Flash doesn't work

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astralfx

I've gone through many different tutorials. Can't get flash to work, at its least displays a black box in Firefox, however it always crashes if it tries to play and I get an error.

Before about:plugins didn't show flash.

- Instead of symlinking /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
- I coped it from there and put it in ~/.mozilla/plugins

Now (Flash 10.3 r181) shows up in about:plugins, and doesn't show a grey box with Flash content saying "Media not found" at least.

However, it still doesn't work and freezes for about 5-10 seconds, and then gives an error..
Code: 
LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
 [B][Shared object "libfreetype.so.6" not found, required by "libflashplayer.so"[/B]

Here are the files: find / -name libfreetype.so.6
Code: 
/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
/usr/compat/linux/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6

And here's the /usr/lib dir: [cmd=]ls -la /usr/lib/ | grep "libfreetype.so"[/cmd]
Code: 
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel       65 May 16 19:19 libfreetype.so.0 ->
 /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10/work/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.0
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel       65 May 16 19:18 libfreetype.so.6 -> 
/usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10/work/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
Maybe the above is a problem? It was when I first attempted to install Flash, guess the symlinks haven't changed?

Any help?
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13
 
You've done quite a number on your machine... /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.* should not exist on FreeBSD. You have somehow managed to install non-system files to a system directory. You can remove them from there but let's just hope you haven't managed to screw up anything else. Now... Is /usr/compat/linux/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 also a symlink?
 
Having a Linux library symlinked into a port working directory that can be cleared at any moment adds the thrill of danger but is not conducive to reliable operation.

After you undo that and really install emulators/linux_base-f10 and linux-f10-flashplugin10, follow the Handbook Flash instructions. When the procedures there are followed, they work. Don't wing it (like copying rather than symlinking, or vice versa) unless you have justifiable reason.
 
Hi again. Ok, I removed the libfreetype.so.6 and .0 from /usr/lib.

And yes, the other libfreetype.so is a symlink to another file in the directory?
[cmd=]ls -la /usr/compat/linux/usr/lib/ | grep "libfreetype"[/cmd]
Code: 
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel       21 May 24 07:27 libfreetype.so.6 -> libfreetype.so.6.3.18
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel   597820 May 24 07:27 libfreetype.so.6.3.18

Reinstalling those 2 ports again..
 
What the heck? The same error comes up & also an additional error but now it works? LOL oh well xD

Code: 
LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
 [Shared object "libfreetype.so.6" not found, required by "libflashplayer.so"]
*** NSPlugin Viewer  *** WARNING: unhandled variable 18 (<unknown variable>) in NPN_GetValue()
 
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