From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 23 20:17:45 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7476AF5 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:17:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7E6A1CEB for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:17:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UUjep-0001Wj-Cb for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:17:43 +0200 Received: from cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com ([86.21.186.149]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:17:43 +0200 Received: from walterhurry by cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:17:43 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Walter Hurry Subject: Re: Flash? Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:17:31 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:17:46 -0000 On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:37:49 +0200, Fernando ApesteguĆ­a wrote: > El 23/04/2013 21:24, "Walter Hurry" escribiĆ³: >> >> FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE on amd64. >> >> I have installed Flash according to the instructions in the handbook. >> When I do 'about:plugins' in Firefox, I get the following response: >> >> Shockwave Flash >> >> File: npwrapper.libflashplayer.so Version: >> Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202 >> >> MIME Type Description Suffixes >> application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf >> application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl >> >> When I go to: >> >> http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html >> >> it reports that Flash is installed, version 11.2.202.280, and I can see >> the red bouncing ball. >> >> >> When I go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8tSMKGbnW0 >> >> again it reports that Flash is installed correctly. >> >> When I go to: >> >> http://www.chemgapedia.de/vsengine/info/en/help/requirements/flash.html >> >> once again, both tests run perfectly. >> >> Yet when I go to youtube.com and click on a link, it says "The Adobe >> Flash Player is required for video playback. Get the latest Flash >> Player". >> >> What is wrong? > > That's an issue with Firefox. Search the list. There is a setting you > have to change in Firefox in order to avoid that problem. > That did the trick, thanks. The PR is 177404.