Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:06:20 +0100 From: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@ulyssis.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to enable linux flash player in firefox Message-ID: <200701280106.21834.tijl@ulyssis.org> In-Reply-To: <45BB655B.5030200@locolomo.org> References: <45B907F1.5060402@locolomo.org> <200701271238.53285.tijl@ulyssis.org> <45BB655B.5030200@locolomo.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Saturday 27 January 2007 15:44, Erik Norgaard wrote: > Tijl Coosemans wrote: > > On Thursday 25 January 2007 20:41, Erik Norgaard wrote: > > > I see the new flash9 for linux has been included in ports, so I > > > installed it - but how do I enable the plugin in Firefox? Does it > > > work or does it crash? > > > > Basically, it works with linux-firefox and you can get sound if you > > follow the intructions at > > > > http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flash_Player:Additional_Interface_Support_for_Linux > > Does this mean that I cannot use linux-flash with native Firefox? Can > flash be launched as a standalone application? If the answer is yes, no, > then I will file a bug report to have linux-firefox added to the > run-dependency list. linuxpluginwrapper doesn't support flash9 yet, so no, you can't use it with any native browser. There is a standalone flash player I believe, but not in the plugin package. I wouldn't add a run dependency on linux-firefox though. The plugin can be used with other browsers as well. A pkg-message would be nice though. And it needs a run dependency on linux-gtk2.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200701280106.21834.tijl>