From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 3 22:07:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F307216A468 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 22:07:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from karl@denninger.net) Received: from FS.denninger.net (wsip-70-169-168-7.pn.at.cox.net [70.169.168.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7912713C46E for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 22:07:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from karl@denninger.net) Received: from [192.168.1.13] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by FS.denninger.net (8.13.8/8.13.1) with SMTP id l63M7dvl064864 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 17:07:39 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from karl@denninger.net) Received: from [192.168.1.13] [192.168.1.13] by Spamblock-sys (LOCAL); Tue Jul 3 17:07:39 2007 Message-ID: <468AC8AA.9050308@denninger.net> Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:07:38 -0500 From: Karl Denninger User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org References: <468AB3F3.1040402@denninger.net> <20070703205209.GA12457@mail.scottro.net> In-Reply-To: <20070703205209.GA12457@mail.scottro.net> X-SPAMBLOCK-MATCH: Matched [@freebsd.org+], message ok Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Flash player for either Konqueror or Firefox? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:07:46 -0000 Yeah, I've tried that and updated to Firefox 2 as well; if I try to have the flashplayer (there isn't a FreeBSD one, I'm attempting to use the Linux one) load it segfaults Firefox immediately. Opera doesn't work either. I think I'm stuck here; this is something that FreeBSD needs to get resolved if its going to be a serious contender in the desktop arena. I've got folks that would love to run this (and some Java apps) but its just not getting it done....... Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) http://www.denninger.net Scott Robbins wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 03:39:15PM -0500, Karl Denninger wrote: > >> It appears this is impossible. >> >> Does anyone have it working? Darn near everything these days wants this, and I >> can't get any of the browsers available to load it. I have managed to download >> and install (by bypassing the tests with the rpm tool) the linux version, but >> neither Firefox or Konqueror will recognize the .so shared library and even >> attempt to load it. >> >> Any ideas? This kinda sucks as sites like Youtube are completely unusable >> without this. >> >> > > Have you tried nspluginwrapper with native firefox? It works without > problem for me. > > However, flash9 is still quite buggy in FreeBSD. I have to use flash7. > Flash9 will sometimes work, but often segfault. > > Most youtube vids, however, can be watched with flash7. The linux-opera > port also works, without configuration, IIRC, with flash. > >