how to enable linux flash player in firefox

[Tore Lund]

Andreas Davour wrote:
> I'll try to do a cvsup, rebuild and try to reinstall the browser and the 
> plugins. Is PKG_SITES only used with pkg_fetch or can I use the ports 
> system "as is"? I've never even heard of it before today.

I believe you can use the ports system as is.  In theory at least you
should get the same or newer packages that way.

But I doubt that you need to rebuild the browser and plugins.  The point
is that I used "portinstall -PPR" some time between January 20 and 24.
And it is probably the -R that has sucked in some updated library.

I see a couple of Linux libraries last updated on January 22.  Packages
with "linux" in their name on my machine comprise the following:

%pkg_info -Ex linux
linux-expat-1.95.8
linux-flashplugin-7.0r69
linux-fontconfig-2.2.3_5
linux-xorg-libs-6.8.2_5
linux_base-fc-4_9
linuxpluginwrapper-20051113_6

You could check whether you have the same versions.  And we could make
other such checks if anyone has an idea what to look for.

But it needs to be said that I also downloaded other things in those
four days.  And, most significantly, I settled some problems with my
Nvidia driver.  Maybe this was what made the penny drop.
-- 
    Tore