Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:16:04 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> To: Dave Grochowski <malus.x@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Port for nspluginwrapper Message-ID: <46111E34.2090300@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY127-DAV142502EB029AF4B51449F8A3610@phx.gbl> References: <BAY127-DAV16AC440DBB4BDAFA5772A0A3620@phx.gbl> <460E7F26.1060901@freebsd.org> <BAY127-DAV14E4DB1C8EF977629562E9A3620@phx.gbl> <460F28D7.6070607@freebsd.org> <BAY127-DAV142502EB029AF4B51449F8A3610@phx.gbl>
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On 04/01/07 18:48, Dave Grochowski wrote: > Hey, > > Eric Anderson wrote: >> On 03/31/07 17:44, Dave Grochowski wrote: >>> Hey, >>> >>> Eric Anderson wrote: >>>> On 03/30/07 21:01, Dave Grochowski wrote: >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> >>>>> I wrote a port for nspluginwrapper, which you can find at: >>>>> >>>>> http://elvis.rowan.edu/~grocho98/nspluginwrapper.tar.bz2 >>>>> >>>>> For those who do not know what it is, you can find the homepage at: >>>>> >>>>> http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/ >>>>> >>>>> Basically, it allows you to run Linux/i386 browser plugins on the >>>>> native browsers of other architectures and operating systems. To >>>>> use it, simply install the appropriate plugins you would like from >>>>> ports (I tried it with www/linux-flashplugin9, but others should >>>>> work just as well) and then install nspluginwrapper. As a regular >>>>> user, run "nspluginwrapper -v -a -i" to automagically find the >>>>> plugins on you system and enable them for use in Firefox. Now, the >>>>> plugins should work in your browser. I tried it with Flash 9 and >>>>> both the graphics and sound worked. Unfortunately, Flash 9 is a bit >>>>> buggy for me and crashed frequently, but I had the same issue when >>>>> using the plugin with www/linux-firefox as well. >>>>> >>>>> I think the port is pretty complete, but I have only tried it on >>>>> FreeBSD/i386 6-STABLE and FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT. It should work on >>>>> amd64, but I don't have a machine to test it on. If the port is >>>>> acceptable, I would not mind maintaining it, except for the fact >>>>> that I obviously do not have a commit bit (though that probably is >>>>> not a huge issue). >>>>> >>>>> Any comments would be greatly appreciated. >>>> Installs ok, but didn't seem to find any plugins, even with the >>>> linux-flash9 installed. If I try to point it at the flash plugin >>>> directly, it says something like: "not a valid nspluginwrapper plugin" >>>> >>>> >>>> Eric >>>> >>> Try running "nspluginwrapper -v -a -i". I have a typo in the >>> pkg-message. I'll reupload it later tonight. >> Oh. Yes, that makes it work better. Thanks! >> >> One thing to mention - it creates core dumps each time I access flash >> media. I've got flash9 installed, and most flash play until the end, >> then core dump (segfault sig 11). A few core dump in the middle. I >> have a core dump, but have not attempted to compile the port with >> debugging installed yet. npviewer.bin seems to be the core file creator. >> >> Eric >> >> >> > npviewer.bin is actually a Linux/i386 binary, so recompiling won't make > a difference. I just extract it from an RPM. I would first try using > Flash 7 and see how that goes. Flash 7 doesn't seem to crash my laptop > at all, while Flash 9 crashes regularly. Considering Flash 9 also > crashes frequently with linux-firefox, I assume its an issue with its > emulation and not the wrapper. Yes, flash7 does work much nicer. Thanks! Eric
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