Flash problem

eculp at encontacto.net eculp at encontacto.net
Mon Jun 12 23:47:23 UTC 2006


Quoting Jeremy Messenger <mezz7 at cox.net>:

> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:18:34 -0500, Christopher Sean Hilton  
> <chris at vindaloo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:57:28AM -0500, Scott T. Hildreth wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 10:42 -0400, andy at neu.net wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Nothing shows up under plugins in Mozilla or Seamonkey.  I tried to
>>> > install the linuxplginwrapper,
>>>
>>>   Well you can't run linux flash in FreeBSD native browser without it.
>>>   Also to run flash 7 you need to patch rtld-elf, adds a missing call.
>>>   The linuxpluginwrapper port explains how to do this.
>>>
>>>
>>> > but it is marked broken.rtld-elf
>>> >
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm going through the same thing. If anyone has gotten this on solved
>> I'd love to know. Several of the websites that I use have flash and
>> will not work without it.
>>
>> I have tried:
>>
>>      CVSuping my ports tree and building the latest firefox
>>
>>      Updating linuxpluginwrapper
>>
>>      Changing from www/linux-flashplugin6 to www/linuxflashplugin7
>>
>>      Applying the rtld-elf patch.
>>
>>      Using linux-firefox rather than the FreeBSD native one.
>>
>> The result is always the same. Hit www.doonesbury.com and your browser
>> packs it in.
>
> Works fine with linux-opera and linuxflashplugin7.
>
> Cheers,
> Mezz

Works great on SeaMonkey with FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #143: Sun Jun 11 
10:05:45 CDT 2006 at least.  I have navigated most of doonesbury with 
no issues at all.

ed



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