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agerardi
January 16th, 2009, 06:08
I read where adobe flashplayer plugin for firefox is not support for Freebsd 7.1. Blaaaa....anyway I tried the port flashplayer...and it compiled ok....but firefox doesn't see it. And probably not the right version required. Is there a port hack to have flashplayer (at least version 8) that will work with firefox. Going to bed .

Tks

Al
morbit
January 16th, 2009, 06:23
http://crnl.org/blog/2008/11/01/flash-9-for-freebsd-71

Use search.
agerardi
January 16th, 2009, 06:43
Hey..........tks for the info....was trying another method....but no luck. Will try your recommendation tomorrow morning and will let you know...

Tks
Al:e
agerardi
January 16th, 2009, 19:27
I followed the install instructions and ran into a major problem at this point:

Step 2: Update ports and install all the needed software

You will now need to install the following ports and their dependencies:

cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f8 && make install clean
cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin9 && make install clean
cd /usr/ports/www/nspluginwrapper && make install clean

the linux-flashplugin 9 is no longer available for access or download.

Appreciate the assistance anyway....
We tried

Al
lumiwa
January 16th, 2009, 19:37
I followed the install instructions and ran into a major problem at this point:

Step 2: Update ports and install all the needed software

You will now need to install the following ports and their dependencies:

cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f8 && make install clean
cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin9 && make install clean
cd /usr/ports/www/nspluginwrapper && make install clean

the linux-flashplugin 9 is no longer available for access or download.

Appreciate the assistance anyway....
We tried

Al

As I red somewhere before you should downlod the file from Adobe site by yourself. Search a little the threads...
agerardi
January 16th, 2009, 20:05
I already tried that....its not supported. I tried searching for the linux version....and couldn't find it.........I will try something else.

Al
BSDKaffee
January 17th, 2009, 01:15
IMO, Wine with the Windows version of Firefox is the best way to go for Flash support right now. It is pretty stable and it is easy to update. I have have Wine 1.1.12/Firefox 3.0.5/Flash 10 installed. I set Wine to run in Windows XP mode.
ale
January 17th, 2009, 01:27
the linux-flashplugin 9 is no longer available for access or download.Maybe updating the ports tree could help.
agerardi
January 17th, 2009, 05:13
IMO, Wine with the Windows version of Firefox is the best way to go for Flash support right now. It is pretty stable and it is easy to update. I have have Wine 1.1.12/Firefox 3.0.5/Flash 10 installed. I set Wine to run in Windows XP mode.

Took your advice and it works. Thank You.
The sound is a little goofy...but will play with that....

Al:)
agerardi
January 17th, 2009, 05:41
Took your advice and it works. Thank You.
The sound is a little goofy...but will play with that....

Al:)

One question! I couldn't find where to set wine up for windows xp. I"m using kde....and wine is not on the menu. did the kappfinder....and it still didn't show up...so how do I set wine up to emulate windowsxp?

Tks

Al
agerardi
January 17th, 2009, 05:47
One question! I couldn't find where to set wine up for windows xp. I"m using kde....and wine is not on the menu. did the kappfinder....and it still didn't show up...so how do I set wine up to emulate windowsxp?

Tks

Al

For some reason I don't have winecfg.....which I think I should have....am I correct?

Al
agerardi
January 17th, 2009, 05:57
For some reason I don't have winecfg.....which I think I should have....am I correct?

Al

Must be getting late....I updated my database...and finally found it.

Thank You

Al:)
morbit
January 17th, 2009, 14:50
Maybe ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/
was pulled due to http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1060 ongoing effort?

Wine + Windows Flash is too CPU intensive on older systems imho.
agerardi
January 17th, 2009, 19:07
Maybe ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/
was pulled due to http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1060 ongoing effort?

Wine + Windows Flash is too CPU intensive on older systems imho.

Yes I did notice that....very intensive.

Al
agerardi
January 18th, 2009, 21:41
Maybe updating the ports tree could help.
You were right....updated my ports and was able to get the flashplayer installed and working great....
Thank you for your insight

Al:)
ale
January 18th, 2009, 21:58
You're welcome!