Firefox and Flash ...

Jerod Prothe jprothe at usd217.org
Mon Sep 19 13:39:13 PDT 2005


Just a thought, are you using a 64-bit processor?  I remember back in my Linux 
user days that Macromedia was not willing to release a 64-bit version for 
"alternative operating systems"

Kiffin Gish wrote:
> I know I am not the first nor more than likely the last, but I cannot 
> for the life of me get Flash to work in Firefox 1.0.6 on FreeBSD 5.4.
> 
> I've tried everything according to the FreeBSD handbook, mailing lists, 
> etc, but still when there is a page with Flash, poor Firefox chokes and 
> dies.
> 
> One thing interesting I noticed though, which might be a hint, is that 
> if I exit Xfce, logout, login this time as root, fire up Xfce again and 
> then run Firefox, everything works without a hitch, e.g. even 
> flash-based pages don't crash Firefox. Weird.
> 
> What gives?
> 


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