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Date:      Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:11:13 +0000
From:      Rodrigo Osorio <rodrigo@bebik.net>
To:        Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: flash does not work: firefox-35.0.1_1,1, nspluginwrapper-1.4.4_4
Message-ID:  <20150218161113.GA99702@shell.bebik.local>
In-Reply-To: <201502181313.t1IDDuJu086783@mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk>
References:  <201502181313.t1IDDuJu086783@mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk>

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Hi,

What 'sysctl compat.linux.osrelease' says ?
Try 'sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.16.18'
and restart firefox.

If it works, put compat.linux.osrelease=2.16.18 
in your /etc/sysctl.conf.

Cheers,
- rodrigo

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/adobe-flash-plugin-for-firefox.49558/



On 18/02/15 05:13 -0800, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> Since about 2-3 weeks ago
> I cannot get flash to work in firefox.
> 
> I checked the handbook again, deinstalled/reinstalled, etc.
> Still nothing.
> 
> I've 10.1-STABLE #23 r277808 laptop with
> 
> # pkg info -xo fire nsplug linux-c6-flash nvidia-d
> firefox-35.0.1_1,1             www/firefox
> nspluginwrapper-1.4.4_4        www/nspluginwrapper
> linux-c6-flashplugin-11.2r202.442 www/linux-c6-flashplugin11
> nvidia-driver-340-340.76       x11/nvidia-driver-340
> # 
> 
> $ nspluginwrapper -l
> /home/mexas/.mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
>   Original plugin: /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/symlinks/linux-firefox/libflashplayer.so
>   Plugin viewer: /usr/local/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer
>   Wrapper version string: 1.4.4-1
> $
> 
> in firefox, about;plugins shows:
> 
> Installed plugins
> Find updates for installed plugins at mozilla.com/plugincheck
> OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco Systems, Inc.
> 
>     File: 
>     Path: 
>     Version: 
>     State: Enabled
>     Play back web video and use video chats.
> 
> MIME Type	Description	Suffixes
> Shockwave Flash
> 
>     File: npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
>     Path: /usr/home/mexas/.mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
>     Version: 
>     State: Enabled
>     Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
> 
> MIME Type	Description	Suffixes
> application/x-shockwave-flash	Shockwave Flash	swf
> application/futuresplash	FutureSplash Player	spl
> 
> So all seems fine. However, any attempt to use flash,
> e.g. youtube.com or friv.com, gives blank screen -
> no error, no warning.
> 
> I cannot check right now, but I think
> my 10.1-stable laptop at home also
> has firefox-35, and flash works there (again
> I might be wrong here).
> 
> So, anybody else is having this problem?
> Anything else I can try to narrow down
> the issue?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Anton
> 
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