Re: flash and firefox

From: Scott Robbins <scottro_at_nyc.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:49:50 -0500
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On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 05:51:56AM -1000, Randy Bush wrote:
> > The problems with linuxpluginwrapper exist in RELENG_6 as well.
> > Actually, I've had better luck with flash and linux-firefox on CURRENT
> > than I have on 6.1-PRERELEASE.
> > 
> > The problems with acrobat reader are also in 6.1-PRERELEASE.  Running
> > them both, one at home, one at work, I haven't found any real difference
> > in how various ports work, save for the abovementioned, that
> > linux-firefox works better with flash in CURRENT. 
> 
> how the heck did you get it to run at all in current?

Sigh, if I'd realized how difficult it would become, I'd have documented
what I did--at the time, I think linuxpluginwrapper worked and I didn't
pay attention.

Ahhhh--ok, I didn't realize that I'd done this--(as I said, it was a
long time ago, and I just looked now--I always start it with a key
binding from fluxbox, and had simply forgotten that I had done it this
way.).  For some reason I didn't use the port, I simply downloaded 
the source and built it in my home directory.  That is, I
downloaded the firefox source code for Linux, and as user, just ran the
install script.  After that, flash just worked, and has continued to
work. 

In my home/firefox  (NOT .firefox--as I said I just did this in my $HOME
directory) I have a plugins directory--it just has a symlink to to
/usr/X11R6/lib/lib/linux-flashplugin7/libflashplayer.so 

Sorry for such haphapzard information here, I use flash for an online
pingpong game and to check TV guide listings and that's it, so I hadn't
payed much attention.  I set it up quite awhile ago.  


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Scott Robbins

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