Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:38:59 -0500 From: Jerod Prothe <jprothe@usd217.org> To: kiffin@gish.demon.nl Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox and Flash ... Message-ID: <432F21E3.3030005@usd217.org> In-Reply-To: <432F182A.1060304@gish.demon.nl> References: <432F182A.1060304@gish.demon.nl>
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Just a thought, are you using a 64-bit processor? I remember back in my Linux user days that Macromedia was not willing to release a 64-bit version for "alternative operating systems" Kiffin Gish wrote: > I know I am not the first nor more than likely the last, but I cannot > for the life of me get Flash to work in Firefox 1.0.6 on FreeBSD 5.4. > > I've tried everything according to the FreeBSD handbook, mailing lists, > etc, but still when there is a page with Flash, poor Firefox chokes and > dies. > > One thing interesting I noticed though, which might be a hint, is that > if I exit Xfce, logout, login this time as root, fire up Xfce again and > then run Firefox, everything works without a hitch, e.g. even > flash-based pages don't crash Firefox. Weird. > > What gives? >
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