From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 22 3:56: 4 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77E8937B401 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 03:56:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from apollo.laserfence.net (apollo.laserfence.net [196.44.69.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADBF343F93 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 03:56:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@unfoldings.net) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18mYG5-000LNU-00; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:55:57 +0200 Received: from prometheus-p0.datel.laserfence.net ([192.168.255.1] helo=prometheus.home.laserfence.net) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18mYFr-000LNL-00; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:55:44 +0200 Received: from phoenix.home.laserfence.net ([192.168.0.2]) by prometheus.home.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18mYFm-000EIy-00; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:55:38 +0200 Received: from will by phoenix.home.laserfence.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 18mYFl-00046t-00; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:55:37 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen To: Wayne Pascoe Subject: Re: Opera 6.11 on FreeBSD 5 Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:55:36 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030222102611.GA52742@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk> <200302221325.20655.will@unfoldings.net> <20030222114450.GA53360@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030222114450.GA53360@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200302221355.36969.will@unfoldings.net> X-Spam-Score: (/) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18mYFr-000LNL-00*LkxxIrK9kv6* X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS snapshot-20020422 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday 22 February 2003 13:44, you wrote: > On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 01:25:20PM +0200, Willie Viljoen wrote: > > This is happening because the Opera 6.11 installed from ports is still > > a binary (Opera will *NEVER* open source) > > > > To get this running, you will need compatibility options with 4.7. In > > kernel, you will need options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 and you will also need to > > have installed the compat4x libraries. > > Baie Dankie! :) > > Seriously though, thanks... On the same topic, does the native FreeBSD > version have a flash plugin available, or am I better off using the > Linux compatible version ? If you wish to have an official implementation, you should use the Linux compatibility mode plugin. However, if you want an open source, cross-platform, native plugin, you can use the unofficial (not made by Macromedia) implementation, which can be installed automatically with portinstall flashplayer (make sure your ports are up to date) > > thanks again... No problem :) -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message