Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:27:49 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to enable linux flash player [9] in firefox Message-ID: <45BBC3D5.9060504@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200701271128.21056.odilist@sonic.net> References: <20070126073329.BC30B16A40F@hub.freebsd.org> <200701271128.21056.odilist@sonic.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Oliver Iberien wrote: > On Thursday 25 January 2007 23:33, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org > wrote: >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:41:37 +0100 >> From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> >> Subject: how to enable linux flash player in firefox >> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> >> Message-ID: <45B907F1.5060402@locolomo.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Hi there: >> >> I see the new flash9 for linux has been included in ports, so I >> installed it - but how do I enable the plugin in Firefox? Does it work >> or does it crash? >> >> Thanks, Erik >> -- >> Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org > > I've tried installing this, too. The included readme addresses linux, and > there is no indication of what is supposed to be done with libmap.conf, which > leaves me in the dark. Has anyone figured this out? > > Thanks, > > Oliver I grabbed the symbols table for the flash player, but unfortunately I'm clueless as to determining what the hell the original linuxplugin-wrapper dev had in mind, so I can't really move on further than that. I can provide my info though so someone who does have an idea can proceed on, if necessary. If you use any sound requiring flash modules, Flash player will make Firefox ( / Seamonkey?) segfault and core dump; this is true for linux-firefox with (at least) only the default config. This is because (like some have mentioned before in previous threads) flash uses ALSA, which is linux's answer to getting rid of OSS. See: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture>. With that aside, Flash 9 is incredibly unstable with linux emulation. Flash 9 under Linux worked fine on Gentoo when I ran the beta version--other than flash animations just being a bit slow. <rant> It's a pain in the ass that Adobe / Macromedia had to invent a technology that so many "web developers" sought, just because of its ease of "developing"; if only the "developers" sought to learn CSS and a bit of proper javascripting, then stuff would be easier for viewing on all platforms. (a few choice four-/five-letter words combined with other words and grumbling) </rant> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFu8PVEnKyINQw/HARAphwAJ99FBr2TfzwGTZZgFeopW8Iu/0n4wCfa6vC usK1FfxupSz5+HBTHMwdnm4= =4+kP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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