[RFC] Port for nspluginwrapper

[Dave Grochowski]

Hey,

Eric Anderson wrote:
> On 03/31/07 17:44, Dave Grochowski wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> Eric Anderson wrote:
>>> On 03/30/07 21:01, Dave Grochowski wrote:
>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> I wrote a port for nspluginwrapper, which you can find at:
>>>>
>>>> http://elvis.rowan.edu/~grocho98/nspluginwrapper.tar.bz2
>>>>
>>>> For those who do not know what it is, you can find the homepage at:
>>>>
>>>> http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/
>>>>
>>>> Basically, it allows you to run Linux/i386 browser plugins on the 
>>>> native browsers of other architectures and operating systems. To 
>>>> use it, simply install the appropriate plugins you would like from 
>>>> ports (I tried it with www/linux-flashplugin9, but others should 
>>>> work just as well) and then install nspluginwrapper. As a regular 
>>>> user, run "nspluginwrapper -v -a -i" to automagically find the 
>>>> plugins on you system and enable them for use in Firefox. Now, the 
>>>> plugins should work in your browser. I tried it with Flash 9 and 
>>>> both the graphics and sound worked. Unfortunately, Flash 9 is a bit 
>>>> buggy for me and crashed frequently, but I had the same issue when 
>>>> using the plugin with www/linux-firefox as well.
>>>>
>>>> I think the port is pretty complete, but I have only tried it on 
>>>> FreeBSD/i386 6-STABLE and FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT. It should work on 
>>>> amd64, but I don't have a machine to test it on. If the port is 
>>>> acceptable, I would not mind maintaining it, except for the fact 
>>>> that I obviously do not have a commit bit (though that probably is 
>>>> not a huge issue).
>>>>
>>>> Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
>>> Installs ok, but didn't seem to find any plugins, even with the 
>>> linux-flash9 installed.  If I try to point it at the flash plugin 
>>> directly, it says something like: "not a valid nspluginwrapper plugin"
>>>
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>> Try running "nspluginwrapper -v -a -i". I have a typo in the 
>> pkg-message. I'll reupload it later tonight.
>
> Oh.  Yes, that makes it work better.  Thanks!
>
> One thing to mention - it creates core dumps each time I access flash 
> media.  I've got flash9 installed, and most flash play until the end, 
> then core dump (segfault sig 11).   A few core dump in the middle.  I 
> have a core dump, but have not attempted to compile the port with 
> debugging installed yet.  npviewer.bin seems to be the core file creator.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
npviewer.bin is actually a Linux/i386 binary, so recompiling won't make 
a difference. I just extract it from an RPM. I would first try using 
Flash 7 and see how that goes. Flash 7 doesn't seem to crash my laptop 
at all, while Flash 9 crashes regularly. Considering Flash 9 also 
crashes frequently with linux-firefox, I assume its an issue with its 
emulation and not the wrapper.

Sincerely,
Dave Grochowski