Re: Flash10 with 8.0-BETA2 and Firefox 3.5.2
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 07:02:28AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > > > > So you should not run it as root. > > Let me clarify: I did not run it as root until after it didn't work as a > normal user. Or at least I thought I didn't. > > Now, having removed the link in /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins and > making sure that npwrapper.libflashplayer.so was not present in > /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins, nspluginwrapper and Flash as a normal > user works. > All these Firefox plugins are a big nightmare cause so many parameters can prevent them to work. It's a pain :( But if you find a reliable reason, something that we can repeat, that prevented the detection of the plugin, please mail me. I'm interested in updating the docs on this point. -- Marc ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Flash10 with 8.0-BETA2 and Firefox 3.5.2
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Marc Fonvieille wrote: On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 06:12:23AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Tijl Coosemans wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2009 03:41:05 Warren Block wrote: On 8.0-BETA2 with www/linux-f10-flashplugin10 and www/firefox35 installed. As per the Handbook, a soft link in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins to /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so. nspluginwrapper -a -i runs normally. linprocfs mounted, and nspluginwrapper -l shows /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so. But about:plugins shows nothing but the "default plugin". Is something else necessary? I think you ran nspluginwrapper as root. If you run it as a normal user it puts the wrapped plugin in ~/.mozilla/plugins where Firefox picks it up. If you run it as root it puts it in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins. Firefox 2.x and some other browsers scan this directory, but newer versions don't for some reason. You have to create a symlink in /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins/ to the npwrapper plugin in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/ That works! I had first run nspluginwrapper -a -i as normal user, then as root. The Handbook says: -- Once the right Flash port, according to the FreeBSD version you run, is installed, the plugin must be installed by each user with nspluginwrapper: % nspluginwrapper -v -a -i -- So you should not run it as root. Let me clarify: I did not run it as root until after it didn't work as a normal user. Or at least I thought I didn't. Now, having removed the link in /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins and making sure that npwrapper.libflashplayer.so was not present in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins, nspluginwrapper and Flash as a normal user works. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Flash10 with 8.0-BETA2 and Firefox 3.5.2
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 02:30:41PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 06:12:23AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Tijl Coosemans wrote: > > > > > On Thursday 20 August 2009 03:41:05 Warren Block wrote: > > >> On 8.0-BETA2 with www/linux-f10-flashplugin10 and www/firefox35 > > >> installed. > > >> > > >> As per the Handbook, a soft link in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins to > > >> /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so. > > >> nspluginwrapper -a -i runs normally. > > >> > > >> linprocfs mounted, and nspluginwrapper -l shows > > >> /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so. > > >> > > >> But about:plugins shows nothing but the "default plugin". > > >> > > >> Is something else necessary? > > > > > > I think you ran nspluginwrapper as root. If you run it as a normal > > > user it puts the wrapped plugin in ~/.mozilla/plugins where Firefox > > > picks it up. If you run it as root it puts it in > > > /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins. Firefox 2.x and some other browsers > > > scan this directory, but newer versions don't for some reason. You have > > > to create a symlink in /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins/ to the > > > npwrapper plugin in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/ > > > > That works! > > > > I had first run nspluginwrapper -a -i as normal user, then as root. > > > > The Handbook says: > > -- > Once the right Flash port, according to the FreeBSD version you run, is > installed, the plugin must be installed by each user with > nspluginwrapper: > > % nspluginwrapper -v -a -i > -- > > So you should not run it as root. > > > There is no ~/.mozilla directory for either root or normal user. But > > this is the first machine I've set up where Firefox3.5 was a fresh > > install, not an update to a previous version. > > > > Here what I did: > > % rm -rf .mozilla > % nspluginwrapper -l > > % nspluginwrapper -a -i > % nspluginwrapper -l > /home/marc/.mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so > Original plugin: /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so > Wrapper version string: 1.2.2 > > So even if a $HOME/.mozilla does not exist, it'll be created by > nspluginwrapper. > I forgot to say that /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins/ just contains libnullplugin.so here. > > Should the Handbook instructions be updated? > > > > I don't think it's needed here. > > -- > Marc -- Marc ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Flash10 with 8.0-BETA2 and Firefox 3.5.2
