From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 23 04:46:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80F58106564A for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:46:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ejcerejo@optonline.net) Received: from mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56FCF8FC17 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:46:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ejcerejo@optonline.net) Received: from localhost (ool-44c03822.dyn.optonline.net [68.192.56.34]) by mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with SMTP id <0JY600M552M4AYV5@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:46:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:46:51 -0400 From: Eduardo Cerejo In-reply-to: <47E57416.6030809@onetel.com> To: Chris Whitehouse Message-id: <20080323004651.e5b36cd6.ejcerejo@optonline.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <47E46EA9.9020403@hdk5.net> <20080321234329.6d2d21e0.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <47E55F3D.4040409@hdk5.net> <47E57416.6030809@onetel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Al Plant Subject: Re: How to uninstall a flash port. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:46:53 -0000 On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:03:18 +0000 Chris Whitehouse 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.