On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 08:41:08AM +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > Hi, > > I was following the thread "problem with firefox + netscape-flash" > because flash doesn't work for me either, but the OP's solution was to > remove the debug use flag from firefox, which I don't have anyway.
In the previous thread I used firefox-1.0.7-r4 (stable gentoo) and the problem started when I switched to 1.5 so I unmerged both firefox and flash and then reinstall them. but I choosed the flash plugin from macromedia.com and and now it works well > > So, I unmerged netscape-flash, deleted any macromedia directories or > stale flash plugins lying around, and reinstalled netscape-flash. > > When I go to http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/welcome/ I get the > firefox message "Additional plugins are required to display all the > media on this page." > > Then I click on the "Install Missing Plugins..." and after a status bar > it says: > > No suitable plugins were found. > Unknown Plugin [Manual Install] > The "Manual Install" button takes me to "Shockwave Player Download > Center" which says "We are unable to locate a Web player that matches > your platform and browser." > > Now what? netscape-flash is the right ebuild for firefox isn't it? Yes but "netscape-flash" is only flash not shockwave, so only flash should work fine. I'm not shure but I think there's no shockwave for linux... bye Giulio -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
