From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 27 09:13:54 2009 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 95CD21065670 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:13:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D2558FC12 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:13:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 1976 invoked from network); 27 Oct 2009 09:13:53 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=UEDqJ+FRvyDpYE3HAmZxmPHjtxLEWNwfXXAj2dDXnqLs1R018otI/sslcG+KiMKoUbWB73FTKDvckaftYISOybKsF1Fg8J6Tfm5LIvNqVWfz4DRKtPoWp4XBlyBf9M6p+ISEbTLoOrnCWyh5jcgotkjawAEZsDJZwZfn4Ac+zkg= ; Received: from c-67-189-183-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.183.172 with login) by smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Oct 2009 02:13:53 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: tlM7kzIVM1kLdhFoIHF86VrDoj2CY.0PhpcsEVUJySS9YBloHSRqYXxjeYjoipRqM43DFr6G45pkeeKZi1bRDqUFw6GBCooxSWg7X1wb.Nx8DvHfx4p9w08QvFMvWG4BfNoS7zKB61GLAQu4O.7fC1461HsJeMvRcUhhWRf7CZDwcBnVAEkCXwUb_a1d6_VAnk6VqRMJqsi1agFEj_5pWG1Tn6lgcdOGC.GdAIbMuJYBAG.XyDhjvT2sIwEhEqFSu.Dkoc3XVaqrp29xbFQqrHL82Fm9Fj62fba_Mz2iLlhWB5xat4Ez7UWBLlFxA7klYWyGqNuS5AZJBIfxx0msXTTiVFqT8E81ogSh3Vukhgxnlzwt1187SrCme1t9soqm0h5E6F0gmZu_hQo- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (scorpio.seibercom.net [192.168.1.103]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A57C622848 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:13:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:13:52 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: flashplugin X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:13:54 -0000 On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:06:30 -0400 PJ PJ 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