Re: How to get Huawei EC1561 USB modem working under FreeBSD, 8.2? Moving on to the next problem :-) -> Flash in Firefox
On 07/29/2012 22:23, Jeff Tipton wrote: On 07/29/2012 21:31, Jerry wrote: On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:35:06 +0530 Manish Jain articulated: Thanks for your inputs. I have finally got FreeBSD to speak to the internet. Now I have one more problem before I can live in peace. I am fond of a game hosted via the Discovery channel's website : http://news.discovery.com/human/games-lumosity-word-bubbles.html The game needs Adobe flash player. So I installed linux-f10-flashplugin11. But firefox 5.0 does not seem to integrate with it well. I then tried installing a couple of more ports, including swfdec and gnash. Still firefox won't play the game. Is there something special I need to do ? Thanks for any help. I feel your pain. I have had less than stellar success with getting a large number of sites to interact correctly with Firefox on FreeBSD when flash was involved, and sometimes even when it wasn't. I have heard that Opera works better but I have no personal knowledge of it. I finally gave up awhile ago. I just use my Windows machine when I absolutely, positively have to get a site working correctly. Life is too short to sweat the small stuff and golf is a lot more fun. I have chromium-15.0.874.121 with linux-f10-flashplugin-11.1r102.55, and I set them up as described in the FreeBSD Handbook, and they work OK for me. True, I'm not much into games (don't use online games at all) but otherwise I've not experienced any problem with sites that use Flash, including Youtube. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" P.S. And yes, my midori-0.4.2, too, works well with Flash. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: How to get Huawei EC1561 USB modem working under FreeBSD, 8.2? Moving on to the next problem :-) -> Flash in Firefox
On 07/29/2012 21:31, Jerry wrote: On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:35:06 +0530 Manish Jain articulated: Thanks for your inputs. I have finally got FreeBSD to speak to the internet. Now I have one more problem before I can live in peace. I am fond of a game hosted via the Discovery channel's website : http://news.discovery.com/human/games-lumosity-word-bubbles.html The game needs Adobe flash player. So I installed linux-f10-flashplugin11. But firefox 5.0 does not seem to integrate with it well. I then tried installing a couple of more ports, including swfdec and gnash. Still firefox won't play the game. Is there something special I need to do ? Thanks for any help. I feel your pain. I have had less than stellar success with getting a large number of sites to interact correctly with Firefox on FreeBSD when flash was involved, and sometimes even when it wasn't. I have heard that Opera works better but I have no personal knowledge of it. I finally gave up awhile ago. I just use my Windows machine when I absolutely, positively have to get a site working correctly. Life is too short to sweat the small stuff and golf is a lot more fun. I have chromium-15.0.874.121 with linux-f10-flashplugin-11.1r102.55, and I set them up as described in the FreeBSD Handbook, and they work OK for me. True, I'm not much into games (don't use online games at all) but otherwise I've not experienced any problem with sites that use Flash, including Youtube. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: How to get Huawei EC1561 USB modem working under FreeBSD, 8.2? Moving on to the next problem :-) -> Flash in Firefox
On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:35:06 +0530 Manish Jain articulated: > Thanks for your inputs. I have finally got FreeBSD to speak to the > internet. Now I have one more problem before I can live in peace. I > am fond of a game hosted via the Discovery channel's website : > > http://news.discovery.com/human/games-lumosity-word-bubbles.html > > The game needs Adobe flash player. So I installed > linux-f10-flashplugin11. But firefox 5.0 does not seem to integrate > with it well. I then tried installing a couple of more ports, > including swfdec and gnash. Still firefox won't play the game. > > Is there something special I need to do ? Thanks for any help. I feel your pain. I have had less than stellar success with getting a large number of sites to interact correctly with Firefox on FreeBSD when flash was involved, and sometimes even when it wasn't. I have heard that Opera works better but I have no personal knowledge of it. I finally gave up awhile ago. I just use my Windows machine when I absolutely, positively have to get a site working correctly. Life is too short to sweat the small stuff and golf is a lot more fun. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: How to get Huawei EC1561 USB modem working under FreeBSD, 8.2? Moving on to the next problem :-) -> Flash in Firefox
Hi, Thanks for your inputs. I have finally got FreeBSD to speak to the internet. Now I have one more problem before I can live in peace. I am fond of a game hosted via the Discovery channel's website : http://news.discovery.com/human/games-lumosity-word-bubbles.html The game needs Adobe flash player. So I installed linux-f10-flashplugin11. But firefox 5.0 does not seem to integrate with it well. I then tried installing a couple of more ports, including swfdec and gnash. Still firefox won't play the game. Is there something special I need to do ? Thanks for any help. -- Regards, Manish Jain +91-99620-10329 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
