Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:22:07 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ongoing problems w/ flash for Opera/FF31 .... Message-ID: <5418478F.6050102@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <5413162F.4000303@gmail.com> References: <54106E39.7030401@hiwaay.net> <5411A1B0.7080008@hiwaay.net> <5411A773.3000103@gmail.com> <5411BB20.1070709@hiwaay.net> <5412C4AE.5020908@gmail.com> <5412FFC1.4020404@hiwaay.net> <5413162F.4000303@gmail.com>
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On 09/12/14 10:50, Jamie Griffin wrote: > > On 12/09/2014 15:14, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >> On 09/12/14 05:02, Jamie Griffin wrote: >>> >>> On 11/09/2014 16:09, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>>> >>>> On 09/11/14 08:45, Jamie Griffin wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 11/09/2014 14:20, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Sooooooooo tacky to self-reply, but I persist .... It looks to me >>>>>> like this port is locked-up *fried* .... it depends on another >>>>>> f10 package which is apparently broken, & probably won't be >>>>>> fixed, since f10 support ended about 6 years ago .... Am I >>>>>> reading this correctly ? If so, are there any plans to try to >>>>>> work around this issue w/ this port ? I have a newer curl >>>>>> installed, many versions later than the F10 version, why can't >>>>>> the port use my newer installed version ? FF & Opera both need >>>>>> this plugin to render flash correctly (& yes, I acknowledge that >>>>>> flash *sux*), I sure wish this would get fixed :-) .... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Please see this site https://github.com/xmj/linux-ports and follow >>>>> the instructions there for either linux-f10 or linux-c6 base which >>>>> also includes the flash plugin setup instructions. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for your prompt & precise response. It puts me in a bit of a >>>> bind, since I have never used github :-/ .... I'm on FBSD 9.3, so >>>> no linux-c6 (apparently) available. My distinfo in my >>>> linux-f10-flashplugin ports directory already shows the same info >>>> on the webpage, i.e. I seem to be already using the software >>>> referenced above, non ? Please advise & thanks for any guidance you >>>> can provide :-) .... >>>> >>>> >>> >>> You just install git and clone the repo and then follow the commands >>> in the README. >>> >>> However, I would recommend using youtube-dl and/or mpv. You can >>> stream the videos from youtube with either program or you can >>> download the file and watch with vlc, for example. That is what I >>> do. Flash player is awful software. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> I quite agree on flash, however, several sites useful to me use it. >> Some of these are U.S. Gov't sites (NOAA, NWS), which I suspect >> aren't likely to change on a whim, especially my whim :-) .... Thus, >> I would like to get flash working if possible. I am already using the >> version of the flash plugin referenced above, & it is a nogo for me. >> I was mostly just checking on the status of that port, seeing if it >> was still active, etc. Latest version posted in late August, so it >> seems alive. It might be being maintained only for newer FBSD (10 or >> 11) .... if so, it would be nice to know that .... >> >> > > The version of flash may be the same but some of its dependencies may > not be. I have used that method to install the f10 flash-plugin from > that site recently and use it currently. > > That's all the info I can give on it. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > What version of FBSD are you running ? Just checking .... TIA & thx for help so far :-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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