Re: how to enable linux flash player [9] in firefox
On Thursday 25 January 2007 23:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 2 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:41:37 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how to enable linux flash player in firefox To: FreeBSD Questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi there: I see the new flash9 for linux has been included in ports, so I installed it - but how do I enable the plugin in Firefox? Does it work or does it crash? Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org I've tried installing this, too. The included readme addresses linux, and there is no indication of what is supposed to be done with libmap.conf, which leaves me in the dark. Has anyone figured this out? Thanks, Oliver ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to enable linux flash player [9] in firefox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Oliver Iberien wrote: On Thursday 25 January 2007 23:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 2 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:41:37 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how to enable linux flash player in firefox To: FreeBSD Questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi there: I see the new flash9 for linux has been included in ports, so I installed it - but how do I enable the plugin in Firefox? Does it work or does it crash? Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org I've tried installing this, too. The included readme addresses linux, and there is no indication of what is supposed to be done with libmap.conf, which leaves me in the dark. Has anyone figured this out? Thanks, Oliver I grabbed the symbols table for the flash player, but unfortunately I'm clueless as to determining what the hell the original linuxplugin-wrapper dev had in mind, so I can't really move on further than that. I can provide my info though so someone who does have an idea can proceed on, if necessary. If you use any sound requiring flash modules, Flash player will make Firefox ( / Seamonkey?) segfault and core dump; this is true for linux-firefox with (at least) only the default config. This is because (like some have mentioned before in previous threads) flash uses ALSA, which is linux's answer to getting rid of OSS. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture. With that aside, Flash 9 is incredibly unstable with linux emulation. Flash 9 under Linux worked fine on Gentoo when I ran the beta version--other than flash animations just being a bit slow. rant It's a pain in the ass that Adobe / Macromedia had to invent a technology that so many web developers sought, just because of its ease of developing; if only the developers sought to learn CSS and a bit of proper javascripting, then stuff would be easier for viewing on all platforms. (a few choice four-/five-letter words combined with other words and grumbling) /rant -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFu8PVEnKyINQw/HARAphwAJ99FBr2TfzwGTZZgFeopW8Iu/0n4wCfa6vC usK1FfxupSz5+HBTHMwdnm4= =4+kP -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to enable linux flash player [9] in firefox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Garrett Cooper wrote: Oliver Iberien wrote: On Thursday 25 January 2007 23:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 2 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:41:37 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how to enable linux flash player in firefox To: FreeBSD Questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi there: I see the new flash9 for linux has been included in ports, so I installed it - but how do I enable the plugin in Firefox? Does it work or does it crash? Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org I've tried installing this, too. The included readme addresses linux, and there is no indication of what is supposed to be done with libmap.conf, which leaves me in the dark. Has anyone figured this out? Thanks, Oliver I grabbed the symbols table for the flash player, but unfortunately I'm clueless as to determining what the hell the original linuxplugin-wrapper dev had in mind, so I can't really move on further than that. I can provide my info though so someone who does have an idea can proceed on, if necessary. If you use any sound requiring flash modules, Flash player will make Firefox ( / Seamonkey?) segfault and core dump; this is true for linux-firefox with (at least) only the default config. This is because (like some have mentioned before in previous threads) flash uses ALSA, which is linux's answer to getting rid of OSS. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture. With that aside, Flash 9 is incredibly unstable with linux emulation. Flash 9 under Linux worked fine on Gentoo when I ran the beta version--other than flash animations just being a bit slow. rant It's a pain in the ass that Adobe / Macromedia had to invent a technology that so many web developers sought, just because of its ease of developing; if only the developers sought to learn CSS and a bit of proper javascripting, then stuff would be easier for viewing on all platforms. (a few choice four-/five-letter words combined with other words and grumbling) /rant Here's the link to 2 of the text files that contain the libraries / function calls I found in the global symbols table for libflashplayer.so: http://students.washington.edu/youshi10/posted/flash9/. - -Garrett -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFu8Z4EnKyINQw/HARAgHfAJ4n9K3INpkIEW1NMlLqUnvROl9P5QCdFJTQ Ursg1bPrkWMEvDTCu16uoiU= =WGcH -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to enable linux flash player [9] in firefox
I've tried installing this, too. The included readme addresses linux, and there is no indication of what is supposed to be done with libmap.conf, which leaves me in the dark. Has anyone figured this out? linux-flashplugin9 is useful for people who use the linux-firefox. The libmap.conf / linuxpluginwrapper code only currently works with linux-flashplugin7, so you'll need to keep using that one instead if you use the native FreeBSD firefox. When/if flashplayer9 is working with FreeBSD firefo, then the flashplayer7 port will be removed. Hope this clarifies things, cheers, Jamie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to enable linux flash player [9] in firefox
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 01:27:49PM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote: It's a pain in the ass that Adobe / Macromedia had to invent a technology that so many web developers sought, just because of its ease of developing; if only the developers sought to learn CSS and a bit of proper javascripting, then stuff would be easier for viewing on all platforms. I've nevr understood the need for something as absurd as flash and shockwave; a graphic/animated app that was developed for proprietary computers. But I have wanted to know if the same thing could be done with Java. Isn't most of the sweat in creating the animation? The big question is, how much effort would it take to creat a javascript out of whatever-flash-requires? -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to enable linux flash player [9] in firefox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gary Kline wrote: On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 01:27:49PM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote: It's a pain in the ass that Adobe / Macromedia had to invent a technology that so many web developers sought, just because of its ease of developing; if only the developers sought to learn CSS and a bit of proper javascripting, then stuff would be easier for viewing on all platforms. I've nevr understood the need for something as absurd as flash and shockwave; a graphic/animated app that was developed for proprietary computers. But I have wanted to know if the same thing could be done with Java. Isn't most of the sweat in creating the animation? The big question is, how much effort would it take to creat a javascript out of whatever-flash-requires? Java? Not that bad, but the VM isn't as lightweight as the flash runtime engine (believe it or not). Not only that, it takes better developers than the ones that do flash (no, you can't point, click and drop little animations where you like or out of the box effects). About the only thing that flash can do that javascript and the rest can't do (easily) is video and audio, but then again that can be hacked using the right tools and setup in Java (maybe with a bit of native, or C/C++ code) to do what you need to do at lower levels. As for Javascript, it can do the majority of the junk that flash is used for nowadays, with a little proper HTML coding. Flash is just a fad that developers use to deploy quick projects (similar to VB was back in the day for Windows users). That's a good thought though.. I like that idea.. - -Garrett -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFvCvqEnKyINQw/HARAsSPAJ9avHfXpA52mfIyS5Cpgyqy7LD37ACfSTro /fjbOgw1vzBTO3rZljAORwM= =hF7h -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
