From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 2 21:19:29 2011 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 8303D1065742 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:19:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15DFB8FC16 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:19:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by faar19 with SMTP id r19so1278797faa.13 for ; Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:19:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=XSwSuBqrjFnGe/yrmXGc+pAguKsMMoun5/XOKRhl6uk=; b=YG4qfedOCcjI2lpOFqfipTGOlGONZhXXhiHtFjdU8XUAAnGGyRUbJTAq8i10PBP7Go R21HBKyyzuYf6cYUTsn8DuPpTJQmSe4Pq714DEEX0714ULynInp8IZcc2BC0gYjdjipd DNfVDMmrAero+EHzL6w72XlqZccpiQvNmBfBo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.91.68 with SMTP id l4mr11085928fam.16.1320268767868; Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:19:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.88.72 with HTTP; Wed, 2 Nov 2011 14:19:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4EB1ADF4.80607@rawbw.com> References: <4EB0AA92.7030004@rawbw.com> <4EB18CA7.2090308@rawbw.com> <4EB1ADF4.80607@rawbw.com> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 16:19:27 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Yuri Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Why some flash sites don't work? 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: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:19:29 -0000 On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Yuri wrote: > On 11/02/2011 11:42, Adam Vande More wrote: > > Can you try creating a new user, and under that user install flash per the > handbook. That should at least tell if it's some local user settings > causing the issue. > > > When I create the new user, flash in FF doesn't work at all. Instructions > from http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/desktop-browsers.html (*Under > FreeBSD 8.X*) are followed. > symlink /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so -> > /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so exists. > Also packages > nspluginwrapper-1.4.4 > linux-f10-flashplugin-11.0r1.152 > are installed. > > The reason why flash works in my main user is that ~/.mozilla/plugins/ > npwrapper.libflashplayer.so file exists there. > > I am not sure what this file ~/.mozilla/plugins/ > npwrapper.libflashplayer.so is and where did it come from. > It comes from the rest of the instructions section, namely "nspluginwrapper -v -a -i". So does this mean that instructions in handbook are wrong? > When it's followed in it's entirety, it works. As your new user, execute "nspluginwrapper -l". If you don't get output similar to this: > nspluginwrapper -l /home/adam/.mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so Original plugin: /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so Plugin viewer: /usr/local/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer Wrapper version string: 1.4.4-1 then you have not followed the instructions completely. -- Adam Vande More