On Thu, 9 May 2002, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Thursday 09 May 2002 06:17 pm, you wrote: > > I know...it's been beaten to death, and was discussed just the other day. > > I just went and looked in the archives, and couldn't find that thread from > > the other day, which bites, cause it had exactly what I needed to know. So > > here I am. Anyhoo. > > > > I finally got around to installing 8.2 on this system (had been using > > 8.2b4)...I never got around to getting flash going before, because I knew > > I was going to be moving up to 8.2 soon. So, I installed the Flash plugin > > into the netscape/plugins dir, and went to Konqueror, hit the button to > > scan for Netscape plugins, and after I did so, checked the list, and they > > appeared to be there. I still don't get anything other than that download > > flash pop-up though... > > > > Now, I know there is an rpm that I need to make this all work...something > > like ns-plugins, or something like that? Can someone tell me the name of > > it? I'm assuming it must not be installed, since I'm getting no joy on > > pages with flash on it...or is there something else I could be > > overlooking? > > Roger: > Here's what I ended up doing: > 1. Installed the Flash rpm from the Commercial Apps disk. > 2. Downloaded kdebase-nsplugins-2.2.2-93mdk.i586.rpm from www.rpmfind.net, > and installed it. (It seems that this file may be on one of the PowerPack > CD's, but somehow Software Manager isn't aware of it. It's not a very big > download (roughly 700K or so.) > 3. Ran nspluginscan from the command line. > 4. Rebooted KDE. Voila! The Netscape Plugins option showed up in the > Konqueror configuration menu. > 5. Called Will (two-year-old grandson, and the prime mover behind this > project), and we watched Tebo slide down Clifford's back. Much joy. One > thing: When I ran nspluginscan, a lot of messages flew by, and some of them > didn't seem too friendly, but it worked. I suppose I should look in the logs. > -- cmg > >
OK! That seemed to work (fortunately, I have the 8.1 PP, so I was able to get the Flash rpm), and now most sites work for me. Some still don't - I tried going to www.jojomayer.com, and it didn't work there, but it's a lot better than it was! Thanks! :-)
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