Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:10 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ronald F.Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: rfg@tristatelogic.com Subject: docs/179697: Handbook incomplete WRT Opera flash usage (linproc) Message-ID: <20130618233010.7EF783BD50@segfault.tristatelogic.com> Resent-Message-ID: <201306182340.r5INe15s044631@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 179697 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Handbook incomplete WRT Opera flash usage (linproc) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jun 18 23:40:00 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ronald F. Guilmette >Release: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE amd64 >Organization: entr0py >Environment: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE amd64 >Description: The Handbook describes how to install and use Opera on this page: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html Unfortunately that page fails to mention that in order to make use of the Flash plug-in with Opera, one has to first mount the "linproc" thingy. >How-To-Repeat: Install Opera and the associated flash plugin and then try to visit a page containing some flash content. It won't work until you mount the linproc thing. >Fix: The Handbook page mentioned above should describe what has to be added to /etc/fstab in order to get the linproc pseudo-filesystem mounted. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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