From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 29 19:23:45 2012 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 CBFE2106564A for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:23:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.t@mail.com) Received: from mailout-us.mail.com (mailout-us.mail.com [74.208.122.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 861D58FC0A for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:23:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 29 Jul 2012 19:23:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO blazon-pc.runningwild.local) [78.84.105.231] by mail.gmx.com (mp-us009) with SMTP; 29 Jul 2012 15:23:38 -0400 X-Authenticated: #76218138 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18npo4jYfQnTuul+c5MMZty0N25ShRAvjlrCcGAMQ 7Ew1X8v8Xkn9Gj Message-ID: <50158DB7.4030707@mail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:23:35 +0300 From: Jeff Tipton User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111229 Thunderbird/9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD References: <20120729143156.67013c5e@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20120729143156.67013c5e@scorpio> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: How to get Huawei EC1561 USB modem working under FreeBSD, 8.2? Moving on to the next problem :-) -> Flash in Firefox 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, 29 Jul 2012 19:23:45 -0000 On 07/29/2012 21:31, Jerry wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:35:06 +0530 > Manish Jain articulated: > >> Thanks for your inputs. I have finally got FreeBSD to speak to the >> internet. Now I have one more problem before I can live in peace. I >> am fond of a game hosted via the Discovery channel's website : >> >> http://news.discovery.com/human/games-lumosity-word-bubbles.html >> >> The game needs Adobe flash player. So I installed >> linux-f10-flashplugin11. But firefox 5.0 does not seem to integrate >> with it well. I then tried installing a couple of more ports, >> including swfdec and gnash. Still firefox won't play the game. >> >> Is there something special I need to do ? Thanks for any help. > I feel your pain. I have had less than stellar success with getting a > large number of sites to interact correctly with Firefox on FreeBSD when > flash was involved, and sometimes even when it wasn't. I have heard > that Opera works better but I have no personal knowledge of it. I > finally gave up awhile ago. I just use my Windows machine when I > absolutely, positively have to get a site working correctly. Life is > too short to sweat the small stuff and golf is a lot more fun. > I have chromium-15.0.874.121 with linux-f10-flashplugin-11.1r102.55, and I set them up as described in the FreeBSD Handbook, and they work OK for me. True, I'm not much into games (don't use online games at all) but otherwise I've not experienced any problem with sites that use Flash, including Youtube.