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 06:12:23AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Tijl Coosemans wrote: > > > On Thursday 20 August 2009 03:41:05 Warren Block wrote: > >> On 8.0-BETA2 with www/linux-f10-flashplugin10 and www/firefox35 > >> installed. > >> > >> As per the Handbook, a soft link in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins to > >> /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so. > >> nspluginwrapper -a -i runs normally. > >> > >> linprocfs mounted, and nspluginwrapper -l shows > >> /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so. > >> > >> But about:plugins shows nothing but the "default plugin". > >> > >> Is something else necessary? > > > > I think you ran nspluginwrapper as root. If you run it as a normal > > user it puts the wrapped plugin in ~/.mozilla/plugins where Firefox > > picks it up. If you run it as root it puts it in > > /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins. Firefox 2.x and some other browsers > > scan this directory, but newer versions don't for some reason. You have > > to create a symlink in /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins/ to the > > npwrapper plugin in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/ > > That works! > > I had first run nspluginwrapper -a -i as normal user, then as root. > The Handbook says: -- Once the right Flash port, according to the FreeBSD version you run, is installed, the plugin must be installed by each user with nspluginwrapper: % nspluginwrapper -v -a -i -- So you should not run it as root. > There is no ~/.mozilla directory for either root or normal user. But > this is the first machine I've set up where Firefox3.5 was a fresh > install, not an update to a previous version. > Here what I did: % rm -rf .mozilla % nspluginwrapper -l % nspluginwrapper -a -i % nspluginwrapper -l /home/marc/.mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so Original plugin: /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so Wrapper version string: 1.2.2 So even if a $HOME/.mozilla does not exist, it'll be created by nspluginwrapper. > Should the Handbook instructions be updated? > I don't think it's needed here. -- Marc ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Flash10 with 8.0-BETA2 and Firefox 3.5.2
On Thursday 20 August 2009 03:41:05 Warren Block wrote: > On 8.0-BETA2 with www/linux-f10-flashplugin10 and www/firefox35 > installed. > > As per the Handbook, a soft link in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins to > /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so. > nspluginwrapper -a -i runs normally. > > linprocfs mounted, and nspluginwrapper -l shows > /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so. > > But about:plugins shows nothing but the "default plugin". > > Is something else necessary? I think you ran nspluginwrapper as root. If you run it as a normal user it puts the wrapped plugin in ~/.mozilla/plugins where Firefox picks it up. If you run it as root it puts it in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins. Firefox 2.x and some other browsers scan this directory, but newer versions don't for some reason. You have to create a symlink in /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins/ to the npwrapper plugin in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Flash10 with 8.0-BETA2 and Firefox 3.5.2
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Tijl Coosemans wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2009 03:41:05 Warren Block wrote: On 8.0-BETA2 with www/linux-f10-flashplugin10 and www/firefox35 installed. As per the Handbook, a soft link in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins to /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so. nspluginwrapper -a -i runs normally. linprocfs mounted, and nspluginwrapper -l shows /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so. But about:plugins shows nothing but the "default plugin". Is something else necessary? I think you ran nspluginwrapper as root. If you run it as a normal user it puts the wrapped plugin in ~/.mozilla/plugins where Firefox picks it up. If you run it as root it puts it in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins. Firefox 2.x and some other browsers scan this directory, but newer versions don't for some reason. You have to create a symlink in /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins/ to the npwrapper plugin in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/ That works! I had first run nspluginwrapper -a -i as normal user, then as root. There is no ~/.mozilla directory for either root or normal user. But this is the first machine I've set up where Firefox3.5 was a fresh install, not an update to a previous version. Should the Handbook instructions be updated? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Flash10 with 8.0-BETA2 and Firefox 3.5.2
On 8.0-BETA2 with www/linux-f10-flashplugin10 and www/firefox35 installed. As per the Handbook, a soft link in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins to /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so. nspluginwrapper -a -i runs normally. linprocfs mounted, and nspluginwrapper -l shows /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/libflashplayer.so. But about:plugins shows nothing but the "default plugin". Is something else necessary? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
