Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:06:59 -0500 From: Steve Polyack <korvus@comcast.net> To: davidcollins001@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flashplugin Message-ID: <4B0429B3.1080702@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4b02dc68.eJdGkKbmyLCy24CC%davidcollins001@gmail.com> References: <4AE3944A.4090602@videotron.ca> <4AE40A00.3040607@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4b02dc68.eJdGkKbmyLCy24CC%davidcollins001@gmail.com>
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David Collins wrote: > I have periodically tested with getting flash working, and everytime I > try it fails and I go back to undoing everything I have done and > re-installing gnash. Gnash works but it does have a few niggles. > > I tried the following: > > >> This is what I did for a 7.2 box. Note that there are compatibility >> >> # pkg_info -orx linux > linux-stuff >> # pkg_delete -rx linux >> >> # cd /compat/linux >> # find . -type f -ls >> # rm -rf * >> >> # sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 >> >> OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT= f10 >> OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS= f10 >> >> to /etc/make.conf. >> >> # portinstall www/nspluginwrapper >> # nspluginwrapper -v -a -i >> >> * Finally, fire up Firefox and check that it has loaded the flash plugin by >> typing 'about:plugins' into the URL bar. Find a site with flash content[*], >> and enjoy. >> > > Everything installed easily and about:plugins has Shockwave Flash and > FutureSplash Player as enabled. But, when I go to youtube.com all I get a black > screen and the video doesn't load. > > Does anyone have any ideas why flash isn't working? > Set linux_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and make sure you are mounting linprocfs: /etc/fstab: # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 Check dmesg(8) or other system logs after trying to use flash and see if anything is being logged.
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