From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 02:31:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ECF8106566B for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:31:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex-goncharov@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF6168FC18 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:31:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex-goncharov@comcast.net) Received: from OMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.52]) by QMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id i0bN1Z00F17UAYkA80Bq00; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:15:42 +0000 Received: from daland.home ([24.61.21.4]) by OMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id i2FN1Z00K05H7zL8Z2FQ7N; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:15:24 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=8eChE22gkI4A:10 a=S3kUGFHwbgoA:10 a=rITDv7nW5hcA:10 a=LhxYsKrxKGknoCFn_ZYA:9 a=P7HGGVpAissva9pt344A:7 a=BtzIXMaDLXrpb5btFJndXekBFVAA:4 a=si9q_4b84H0A:10 a=mhQ4J5QMNLoA:10 Received: from algo by daland.home with local (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KBKXa-000L15-K4; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:15:22 -0400 From: Alex Goncharov To: "Mark Carlson" In-reply-to: (carlsonmark@gmail.com) References: <200806241817.m5OIHLYU086621@fire.js.berklix.net> <48613EBA.507@cyberbotx.com> Message-Id: Sender: Alex Goncharov Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:15:22 -0400 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lack of Flash support is no longer acceptable. Bounty established... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Alex Goncharov List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:31:43 -0000 ,--- You/Mark (Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:41:07 -0600) ----* | I'm not at my box right now, but it went something like this: | ... | I might write up some better instructions when I have the time, but | I really don't have a good place to put them. `---------------------------------------------------* The instructions you've given are quite adequate and VERY helpful: I've never used Wine, and didn't imagine I could resolve the Flash pains so quickly and cheaply. ,--- David E. Thiel (Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:56:14 -0700) ----* | This works surprisingly well. One note - you may want to undefine | LC_CTYPE if you have it set to a non-standard value, as FF seems to | crash otherwise. `---------------------------------------------------------* I should add that I am now running Windows Opera on my FreeBSD 7.0 system -- and here, too, everything works surprisingly well, although the non-native character of the browser can't be not noticed, and the fonts' looks are much inferior to the ones in `linux-opera'. Thank you very much for the valuable advice! -- Alex -- alex-goncharov@comcast.net -- /* * To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. * * -- Thomas Edison */