firefox plugins

[Predrag Punosevac]

P.U.Kruppa wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Charles Bacon wrote:
>
>> I'm unable to find any reference to amd64 on Firefox FAQ and other
>> info sources.  I have an EVGA mobo with an AMD64 running FreeBSD 6.2
>> perfectly, with Firefox.  But every attempt at a plugin complains
>> either that it isn't windows or that it's an amd64.  I really want to
>> run Flash material.  Any ideas?
> Adobe only distributes linux binaries, so you need linux-compatibility.
> On i386 the idea is to install
>      /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper
> but that doesn't work with amd64 yet.
>
> Some people on this list claimed to be able to run
>     /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin9
> in linux-opera or linux-firefox with linux_base-fc6, but the latter 
> will only be available with upcoming FreeBSD 7.0 branch.
>
> So for FreeBSD 6.2 now only /usr/ports/swfdec-plugin or 
> /usr/ports/graphics/gnash remain. Both are OpenSource projects and can 
> display something like flash 4 files or just crash your browser.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Uli.
>
>
>>
>>     Chuck Bacon -- crtb at cape.com
>>         ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY
>>
>> PS: next I may ask about codecs for Audacity :-)
>> PPS: I try to be complete, so here's uname -a:
>>
>> FreeBSD daisy.local 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 
>> 08:32:24 UTC 2007    
>> root at portnoy.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>>
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> Peter Ulrich Kruppa
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Flash has been discussed extensively on this mailing list at least 5 
times in the past 3 months so maybe you should check archive first. It 
could be that your questions is already answered. So I would prefer not 
to repeat any howto until you have a chance to look older posts.
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