Flash on FreeBSD

killwin · #1 October 17th, 2009, 08:53

Hello,

I installed flash with nspluginwrapper on freebsd 7.2.

It worked perfectly only one time on a computer. I have 3 computers with freebsd and i can't repeat installation with successful.

With aragorn tutorial :
linux_enable="YES" in rc.conf, I modify sysctl ...
make install clean on : linux-flashplugin9 - nspluginwrapper

i tested with linux_base-fc4, linux_base-f8, linux_base-f10 ...

Well, the result is a black screen on youtube.

I am discouraged.

How to work flash all time on freebsd 7.x ?

Thanks verry much

jb_fvwm2 · #2 October 17th, 2009, 11:30

Without linux emulation, I can use flash (youtube)
with /gnash/ and /seamonkey/ (and maybe, maybe not
additional configuration steps).
(Discovered by chance.)

ale · #3 October 17th, 2009, 12:08

Try looking at this post.
On 7.2 I'm using linux_base-fc-4 without touching the sysctl, as in 7.2 support for newer osrelease is not complete (and probably it will never be). The flash plugin version is 9.
On 8 it's a different story.

Sometimes the browser freezes, especially when I have many windows opened with flash content. Usually I wait for some seconds (10-30) and if the browser windows are still stuck, from a console I run $ pkill -9 npviewer.

killwin · #4 October 17th, 2009, 23:58

gnash can run only with youtube, i tried it with others web sites and it doesn't work.

Ok, i will try install flashplugin 9 with fc4 monday. But with this method i have the feeling that it work only once on three times. I installed it on my computer number 2, it works

, and after i installed it on my computer number 3 with the same method and it don't work

thanks for the freeze solve problem.

Well, someone tried bsd 8.0 with flash plugin 10 ? I'm afraid with version 8, is it stable ?

Thanks everybody.

ale · #5 October 18th, 2009, 00:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by killwin

Well, someone tried bsd 8.0 with flash plugin 10 ? I'm afraid with version 8, is it stable ?

Yes I did.
It works more or less the same compared to the configuration I have for 7.
Even if sometimes on 7 I get a warning about the old plugin version it never happened to me to find something which doesn't work with 9 yet.
What I can see on both, is that if the system is doing something else which uses a lot of I/O, the plugin freeze the whole browser for a while. Sometimes it continues, sometimes it dumps huge cores and dies, sometimes I pkill it.

**DutchDaemon** · #6 October 18th, 2009, 00:56

Here:
FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 (i386)
linux-f10-flashplugin-10.0r32
nspluginwrapper-1.2.2_4
linux_base-f10-10_2
firefox-3.5.3,1

Flawless. No freezes.

ale · #7 October 18th, 2009, 01:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by DutchDaemon

Here:
FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 (i386)
linux-f10-flashplugin-10.0r32
nspluginwrapper-1.2.2_4
linux_base-f10-10_2
firefox-3.5.3,1

Flawless. No freezes.

I have the same on 8, but I'm not using it so much.
I kept all the debugging options in my kernconf until they have been removed. I thought that this was increasing the freezes as I had often messages about lor running flash.
Anyway if my memory is not failing I read somewhere in some ml that there is a problem about threads in the emulation layer that could be the cause of the problem. I'll post again if I found the url.

jnr · #8 October 18th, 2009, 02:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by killwin

Well, someone tried bsd 8.0 with flash plugin 10 ? I'm afraid with version 8, is it stable ?

I've since switched to 8.0, but on my previous 7.2 installation I had flash 10 working fine with linux_base-f10. You don't need to switch to 8.0 to try it.

killwin · #9 October 20th, 2009, 13:05

Hello,

I'm back after trying a new bsd.

I make new bsd from 8.0 kernel, (with linux emulator in kernel options and more options)

in /etc/make.conf :

Code:

OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f10
OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=f10

make install clean :
xorg
firefox3

in /etc/fstab :

Code:

linproc /usr/compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0

Code:

mount /usr/compat/linux/proc
/etc/rc.d/abi start
/etc/rc.d/sysctl start

Code:

cd /usr/ports/www/linux-f10-flashplugin10 && make install clean
cd /usr/ports/www/nspluginwrapper && make install clean

Code:

adduser alex

in alex account :

Code:

nspluginwrapper -v -i /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so

Code:

startx
firefox3

and in www.youtube.com, it's a BLACK WINDOW flash player 10 !
It's black black black

all times it's the same prolem.

