If that's the case, Firefox has a handy user agent switcher add-on that will allow you to spoof your UA. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59
It works great. Paul Gress wrote: > On 01/16/10 08:30 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> I can no longer watch Hulu content using dev builds of OpenSolaris. (Can >> you?) For me, attempts to play shows consistently fail with 'Sorry, we >> are unable to stream this video. Please check your Internet connection >> and try again.' >> >> My connection is fine.... I initially thought it was another case of >> these bugs: >> >> * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=590690 >> * https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497561 >> >> But then it dawned on me that I have a virtualbox install of Ubuntu >> Lucid. In that environment, while Firefox does spew out the same "XID >> collision, trouble ahead" warnings, Hulu works. So now I'm less >> convinced of those bugs being the (sole) cause. >> >> Using older versions of Firefox and using older versions of Flash (i.e. >> versions in which I am certain Hulu used to work just fine) has made no >> difference. Using the current contrib build of Firefox has made no >> difference. To try to bring my environment a tad closer to what's in >> Lucid (i.e. GNOME unstable), I also just built and installed Gtk+ from >> git master. No difference. >> >> While I probably should just embrace my status as the last living person >> who has not seen "Lost," I'm open to suggestions about the breakage. >> > > I got the same also when I went to hulu. I assumed it's that their > checking which > OS is being used and won't let the video stream. If anybody figures > it out let me know. > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
