Flash with Firefox 2

FreeBSD WickerBill freebsdwicker at gmail.com
Mon Mar 19 02:31:32 UTC 2007


On 3/18/07, NetOpsCenter <noc at hdk5.net> wrote:
>
> Pietro Cerutti wrote:
>
> > On 3/16/07, Jay Chandler <chandler.lists at chapman.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> I can't be the first person to ask this, but a Google and a cursory
> >> search of the archives don't lend me much in the way of hints.
> >>
> >> Anyone have a link or an explanation of how to get the Flash plugin
> >> working within Firefox?  I've gotten Java up already, but Flash
> >> continues to elude me...
> >
> >
> > I'm currently running 6.2-STABLE, firefox-2.0.0.2,1,
> > linux-flashplugin-7.0r69 and linuxpluginwrapper-20051113_7 and flash
> > plugin works well on most of the websites I've been.
> >
> > Here's the relevant part of my /etc/libmap.conf
> > [/usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so]
> > libpthread.so.0         libpthread.so.2
> > libdl.so.2        pluginwrapper/flash7.so
> > libz.so.1         libz.so.3
> > libm.so.6         libm.so.4
> > libc.so.6         pluginwrapper/flash7.so
> >
> > Don't forget to add the symbolic links required:
> >
> > # cd /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins
> > # ln -s /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin/flashplayer.xpt .
> > # ln -s /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so .
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jay Chandler
> >> Network Administrator
> >> Chapman University
> >
> >
> >
> Aloha.....
>
> I've been following this thread since I have had many problems in the
> past with FireFox and Flash.
>
> I'm now running FreeBSD 7.0 CURRENT 200701 on a desktop box and loaded
> the linux flash and it works fine so far with Firefox and Mozilla on
> this box. It is a ASUS mobo - with a dual AMD 64 / 4200 clock
>
> This install is way better than any of the ones I have experienced with
> FreeBSD before. I have used FreeBSD  since 3.* early 1990's  if memory
> serves me.
>
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Which version of flash are you using on FreeBSD 7 CURRENT ?

I'm using 6.1 p11 FF 2.0.0.2 + Flash 7 from ports and rarely have any
crashes

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