Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:22:00 -0800 From: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> To: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> Cc: Joseph Vella <satyam@sklinks.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash Player Message-ID: <440E7808.2050502@chrismaness.com> In-Reply-To: <440E7743.1080708@comcast.net> References: <list.freebsd.questions#list.freebsd.questions#440C89DB.1060404@comcast.net> <list.freebsd.questions#200603062341.04455.satyam@sklinks.com> <440E6A0D.9050209@chrismaness.com> <200603072210.08139.satyam@sklinks.com> <440E7743.1080708@comcast.net>
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Rem P Roberti wrote: > Joseph Vella wrote: >> On Tuesday 07 March 2006 21:22, Chris Maness wrote: >> >>> Joseph Vella wrote: >>> >>>> On Monday 06 March 2006 22:34, Duane Whitty wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tuesday 07 March 2006 01:42, Chris >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I installed these ports. Is there >>>>>> anything I need to do to the browser >>>>>> to get it to recognize them, because >>>>>> flash is still not working. >>>>>> >>>>> Sorry, I forgot to mention that for >>>>> firefox you want to make a symbolic >>>>> link from >>>>> >>>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so >>>>> >>>>> to >>>>> >>>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so >>>>> >>>>> and from >>>>> >>>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/flashplayer.xpt >>>>> >>>>> to >>>>> >>>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so >>>>> >>>>> (Shamelessly copied from a previous >>>>> post :) >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>> There's a typo in the last link: it should be >>>> from >>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/flashplayer.xpt >>>> to >>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt >>>> >>>> I put my links into /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins instead of >>>> firefox/plugins and I'm then able to view flash in konqueror as >>>> well as >>>> firefox. >>>> >>>> >>>> Also I had to create a file named /etc/libmap.conf with the >>>> following in >>>> it: >>>> >>>> # Flash6 with Konqueror >>>> [/usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so] >>>> libpthread.so.0 pluginwrapper/flash6.so >>>> libdl.so.2 pluginwrapper/flash6.so >>>> libz.so.1 libz.so.3 >>>> libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 libstdc++.so.5 >>>> libm.so.6 libm.so.4 >>>> libc.so.6 pluginwrapper/flash6.so >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>> Thanks, that worked for firefox. It didn't seem to work for Konqurer >>> (but don't really use it anyway). >>> >> >> Oh yeah, I also had to go into the settings for konqueror and click a >> button something like "scan for plugins", after that, flash in >> Konqueror worked too. >> >> >> > > > Boy, I did all of the above, and I still can't get Firefox to work > with Flash Player. What to do...what to do. > > Rem Make sure you do: # ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so as well.
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