[RFC] Port for nspluginwrapper

[Eric Anderson]

On 04/01/07 18:48, Dave Grochowski wrote:
> 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.


Yes, flash7 does work much nicer.  Thanks!

Eric