Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 21:35:29 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Steve Brown <gtabug@prayforwind.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I tell Netscape I have flash? Message-ID: <20011112213529.A9962@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20011113.1023400@prayforwind.com>; from gtabug@prayforwind.com on Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 01:02:34AM %2B0000 References: <20011113.1023400@prayforwind.com>
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On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 01:02:34AM +0000, Steve Brown wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Ok, I've got Communicator 4.78 and the flash plugin installed from ports, > no errors (make && make install distclean) > > > $ pkg_info | grep flash > linux-flashplugin-5.0r47 The official Macromedia Flash Player for Linux > Netscape > $ pkg_info | grep comm > linux-netscape-communicator-4.78 Linux Netscape Communicator suite > netscape-remote-1.0_1 Utility to pass commands to running netscape > process > $ uname -a > FreeBSD prayforwind.com 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #1: Tue Nov 6 > 15:17:12 EST 2001 myhost.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/MYKERNEL i386 > $ > > When I go to a flash site I get told "please download the flash plugin... > etc etc". So how do I tell Netscape that I really do have it? > > Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks (I hope I'm asking in the right > group. > Hi Steve, I spend a large chunk of last Saturday getting my fingers dirty with these plugins. The realaudio does work; but trying to download and install the v5.0 Shockwave from Macromedia proved a fraud. When I typed "about:plugins" in the ``Location:'' window, Netscape said that I had only v4.0 of their free Linux version. (I just installed the www/linux-flashplugin port ( # make install clean) and it seems to be the valid v5.0PL47, but I haven't tested it yet.) Rather than fight a losing battle with closed-source, proprietary software, I've slowly been switching over to mozilla. I think we've got mozilla plugins that should work natively with FreeBSD. ...I'd like to hear from other hackers (or even just savvy users) about plugins ... and related stuff. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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