Flash plugin ?

[William A. Mahaffey III]

On 08/17/14 08:54, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 08:50:48 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>> On 08/17/14 08:11, Polytropon wrote:
>>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 08:12:19 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>>>> 2nd, the make failed looking for some fedora
>>>> compat files .... How come these weren't fetched & installed on the fly ?
>>> Oh, I thought that would be a dependency... install the
>>> linux_base-f10 port, it should include the dependencies.
>>> Make sure you have Linux ABI in the kernel (should be the
>>> default) and check if your /etc/fstab has
>>>
>>> 	linproc  /compat/linux/proc   linprocfs   rw  0  0
>>> 	proc     /proc                procfs      rw  0  0
>>>
>>> included. Remember: This is the _Linux_ version of "Flash"
>>> running via FreeBSD's alternative binary interface, so it
>>> expects certain Linux facilities to be present. The port
>>> mentioned provides those.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> There was/is a pkg for this, I installed that & proceeded, it eventually
>> finished. Now I am looking around for the actual flash plugin, mozilla
>> doesn't have one (!!!!), any idea where to go for that ? TIA ....
> Make sure linproc is mounted (a reboot should be fine), and
> then run:
>
> 	% nspluginwrapper -a -v -i
>
> Afterwards, "about:plugins" should list it in Firefox. As I
> said, I'm not using "Flash" with Firefox, but with Opera, as
> described in the Handbook. Those steps should lead you to a
> functioning installation. :-)
>
>
>

about:plugins told me 'no plugins installed', which I already knew ;-) 
.... I have done the other 2 steps earlier ....

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