Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:13:52 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flashplugin Message-ID: <20091027051352.417ce684@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <4AE63986.6090106@videotron.ca> References: <4AE3944A.4090602@videotron.ca> <20091025062322.GA985@sandcat> <4AE63986.6090106@videotron.ca>
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On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:06:30 -0400 PJ PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> replied: >Thank you very much Herbert, > >I appreciate your input. >As I wrote in my original query, I had auccessfully installed the >lilnux-flashplugin9 on FreeBSD 7.2 both on a 64 bit portable _ Acer >Travelmate 4400 - and on a couple of disks on the same machine (i386). >I followed the instructions from >http://crnl.org/blog/2008/11/01/flash-9-for-freebsd-71#comment-form > > upgrade FreeBSD. Once that's done the rest is straight forward. > > Step 1: Enable Linux compatibility and linprocfs > Add linux_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. Add >compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 to /etc/sysctl.conf. Add >OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f8 to /etc/make.conf. Add this line >to /etc/fstab: > linproc /usr/compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 > Then run these commands: > mkdir -p /usr/compat/linux/proc >mount /usr/compat/linux/proc >/etc/rc.d/abi start >/etc/rc.d/sysctl start > Step 2: Update ports and install all the needed software > You will now need to install the following ports and their >dependencies: > cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f8 && make install clean >cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin9 && make install clean >cd /usr/ports/www/nspluginwrapper && make install clean > Follow the nspluginwrapper instructions to enable all >available plugins: > # nspluginwrapper -v -a -i >Auto-install plugins from /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins >Looking for plugins in /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins >Auto-install plugins from /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin >Looking for plugins in /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin >Install plugin /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so >into /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so >Auto-install plugins from /root/.mozilla/plugins >Looking for plugins in /root/.mozilla/plugins > Restart or open Firefox 3 and enter about:plugins into your >address bar. You should see something like the following: > > And that's it! Open your favourite Flash site and all > should >work. > If your browser doesn't register the Shockwave Flash plugin >as pictured above, you might need to do a bit of extra work as I had to >do on one of my machines: > cd /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins && ln -s >/usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so >npwrapper.libflashplayer.so > I'm not sure why one of my machines needed this, but it >might happen to you so this is just a heads up. > Update: I have learned that the change with the plugin >directory is due to a change in FreeBSD's Firefox 3 port. If you're >running port version 3.0.1_1 or later you will need to use the new >plugin directory as shown above. CVS change history can be seen here. > Enjoy! That is precisely why I keep an XP box nearby. There is no way in hell that I would want to personally, or expect a colleague for that matter, to waste valuable time getting a simple plug-in to work; especially since I can do it in a matter of seconds on a Microsoft product. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | Nuclear war would really set back cable. Ted Turner
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