From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 17 13:54:42 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F7BE551 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:54:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 511E12AAE for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:54:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-111-1.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.111.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9FA893CC96; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:54:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s7HDsdJr003196; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:54:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:54:39 +0200 From: Polytropon To: "William A. Mahaffey III" 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> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:54:42 -0000 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, ...