[RFC] Port for nspluginwrapper

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Quoting Dave Grochowski <malus.x at gmail.com>:

> 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

It works great with firefox,  linux-flashplugin-7.0r69 and FreeBSD  
6.2-STABLE #209: Fri Mar 30 05:48:04 CST 2007.  I'm going to try  
current when I get to the office.  I haven't tried flash9 because it  
is a real PITA in linux-firefox and I prefer to have flash7 without  
crashes.

Thanks for the great and IMO needed port,

ed

>>
>>
>>
> 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
>
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