Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:35:00 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Rob <europa100@comcast.net>, Beecher Rintoul <akbeech@gmail.com> Subject: Re: flash plugin in 6.0 / realplayer & fontconfig Message-ID: <200512191935.00810.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <200512191825.10009.akbeech@gmail.com> References: <20051219035752.GA27224@home-on-the-dome.mit.edu> <20051219184130.3da9117b.europa100@comcast.net> <200512191825.10009.akbeech@gmail.com>
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On Monday 19 December 2005 07:24 pm, Beecher Rintoul wrote: > On Monday 19 December 2005 05:41 pm, Rob wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:12:07 -0900 > > > > Beecher Rintoul <akbeech@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Monday 19 December 2005 07:41 am, dick hoogendijk wrote: > > > > On 18 Dec Beecher Rintoul wrote: > > > > > On Sunday 18 December 2005 10:16 pm, Dev Tugnait wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 01:06 -0500, James Bailie wrote: > > > > > > > Dev Tugnait wrote: > > > > > > > > The port is not broken cvsup your tree > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes it is. While some things work, it still does not > > > > > > > create the proper symbolic link for the acrobat plugin, > > > > > > > nor is the path for it correct in the sample > > > > > > > libmap.confs. Beecher's fix will correct. > > > > > > > > > > > > The only thing it doesnt do is create symbolic links which > > > > > > does not mark a port as BROKEN for one, secondly why would > > > > > > you remove your browser_plugins dir? > > > > > > > > > > That was a typo, read the followup I sent immediately > > > > > following the first message. Secondly putting plugins in > > > > > browser_linux_plugins does break firefox and mozilla. I would > > > > > call that broken where I come from. Users should not have to > > > > > move things that were installed in the wrong place. That's > > > > > the job of the port. > > > > > > > > You were very quick with your correction of the typo. Faster > > > > than some of us read their mails ;-) > > > > Secondly, I totally agree to the statement that the port is > > > > "broken" You have too much to manually correct. > > > > At the time I was not aware of the facts and lost quite some > > > > time finding out. If you know, it's not that kind of a deal. > > > > > > Even though I'm not a programmer, I'm looking into fixing that > > > port. I've tried contacting the maintainer and didn't get any > > > response. If I manage to get it working I'll file a PR. The > > > linuxpluginwrapper has been broken since the last upgrade, > > > acroread way before that and it took me many hours to find all > > > the fixes necessary (thank you everyone who helped me with that > > > issue). If nothing else, I'll write all those changes into a > > > script which will do it automatically. I would think this would > > > be a priority if FreeBSD is going to be a viable desktop > > > alternative. It's exactly this kind of situation that causes new > > > users to give up and go with the penguin, or worse go back to > > > micro$oft. I can't even tell someone to read the documentation, > > > because there isn't any. These fixes were scattered throughout > > > many email threads that span many months. > > > > > > If anyone needs a copy of my work-around it can be found at: > > > > > > http://akparadise.byethost33.com/freebsd/linuxpluginwrapper_how_t > > >o.txt > > > > > > Just my .02 > > > > > > Beech > > > > I can sympathize about these linux program problems. I want to be > > able to listen to Real Audio streams, but as it is now I have to > > boot into Windows to do it. > > > > The linux-realplayer won't start because it can't find any fonts > > and it tells me to fix fontconfig. I never had problems with fonts > > before fontconfig came into being. I really have no idea why it > > exists. > > I have no problems running realplayer installed from the ports. The > helix plugin doesn't work with Firefox or Mozilla, but realplay works > standalone. I would start by making sure your ports are up to date > and reinstalling linux-fontconfig. If that doesn't work portupgrade > -rf linux-realplayer and it will rebuild everything that depends on > it. Also do a pkgdb -F to make sure your dependency database is OK. I > didn't have any config problems with fontconfig, and didn't have to > tweak anything. Sounds like something else is wrong. I have no problem with the plugins. What I have is /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_linux_plugins/nphelix.so /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_linux_plugins/nphelix.xpt /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/nphelix.so /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/nphelix.xpt /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-mozilla/plugins/nphelix.so /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-mozilla/plugins/nphelix.xpt Most of them are links and I don't know which directory is the important=20 one but I click on an ram and it plays. Kent > > > Moreover, I have no interest in learning XML, then cutting and > > pasting various config files together out of what little > > documentation exists for fontconfig. The documentation is so poor > > that I have no idea what I am doing anyway. Searches on Google > > and the mailing lists were no help either. > > > > It is very frustrating. I concur that some of these programs are > > just not desktop ready. At this rate I am never going to be able > > to get rid of XP on my laptop. =2D-=20 Kent Stewart Richland, WA "Nunca te acostar=E1s sin saber una cosa m=E1s" http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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