From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 14:39:00 2007 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 EB2B216A419 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:39:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@msen.com) Received: from shell.msen.com (msen.com [148.59.86.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFB6F13C4B3 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:39:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@msen.com) X-Sent-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from [192.168.2.5] (c-71-238-82-210.hsd1.mi.comcast.net [71.238.82.210]) (authenticated bits=0) by shell.msen.com (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id lACEcpwh045650 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:38:52 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mark@msen.com) From: Mark Moellering Organization: Psyberation To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:38:43 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711120938.43924.mark@msen.com> Received-SPF: Pass (sender authenticated); receiver=msen.com; client-ip=71.238.82.210; envelope-from= Received-SPF: Pass (sender authenticated); receiver=msen.com; client-ip=71.238.82.210; helo=[192.168.2.5] X-Milter: Spamilter (Reciever: shell.msen.com; Sender-ip: 71.238.82.210; Sender-helo: [192.168.2.5]; ) Cc: John Subject: Re: flash: linux firefox vs linuxpluginwrapper X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: mark@msen.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:39:01 -0000 On Friday 09 November 2007 4:20 pm, John wrote: > I've been struggling to get a handle on the FreeBSD system. Making good > progress, but then I ran into the fact that Firefox on FreeBSD can't do > flash. Definite showstopper, for me. Ok, then I tried to use the > linuxpluginwrapper approach, and it didn't work. > > It made me recall, in reading up on FreeBSD, I did see where somebody > installed both Firefox and Linx-firefox. > > So before I do battle with this Linux wrapper approach, I wondered if I > would be better off simply installing the Linux-firefox? > > Is that easier? More likely to work? > > Does it perform almost as well as the native FreeBSD version? > > Any input would be appreciated. > > John John, I posed a similar question on this list a short time ago. Right now, the only 'Flash' working on either Linux or native is Flash 7, which does not work on many sites. To get Flash 9, you need to use wine under freebsd and install the windows version of Firefox. I have been told that this solution works fine "out of the box" on FreeBSD 6.2 but I have not yet confirmed. Mark Moellering mark@msen.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"