Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:54:39 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Flash plugin ? Message-ID: <20140817155439.e533c0ad.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <53F0B338.2020608@hiwaay.net> References: <53F0986B.2000604@hiwaay.net> <20140817135824.78df3203.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F0AA33.3050605@hiwaay.net> <20140817151151.5527a1bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53F0B338.2020608@hiwaay.net>
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On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 08:50:48 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > On 08/17/14 08:11, Polytropon wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 08:12:19 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > >> 2nd, the make failed looking for some fedora > >> compat files .... How come these weren't fetched & installed on the fly ? > > Oh, I thought that would be a dependency... install the > > linux_base-f10 port, it should include the dependencies. > > Make sure you have Linux ABI in the kernel (should be the > > default) and check if your /etc/fstab has > > > > linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 > > proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 > > > > included. Remember: This is the _Linux_ version of "Flash" > > running via FreeBSD's alternative binary interface, so it > > expects certain Linux facilities to be present. The port > > mentioned provides those. > > > > > > > > There was/is a pkg for this, I installed that & proceeded, it eventually > finished. Now I am looking around for the actual flash plugin, mozilla > doesn't have one (!!!!), any idea where to go for that ? TIA .... Make sure linproc is mounted (a reboot should be fine), and then run: % nspluginwrapper -a -v -i Afterwards, "about:plugins" should list it in Firefox. As I said, I'm not using "Flash" with Firefox, but with Opera, as described in the Handbook. Those steps should lead you to a functioning installation. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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