Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 13:41:57 -0800 From: Joseph Vella <satyam@sklinks.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Subject: Re: flash plugins question Message-ID: <200604011341.57437.satyam@sklinks.com> In-Reply-To: <C0D80DE0AA8B35260D50C717@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> References: <b2e814f30604010851q3a1be512r80efc051525c0549@mail.gmail.com> <C0D80DE0AA8B35260D50C717@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local>
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On Saturday 01 April 2006 09:44, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > --On April 2, 2006 12:51:59 AM +0800 Marlon Martin <mmp013@gmail.com> wrote: > > > linuxpluginwrapper is installed from ports, and linux-flashplugin7 after > > that i copy libmap.conf-FreeBSD6 > > from<file:///usr/local/share/examples/linuxpluginwrapper/libmap.conf-Free > > BSD6> /usr/local/share/examples/linuxpluginwrapper/ to /etc/ and rename > > it as libmap.conf but still no plugins for flash: when typing: > > "about:plugins" > > > Ditto. And no java plugins either. I've make deinstalled/installed so > many times my head is spinning. > > I installed mplayer and viola!!! the plugins were "registered" with > firefox. Why can't java and flash do that? > > And yes, I've read the man pages, goggled, searched the fbsd lists, tried > the millions of different "solutions" that "worked" for various people. > Everything else on FreeBSD "just works". Why can't the damn browser > plugins? > I had to symlink the plugins: from /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/flashplayer.xpt to /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/flashplayer.xpt from /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so to /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so In your case they're probably in linux-flashplugin7
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