Re: shockwave-flash on galeon solved
begin quoting what Jaye Inabnit ke6sls said on Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 04:54:28PM -0800: > > I think this is kind of stinks. How many *other* places do these have to go? > ~/kde/~, ~/netscape/~, ~/opera/~. . . It must be time for a more global > solution like ~/browser/plugins, thus muting the specific browser locations. > Wonder what LSB suggests? . . . The LSB suggests standards for Linux. Linux doesn't include a web browser, that's not part of the operating system, nor is it a necessary tool for use of the operating system. Your beef is with a bunch of applications. Oh; and not everybody wants all their browsers to share the same plugins. Especially Netscape 4.x and Mozilla/Galeon. pgpAgtZ9KODEM.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: shockwave-flash on galeon solved
On Tuesday, 2. April 2002 02:54, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > I think this is kind of stinks. How many *other* places do these have to > go? ~/kde/~, ~/netscape/~, ~/opera/~. . . It must be time for a more > global solution like ~/browser/plugins, thus muting the specific browser > locations. Wonder what LSB suggests? . . . > > /me grunts and moves on. > > tatah furthermore you would need a generic browser plugin interface :) -- Patrick Schnorbus [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tuxcenter.net tuxcenter dot net Group c/o Patrick Schnorbus Koenigsberger Str. 25 D-45145 Essen GERMANY -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: shockwave-flash on galeon solved
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 01 April 2002 03:47 pm, Jason M. Harvey wrote: > On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 04:55:49PM -0500, Jason M. Harvey wrote: > | hello, > | > | sorry if this is an old topic, but has anyone gotten shockwave-flash to > | work with galeon? i downloaded it and installed it according to the > | netscape installation (i also have netscape, but have grown to dislike > | it). i installed it globally as well as in ~/.netscape/plugins. > | galeon always gives the error "default plugin: this page contains > | information of a type (application/x-shockwave-flash) that can only be > | viewed with the appropriate plug-in." > | about:plugins in galeon doesn't mention flash (only "default plugin"). > | flash works under netscape... could it be i need to install it into > | another place... or it won't work with galeon? > | > | tia, > | jason > > thanks dave! > > i took a look at mozilla... flash wasn't working either... did a "locate > mozilla | grep plugin" and found where mozilla plugins go... put > ShockwaveFlash.class and libflashplayer.so files in there and flash now > works in galeon! > > awesome! not that i'm a big fan of flash, but i'm thrilled to have no > more error messages! > > thanks again, > jason Greetings: I think this is kind of stinks. How many *other* places do these have to go? ~/kde/~, ~/netscape/~, ~/opera/~. . . It must be time for a more global solution like ~/browser/plugins, thus muting the specific browser locations. Wonder what LSB suggests? . . . /me grunts and moves on. tatah - -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls\/A GNU-Debian linux user\/ http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. I SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8qQFEZHBxKsta6kMRAgiZAJ97xBuOkFL5Ot6tB1Y+SWwjg9qkAgCgxcI4 LMCHmmxGzrdUZUiY46Z5aE4= =c/UG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: shockwave-flash on galeon solved
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 04:55:49PM -0500, Jason M. Harvey wrote: | hello, | | sorry if this is an old topic, but has anyone gotten shockwave-flash to | work with galeon? i downloaded it and installed it according to the | netscape installation (i also have netscape, but have grown to dislike | it). i installed it globally as well as in ~/.netscape/plugins. | galeon always gives the error "default plugin: this page contains | information of a type (application/x-shockwave-flash) that can only be | viewed with the appropriate plug-in." | about:plugins in galeon doesn't mention flash (only "default plugin"). | flash works under netscape... could it be i need to install it into | another place... or it won't work with galeon? | | tia, | jason | thanks dave! i took a look at mozilla... flash wasn't working either... did a "locate mozilla | grep plugin" and found where mozilla plugins go... put ShockwaveFlash.class and libflashplayer.so files in there and flash now works in galeon! awesome! not that i'm a big fan of flash, but i'm thrilled to have no more error messages! thanks again, jason -- --- | http://theigloo.dhs.org:81 | http://counter.li.org/| | Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Woody | 2.4.16-k6 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | registered linux user #202942 | --- pgpub5jKawxvl.pgp Description: PGP signature