From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 10:53:02 2010 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 D421F1065670 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:53:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-yw0-f191.google.com (mail-yw0-f191.google.com [209.85.211.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A05AA8FC12 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:53:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh29 with SMTP id 29so1374680ywh.14 for ; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:52:54 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.168.31 with SMTP id v31mr2046513ano.152.1267786374382; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:52:54 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [85.116.204.54] In-Reply-To: <20100305051415.GA1847@gmail.com> References: <20100305051415.GA1847@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:52:54 +0100 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Pongthep Kulkrisada Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash viewer for FBSD 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: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:53:02 -0000 On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: > The problem is that ``flash viewer'' is not installed. > Shockwave/Adobe/Macromedia flash viewers are not shipped with FBSD CD. I'm running OpenSolaris/x86 as guest in VirtualBox on FreeBSD/amd64 for that, since Adobe provides a Flash plugin for this platform. It's not an ideal solution and pretty heavy on resources, but at least it works for the very rare occasions I absolutely need Flash support (I usually tend to avoid sites that depend exclusively on Flash anyway). > It looks very bad for browsing web without flash viewer. > I tried installing from ports. > - opera-linuxplugins-10.10.xxxx > - linux-f10-flashplugin-10.0 > - f4l-0.2.1.4 (I guess it stands for ``flash for linux''.) > But they do not fix the problem. > Anyone who can fix this problem please point me out. > > Thanks, > Pongthep Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/