denninger.net> <20070703205209.GA12457@mail.scottro.net> <468AC8AA.9050308@denninger.net> <20070704002323.GA46732@mail.scottro.net> <468AEC11.2090301@denninger.net> <468AF41F.7030107@gmail.com> <468AF649.4090903@denninger.net>
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Hey, Try manually adding the plugin directory created by nspluginwrapper. Should be something like "$HOME/.mozilla/plugins" sans quotes. Sincerely, Dave Grochowski Karl Denninger wrote: > Hmmmm... what did you do to get that to work? > > I have it working with Firefox with Flash7, but not 9. However, > Konqueror goes through the directories and finds nothing when I tell > it to search. Not sure what's wrong there... but it definitely > doesn't work. > > Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) > http://www.denninger.net > > > > > Dave Grochowski wrote: >> Hey, >> >> Konqueror should work with nspluginwrapper, since it will search all >> of Mozilla's and Firefox's plugin directories for plugins. Using >> nspluginwrapper, I have Flash 7 working with Konqueror under a >> relatively recent 6.2-STABLE. However, some Flash based sites don't >> work correctly, such as Toyota's site. For the most part, though, it >> works fine. >> >> Sincerely, >> Dave Grochowski >> >> Karl Denninger wrote: >>> 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. >>>> :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> %SPAMBLOCK-SYS: Matched [@freebsd.org+], message ok > > > %SPAMBLOCK-SYS: Matched [@freebsd.org+], message ok >
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