Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:46:51 -0400 From: Eduardo Cerejo <ejcerejo@optonline.net> To: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> Subject: Re: How to uninstall a flash port. Message-ID: <20080323004651.e5b36cd6.ejcerejo@optonline.net> In-Reply-To: <47E57416.6030809@onetel.com> References: <47E46EA9.9020403@hdk5.net> <20080321234329.6d2d21e0.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <47E55F3D.4040409@hdk5.net> <47E57416.6030809@onetel.com>
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:03:18 +0000 Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> wrote: > Al Plant wrote: > > Eduardo Cerejo wrote: > >>> I installed the Linux flash9 port on a new 7.0 box to work with > >>> SeaMonkey and it dies when it reaches flash using sites. > >>> > >>> How can I de-install this port with out causing problems to other > >>> programs? > >>> > >>> I cant find it in the handbook how to's. Im I missing something? > >>> > >>> Thanks... > >>> > >> > >> by the way you can use linux-flash7 instead and if you are using the > >> native FreeBSD firefox and not linux-firefox you have to install and > >> use nspluginwrapper or else it will not work, your second alternative > >> is gnash which works natively with firefox. To use nspluginwrapper > >> you would have to run this after the install. > >> nspluginwrapper -i > >> /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so > >> remember for the linux plugins to embed on the native firefox they > >> need some kind of wrapper. Flashplugin9 will not work with native > >> firefox or linux-firefox and I think it's because the linux emulator > >> uses an old version of linux so we have to wait until it changes to a > >> more current version. > >> > > Sorry not a response to the OP but hopefully useful correction: > > %uname -sr > FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE > %pkg_info -Ix firefox > firefox-2.0.0.12_1,1 Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla > %pkg_info -Ix plugin > linux-flashplugin-9.0r115 Adobe Flash Player NPAPI Plugin > nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5 A compatibility plugin for Netscape 4 (NPAPI) > plugins > ... > > I don't actually see a lot of flash as I have flashblock installed but I > can't recall having probs when I have chosen to view it, except it still > doesn't work with youtube. I've just installed wine and win32 > firefox+flashplugin for youtube and bbc iplayer and that works fine. Are you trying to tell me that you got flash 9 working? I sure would like to know how to get it working without crashing.
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