Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:48:29 -0400 From: Dave Grochowski <malus.x@gmail.com> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Port for nspluginwrapper Message-ID: <461044CD.9020300@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <460F28D7.6070607@freebsd.org> References: <BAY127-DAV16AC440DBB4BDAFA5772A0A3620@phx.gbl> <460E7F26.1060901@freebsd.org> <BAY127-DAV14E4DB1C8EF977629562E9A3620@phx.gbl> <460F28D7.6070607@freebsd.org>
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Hey, Eric Anderson wrote: > On 03/31/07 17:44, Dave Grochowski wrote: >> Hey, >> >> Eric Anderson wrote: >>> On 03/30/07 21:01, Dave Grochowski wrote: >>>> Hey all, >>>> >>>> I wrote a port for nspluginwrapper, which you can find at: >>>> >>>> http://elvis.rowan.edu/~grocho98/nspluginwrapper.tar.bz2 >>>> >>>> For those who do not know what it is, you can find the homepage at: >>>> >>>> http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/ >>>> >>>> Basically, it allows you to run Linux/i386 browser plugins on the >>>> native browsers of other architectures and operating systems. To >>>> use it, simply install the appropriate plugins you would like from >>>> ports (I tried it with www/linux-flashplugin9, but others should >>>> work just as well) and then install nspluginwrapper. As a regular >>>> user, run "nspluginwrapper -v -a -i" to automagically find the >>>> plugins on you system and enable them for use in Firefox. Now, the >>>> plugins should work in your browser. I tried it with Flash 9 and >>>> both the graphics and sound worked. Unfortunately, Flash 9 is a bit >>>> buggy for me and crashed frequently, but I had the same issue when >>>> using the plugin with www/linux-firefox as well. >>>> >>>> I think the port is pretty complete, but I have only tried it on >>>> FreeBSD/i386 6-STABLE and FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT. It should work on >>>> amd64, but I don't have a machine to test it on. If the port is >>>> acceptable, I would not mind maintaining it, except for the fact >>>> that I obviously do not have a commit bit (though that probably is >>>> not a huge issue). >>>> >>>> Any comments would be greatly appreciated. >>> Installs ok, but didn't seem to find any plugins, even with the >>> linux-flash9 installed. If I try to point it at the flash plugin >>> directly, it says something like: "not a valid nspluginwrapper plugin" >>> >>> >>> Eric >>> >> Try running "nspluginwrapper -v -a -i". I have a typo in the >> pkg-message. I'll reupload it later tonight. > > Oh. Yes, that makes it work better. Thanks! > > One thing to mention - it creates core dumps each time I access flash > media. I've got flash9 installed, and most flash play until the end, > then core dump (segfault sig 11). A few core dump in the middle. I > have a core dump, but have not attempted to compile the port with > debugging installed yet. npviewer.bin seems to be the core file creator. > > Eric > > > npviewer.bin is actually a Linux/i386 binary, so recompiling won't make a difference. I just extract it from an RPM. I would first try using Flash 7 and see how that goes. Flash 7 doesn't seem to crash my laptop at all, while Flash 9 crashes regularly. Considering Flash 9 also crashes frequently with linux-firefox, I assume its an issue with its emulation and not the wrapper. Sincerely, Dave Grochowski
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