From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 14 00:05:47 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AE0516A41A for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:05:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-40.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-40.bluehost.com [69.89.20.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73CB813C442 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:05:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 1369 invoked by uid 0); 14 Nov 2007 00:04:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 14 Nov 2007 00:04:20 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Is5jw-00015J-Au for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:04:20 -0700 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lAE04sQ2065694 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:04:54 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id lAE04sK9065693 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:04:54 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:04:53 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071114000453.GD65454@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200711110852.40855.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200711110852.40855.freebsd@dfwlp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:bopbeforesmtp 24.9.123.251 authed with apotheon.com} X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box183.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [737 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - apotheon.com Subject: Re: what changed recently with browser plugins? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:05:47 -0000 On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 08:52:40AM -0600, Jonathan Horne wrote: > i want to say it was early to mid-october, that standard opera and firefox > stopped working (upon upgrade) with the plugins (flash). previously, most > flash that i would encounter worked fine in opera, which was my preference > since java (such as weathermaps on www.noaa.gov) worked without a hitch as > well. > > now that time has passed, flashplugin has stopped working with standard opera, > and now that im woefully using linux-opera, the java stuff doesnt work like i > would expect. > > is there anyway to get my updated system to behave like it used to? (mostly > pertaining to flash, as java still works right under 'standard' opera). I think it was about the same time linux-flashplugin7 + nspluginwrapper stopped working with Firefox here. Now, instead of Flash objects, I just get a broad, empty area where the Flash object is supposed to appear. Oh, and I get absurdly slow page load times where I didn't before, too. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] They always say that when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade. I always wonder -- isn't the lemonade going to suck if life doesn't give you any sugar?