**DutchDaemon** · #10 October 20th, 2009, 13:14

Try running nspluginwrapper -v -a -i as the user, and/or copy libflashplayer.so to the /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins directory (then retry the command).

killwin · #11 October 20th, 2009, 16:27

Thanks DutchDaemon, but the result is :

Code:

adduser alex2

in alex2 :

Code:

nspluginwrapper -v -a -i

firefox3 ( no plugins )

in root :

Code:

cp /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins

in alex2 :
firefox3 ( no plugins )

wnsi-m2 · #12 October 20th, 2009, 17:30

killwin, this is perhaps a stupid observation, however the handbook states that you should provide a symlink, NOT a copy of the plugin.

Also that it should go in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins, not firefox3/plugins.

Replace your cp command with

# ln -s /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so \
/usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
before running the nspluginwrapper command.

Or, mark this post as useless. But it worked when I did it.

**DutchDaemon** · #13 October 20th, 2009, 17:32

What is the output of nspluginwrapper in -v -a -i? It should give you an indication of where it is looking for the plugin.

Something like

Code:

Auto-install plugins from /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins
Auto-install plugins from /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins
Install plugin /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
  into /home/alex2/.mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
Auto-install plugins from /home/alex2/.mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /home/alex2/.mozilla/plugins

**DutchDaemon** · #14 October 20th, 2009, 17:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by killwin

Code:

cp /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins

Note: it is

Code:

/usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins

not

Code:

/usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins

graedus · #15 October 20th, 2009, 18:03

As wnsi-m2 says, just follow 6.2.3 (Firefox and Macromedia® Flash™ Plugin) of the Handbook browser's section. Follow the 8.X instructions if you use 7.2-STABLE. There's a thread on the Howto's that address this same issue.

killwin · #16 October 20th, 2009, 19:30

in root :

Code:

mkdir /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins
ln -s /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so 
/usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/
adduser alex3

in alex3 :

Code:

nspluginwrapper -v -a -i

result :

Code:

Auto-install plugins from /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins
Install plugin /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so
  into /home/alex3/.mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
Auto-install plugins from /home/alex3/.mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /home/alex3/.mozilla/plugins

In www.youtube.com : the flash window is BLACK

graedus · #17 October 20th, 2009, 20:19

By any chance did you ran nspluginwrapper as root previously?

killwin · #18 October 20th, 2009, 21:16

Yes... it's the same problem
Hmmm perhaps a material problem ... i don't know.

killwin · #19 October 22nd, 2009, 23:10

I found the problem. It works now perfectly.

problem 1 : the slide ( / ) was verry short and linux_base tried to install into /compat.

problem 2 : After installation, and solved this first problem i was with two folders /compat and /usr/compat.

Well i put all /compat/linux into /usr/compat/linux without /usr/compat/linux/proc and flash works now

monday i will try a new installation.

What's do you think ? I did'nt read this problem in a forum.

Azmadaeus · #20 November 10th, 2009, 05:50

I was suffering from the same problem, and ultimately found that I had forgotten to

Code:

mount -t linprocfs linproc /compat/linux/proc

Now it's working, except that sound does not work :/

Azmadaeus · #21 November 10th, 2009, 09:04

Got sound working. Turns out freebsd doesn't enable the sound driver I need on boot, probably because my laptop is pretty old. I needed to add the following to loader.conf:

Code:

snd_ich_load="YES"

so that sound would work on my thinkpad. The first sign something was wrong was when I tried doing some commands I saw posted while I was looking up the reason sound wasn't working: when I tried using "mixer" I got an error message:

"/dev/mixer: No such file or directory"

Now mixer works okay.

So, if you are reading this, and mixer isn't working for you, try to research the experiences other people have had installing FreeBSD on your model of computer.

Next on my list: compile my own tpb, since the one in ports uses ACPI, and I use a laptop which uses APM.

dennylin93 · #22 November 10th, 2009, 14:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azmadaeus

Got sound working. Turns out freebsd doesn't enable the sound driver I need on boot, probably because my laptop is pretty old. I needed to add the following to loader.conf:

Code:

snd_ich_load="YES"

FreeBSD doesn't load any sound drivers by default. It doesn't matter if the computer is old or new.

Azmadaeus · #23 November 11th, 2009, 10:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by dennylin93

FreeBSD doesn't load any sound drivers by default. It doesn't matter if the computer is old or new.

Ah so. I feel less left out now

Thanks, dennylin93.

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