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Date:      Wed, 24 May 2006 23:01:40 +1000
From:      Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>
To:        "Marwan Sultan" <dead_line@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: firefox with flash and java!
Message-ID:  <20060524230140.36d212ab@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <BAY20-F1603BDFB92C8F1626B7BC79A980@phx.gbl>
References:  <20060524124046.4ba5a3fd@localhost> <BAY20-F1603BDFB92C8F1626B7BC79A980@phx.gbl>

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On Wed, 24 May 2006 12:31:51 +0000
"Marwan Sultan" <dead_line@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hello Beto,
> 
> Thank you for the replay,

np

> Would you please kindly tell me where is the instruction written on which 
> web? for future
> refrence.

it was in one of the freeBSD lists , most probably questions.

> 
> Second:
> You wrote that i should "add" the line /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6 to
> /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/run-mozilla.sh  take a note that its 
> linux-flashplugin7 not 6
> 6 is not supported anymore. is it correct then?

7 should be ok - sorry, i obviously haven't updated my notes since v6 (they are
notes after all, not dogma ;) 

> 
> Whats the way to add the line, i have done the following is it correct ?
> MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins:/usr/X11R6/lib/browser_linux_plugins:/usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin7

correct

> Or it should be only MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin7    ??

no, leave what is there and add the flashplugin path

> 
> Third and last:
>   After i did the past steps i tried to run firefox and i opened a page that 
> contain flash
>   then firefox crushed with an error
>   /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/pluginwrapper/flash7.so: undefined 
> symbol "_dlsym"
> 
>   So i proced to your last step and I did
>   # cd /usr/src
>   # patch < rtld_dlsym_hack.diff
>   # cd libexec/rtld-elf
>   # make rtld
> 
>   Till here everything was Ok! when i tried to do "make install"
>   it gave me an error..
>   # make install
> chflags noschg /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1
> install -s -o root -g wheel -m 555  -C -b -fschg -S ld-elf.so.1 /libexec
> install: ld-elf.so.1: No such file or directory
> *** Error code 71
> 
> Stop in /usr/src/libexec/rtld-elf.

you need to do this last step as root

> 
> Sorry for the long email, wish i got the help.
> And thank you.
np :)
flash7 in my box works quite well - EXCEPT with google-videos (just letting you
know in case  you find the same issue.

good luck,
Beto
> 
> Marwan
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >On Tue, 23 May 2006 23:40:37 +0000
> >"Marwan Sultan" <dead_line@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > hello everyone!
> > >
> > >   I'm really sorry to ask over here, but sick and tired browsing and 
> >asking
> > > around.
> > >
> > >   I'm on latest FreeBSD 6.1R latest KDE and latest firefox 1.5.3
> > >   I cannot find the flash plugins for Konqueror because no more port for 
> >it,
> > > (linux-flashplgin6)
> > >
> > >   So i have installed Firefox, now i'm lost, which in port is the flash
> > > plugin?
> > >
> > >   I have linux-flashplugin7 installed, linuxpluginwrapper,
> >
> >looks ok
> >
> >$ pkg_info | grep -i flash && pkg_info | grep -i firefox
> >linux-flashplugin-7.0r63 The official Macromedia Flash Player for Linux 
> >Mozilla
> >
> >  firefox-1.5.0.3,1   Web browser based on the browser portion of Mozilla
> >firefox-remote-20040803 Wrapper scripts for firefox web browser
> >
> >
> > >
> > >   But flash still not workin in firefox, i dont know what to do now?
> > >   Will someone kindly guied me for this? how to install flash, for 
> >firefox?
> > > and enable it.
> >
> >from someone else's kind instructions, which worked great for me:
> >
> >- modify your libmap.conf , following what is shown in
> >what  /usr/local/share/examples/linuxpluginwrapper/libmap.conf-FreeBSD6
> >
> >- Finally edit /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/run-mozilla.sh and add
> >  /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6 to MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH
> >  (near the end of the script) (colon-separated path components)
> >
> >- path your kernel:
> >Please get and apply a dlsym(3) hook patch (apply in /usr/src ; then cd
> >libexec/rtld-elf and do make rtld)
> >http://people.FreeBSD.org/~nork/rtld_dlsym_hack.diff This provides 
> >_dlsym(3)
> >function to fix dynamic-link error "can't find gtk_major_version" 
> >ad-hoc-ly.
> >
> >$cd /usr/src
> >$fetch http://people.FreeBSD.org/~nork/rtld_dlsym_hack.diff
> >$patch < rtld_dlsym_hack.diff
> >$ cd libexec/rtld-elf
> >$sudo make rtld
> >$ sudo make install
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >   Also How to install java? on firefox? it would be my next step.
> > >
> > >   Is there by any chance away to run flash for Konqueror? or better to
> > > delete this package if im
> > >   having firefox?
> >
> >i dont know, dont use kde.
> >
> >good luck,
> >Beto
> 
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