From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 19 20:39:13 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DD1B16A41F for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:39:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jprothe@usd217.org) Received: from galley.usd217.org (galley.usd217.org [209.42.72.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C06343D45 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:39:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jprothe@usd217.org) Received: by galley.usd217.org (Postfix, from userid 65534) id AFA0713C451; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:39:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [209.42.72.23] (techbook [209.42.72.23]) by galley.usd217.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 046FC13C41B; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:39:03 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <432F21E3.3030005@usd217.org> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:38:59 -0500 From: Jerod Prothe User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kiffin@gish.demon.nl References: <432F182A.1060304@gish.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <432F182A.1060304@gish.demon.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on galley.usd217.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox and Flash ... 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: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:39:13 -0000 Just a thought, are you using a 64-bit processor? I remember back in my Linux user days that Macromedia was not willing to release a 64-bit version for "alternative operating systems" Kiffin Gish wrote: > I know I am not the first nor more than likely the last, but I cannot > for the life of me get Flash to work in Firefox 1.0.6 on FreeBSD 5.4. > > I've tried everything according to the FreeBSD handbook, mailing lists, > etc, but still when there is a page with Flash, poor Firefox chokes and > dies. > > One thing interesting I noticed though, which might be a hint, is that > if I exit Xfce, logout, login this time as root, fire up Xfce again and > then run Firefox, everything works without a hitch, e.g. even > flash-based pages don't crash Firefox. Weird. > > What gives? >