Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:47:58 -0900 From: Beecher Rintoul <akbeech@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Ross Adams Lippert <ripper@mit.edu> Subject: Re: flash plugin in 6.0 Message-ID: <200512181948.10598.akbeech@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051219035752.GA27224@home-on-the-dome.mit.edu> References: <20051219035752.GA27224@home-on-the-dome.mit.edu>
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--nextPart2468305.goGo8JaHck Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 18 December 2005 06:57 pm, Ross Adams Lippert wrote: > Where is the latest documentation on this continually vexing > problem? Why do I feel like this is the hardest part of any > upgrade? That port is borked, here's what you have to do to get it working: ## Workaround for broken port linuxpluginwrapper. ## Before building linuxpluginwrapper: rm -R /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_linux_plugins ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_linux_plugins ## Build linuxpluginwrapper: cd /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper make -DWITH_PLUGINS install clean ## or upgrade: portupgrade -vm -DWITH_PLUGINS linuxpluginwrapper ## Remove symlink (will break Mozilla). rm -rf /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_linux_plugins ## Fix acroread: rm -rf /usr/local/bin/acroread # If upgrade. mv =A0/usr/local/bin/acroread7 /usr/local/bin/acroread rm -rf /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/nppdf.so ln=20 =2Ds /usr/local/lib/acroread/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux= /nppdf.so /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins/nppdf.so ## Change path to nppdf.so in /etc/libmap.conf: # Acrobat7 with Mozilla/Firebird/Galeon/Epiphany/Konqueror [/usr/local/lib/acroread/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppd= f.so]=20 libc.so.6 pluginwrapper/acrobat.so ## Acroread now works properly in browser. ## Helix plugin does not work with Firefox or Mozilla at this time.=20 ## Flash 6.0 works without modification. ## Flash7 is VERY unstable and will crash Firefox (possibly Mozilla). ## Launch browser and type "about:plugins" without the quotes to check that= =20 plugins are enabled. Beech =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - System Administrator - akbeech@gmail.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://akparadise.byethost33.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart2468305.goGo8JaHck Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDpjuKVq19LUoGB+MRAvrhAKCVtPBMitGtakUqn2iKywq6b6Q4sgCfesMO l/aAuGjRvONPXmrEAsDK/Kw= =uepv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2468305.goGo8JaHck--
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