Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:18:15 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to enable linux flash player in firefox Message-ID: <183551.4827.qm@web35312.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>=0A> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.=
org=0A> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:44:41 AM=0A> Subject: Re: how to e=
nable linux flash player in firefox=0A> =0A> Andreas Davour writes:=0A> =0A=
> > Anyway. Can we hope that patch is finding it's way into the main=0A> >=
branch with haste?=0A> =0A> As I understand it:=0A> 1) This patch=
is the "tip of the iceberg" for a much larger=0A> change, =0A> 2) Tha=
t change will not debut globally until 7.0.=0A> 3) Unfortunately, a cri=
tical piece of the enabling=0A> infrastructure (www/linuxpluginwrapper) is =
broken by this and no one=0A> has stepped forward to fix it.=0A> =0A> =
Robert Huff=0A> ____________________________________________=
___=0A=0AI installed gnash, the port related to effort to create an open so=
urce =0Aflash player, including a plugin. Firefox recognizes it as a plugi=
n; but =0AI still get the "missing plugin" message on many flash web pages.=
=0A=0AHas anyone else here tried gnash? If so, what has your experience be=
en?=0A=0AThanks,=0A=0AAndrew=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A
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