From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 4 9:34:47 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 09:34:45 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from boat.mail.pipex.net (our.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6311337B400 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 09:34:44 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 8779 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2000 17:34:43 -0000 Received: from mailhost.puck.pipex.net (HELO mailhost.uk.internal) (194.130.147.54) by our.mail.pipex.net with SMTP; 4 Dec 2000 17:34:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 1985 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2000 17:34:43 -0000 Received: from ukcamgate2.cam.uk.internal (172.31.6.172) by mailhost.uk.internal with SMTP; 4 Dec 2000 17:34:43 -0000 Received: by ukcamgate2.cam.uk.internal with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:24:49 -0000 Message-ID: <886CA0C095C5D411B95400508B6F741286602B@ukcamexch4.cam.uk.internal> From: Daniel Bye To: 'Joe Oliveiro' , Daniel Bye Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: Netscape 6 Plugins Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:32:49 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG EEK! I'm beginning to think along those lines myself... Oh well, just thought I'd try it. No harm done... -----Original Message----- From: Joe Oliveiro [mailto:joe@advancewebhosting.com] Sent: 04 December 2000 17:32 To: Daniel Bye Cc: 'questions@freebsd.org' Subject: Re: Netscape 6 Plugins Thats only the start of the problems your about to encounter. I've noticed problems such as netscape posting forms incorrectly and all around acting more weirdly than normal. I switched back to 4.72. FreeBSD - The BEST upgrade you can do to NT! On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Daniel Bye wrote: > Hey people, > > Just downloaded the full release of Linux NS6, and it seems to work > reasonably > well. However, I cannot get plugins working... I downloaded FlashPlayer > and > a Java thing, put them in the netscape6/plugins directory (under > /usr/compat/ > linux/usr/local/), but they don't get picked up upon restart. I have also > tried > making symlinks to the Flashplayer installed under Linux NS 4.73, but no go, > and I have also tried symlinks at various other locations - all to no avail. > > All I get from about:plugins is the default. Each time I go to a java-based > or > Flash-based site, I am prompted (again) to download and install... > > Anyone managed to get plugins working? I have had a look through the list > archives, and the NS 6 release notes, but can't find anything that helps... > > Dan Bye > _______________________________ > UUNET UK > FM Server Support Engineer > Internet House > 332 Science Park > Milton Road > Cambridge > CB4 0BZ > > Tel: 01223 250 122 > E-mail: servers@support.uk.uu.net > > A WorldCom Company. > ============================ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message