Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 05:06:27PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rudy wrote: With all this talk about FLASH, I found something out by trial and error and want to post again to the list so that others searching can get the FLASH player working in their brower: THIS STEP IS NEEDED OR FLASH WILL NOT WORK: sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.20 I am using 8-current (amd64) and found all I needed to do was install www/linux-flashplugin7 then do a nspluginwrapper -v -a -i and flash works fine (as far I can tell)... Hot damn, that worked. I now have Flash in native Firefox. I never really paid much attention to the commands for nspluginwrapper or knew they were necessary. I have also never really gotten Flash to work but didn't try very hard at it, either. Thanks. - jt does this add any functionality I am not aware of? (namely some sites seem to partially load like the graphs at whos.among.us [the easiest way to test this is go to the site in my signature then click on the 3rd icon at the bottom and then click on graphs]) Better yet, add this to your /etc/sysctl.conf file and reboot: compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.20 NOTE: I just picked 2.6.20 kinda at random... seems like that is the linux kernel number (which I know nothing about) for the Fedora 7 release. Oh, and I installed Fedora 7 instead of the default Fedora Core 4 on my desktop. Why does the linux emulation pick 2.4.2 as the kernel version number to report (by default) and not 2.6.11 (their kernel version shipped with Fedora 4)? Seems like the ports should and linux module should be updated... Rudy ___ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
Written by Rudy on 01/10/08 18:58 Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: rm /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/fp7_archive.zip An other way to fix it in some ways is to run a make makesum to update the distfile checksums The fp7_archive.zip was an odd case were I felt more comfortable deleting it -- hadn't see that error before (and didn't save it to cut and paste). I thought it was only my system, but apparently, others had this same issue with the fp7_archive.zip file. Maybe a new one was released with the same filename on adobe? Would makesum would blindly use what is in the /usr/ports/distfiles -- corrupt, man-in-the-middled, or whatever was there? I've never used makesum... I will RTFM. :) Rudy I haven't been following this thread, but FWIW make sure you disable the Composite extension on your X server, or the plugin will not work correctly. I'm not sure why, but without disabling Composite I've only gotten gray windows where the player should be. In xorg.conf: Section Extensions Option Composite Off EndSection ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
Does anyone else have audio/video sync issues with linux-flashplugin7? Following the general procedure outlined in this thread, linux-flashplugin7 does work...sort of. The video proceeds the audio. This holds true for linux-opera and linux-firefox. The synch gap widens as time progresses. In a 5 minute clip, the offset is probably 5-10 seconds or more. Anyone else? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
Modulok wrote: Does anyone else have audio/video sync issues with linux-flashplugin7? Following the general procedure outlined in this thread, linux-flashplugin7 does work...sort of. The video proceeds the audio. This holds true for linux-opera and linux-firefox. The synch gap widens as time progresses. In a 5 minute clip, the offset is probably 5-10 seconds or more. I have audio lag as well. Never heard of turning off COMPOSITE mode in the xorg.conf... will try right now! Also, I got this update from Alexander Leidinger: 2.6.x emulation is not available in 6.x or 5.x (2.6.20 is totally wrong, the only 2.6 kernel version we are targeting ATM is 2.6.16). It is also not stable yet, there are known bugs. linux_base-f7 is also only useable with 2.6 emulation, installing it is not recommended for non-developers. so, set your linuxemu to a lower kernel version than I blindly recommended before: echo compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 /etc/sysctl.conf I say, push forward and get 2.6.16 stable and forget 2.4.2 on the FreeBSD 7 branch! People want old linux emulation? Use FreeBSD 6! Time to restart X, Rudy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another question based on: Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:25:15 -0600 eculp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Flash is becoming more dominate daily and there are many sites that are basically unusable without it. Some banking, telco, etc. sites, etc. That are difficult if not impossible too use for account access without flash and don't pay much attention to end user requests based on the installed base of Flash[89]. That brings up another detail, many sites now require Flash[89] even though they don't actually need it probably to impress their customers with their being on the technological, bleeding edge. Unfortunately, the poor support for Flash, as well as other common web features under FBSD, is a prime reason that I continue to keep my WinXP PC operational. At least Window's Internet Explorer, despite its real or alleged problems, can correctly access virtually any site I want or need to visit. As the above poster stated, being able to correctly and expeditiously navigate through a banking site is an important criteria. I belong to a state 'Officials Association' that deals with officiating High School sports. Their site is written in such a way that Flash with either Windows Media Player or QuickTime are required to properly view the site. Try as I might, I have never gotten either Opera or Firefox using FBSD to correctly view that site. I basically just gave up on it. The same problem exists with many sites sponsored by Google for instance. If this was 1990, perhaps I could understand it. However, considering the present state of computing, the fact that plug-ins like Flash are not simple drop-in applets, similar to the way Internet Explorer handles them, is simply not acceptable. Just my 2ยข. -- Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] The next unpopular group to have its rights taken away should be illegal aliens. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Another question based on: Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 09:53:41AM -0500, Gerard wrote: snip I belong to a state 'Officials Association' that deals with officiating High School sports. Their site is written in such a way that Flash with either Windows Media Player or QuickTime are required to properly view the site. So their message is, We're not interested in people who don't use windows. There is not anything that the FreeBSD community can do about that. Try as I might, I have never gotten either Opera or Firefox using FBSD to correctly view that site. I basically just gave up on it. The same problem exists with many sites sponsored by Google for instance. If this was 1990, perhaps I could understand it. However, considering the present state of computing, the fact that plug-ins like Flash are not simple drop-in applets, similar to the way Internet Explorer handles them, is simply not acceptable. Then go and complain to the people who wrote flash. If they want to release plugins for Firefox on FreeBSD they can do so. Since Flash is closed-source, there isn't a lot people in the FreeBSD community can do about it. There are several groups working on open-source implementations of Flash, but these efforts are incomplete due to lack of documentation and possibly volunteers. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpkHs1WfKxHd.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Another question based on: Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
Unfortunately, the poor support for Flash, as well as other common web features under FBSD, is a prime reason that I continue to keep my WinXP flash is a proprietary feature, which doesn't run FreeBSD. you may try to use linux browsers under emulation, you may use windows or do whatever else. using windows could be even better as most crappy sites are designed having only windows in mind and (w)internet explorer. or - like me, you may simply don't use it. i have a lot of choices about what bank to use, and the usability of web banking on MY (html/http compatible anyway) system was important. the bank i chose doesn't only run without flash and java, it just have best of all webservice, and have best bank offer anyway. i do EVERYTHING through internet, being actually once in their office. i think there is something similar in your country. if others require flash7, java or other craps, they just don't want me to be their client. same with every other sites. nothing wrong if they use flash to make some animation, but with site completely usable without this. if it's unusable - it means they don't like people like me to use/read that page. so i don't read and say no thanks to tell you the truth - such site are usually not useful even without flash :) so - while i've tested linux-opera port working with flash7, i just don't use it, and use native opera (and links-gui). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another question based on: Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
Unfortunately, the poor support for Flash, as well as other common web features under FBSD, is a prime reason that I continue to keep my WinXP or - like me, you may simply don't use it. ... if others require flash7, java or other craps, they just don't want me to be their client. ... I cannot express the extent of my loathing for Flash (and JavaScript). Unfortunately, as has been stated, many businesses employ such evils. In some cases it is nice to tell them to piss off, in others that is beyond the realm of possibility. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: rm /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/fp7_archive.zip An other way to fix it in some ways is to run a make makesum to update the distfile checksums The fp7_archive.zip was an odd case were I felt more comfortable deleting it -- hadn't see that error before (and didn't save it to cut and paste). I thought it was only my system, but apparently, others had this same issue with the fp7_archive.zip file. Maybe a new one was released with the same filename on adobe? Would makesum would blindly use what is in the /usr/ports/distfiles -- corrupt, man-in-the-middled, or whatever was there? I've never used makesum... I will RTFM. :) Rudy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Rudy wrote: Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: rm /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/fp7_archive.zip An other way to fix it in some ways is to run a make makesum to update the distfile checksums The fp7_archive.zip was an odd case were I felt more comfortable deleting it -- hadn't see that error before (and didn't save it to cut and paste). I thought it was only my system, but apparently, others had this same issue with the fp7_archive.zip file. Maybe a new one was released with the same filename on adobe? Would makesum would blindly use what is in the /usr/ports/distfiles -- corrupt, man-in-the-middled, or whatever was there? Yes. Don't use make makesum unless you're porting or at least know the distfile is safe. make distclean and a refetch is the safer way to go, or updating the ports tree so the checksum comes from someone who is presumably more aware of the correct distfile. -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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rudy wrote: With all this talk about FLASH, I found something out by trial and error and want to post again to the list so that others searching can get the FLASH player working in their brower: THIS STEP IS NEEDED OR FLASH WILL NOT WORK: sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.20 I am using 8-current (amd64) and found all I needed to do was install www/linux-flashplugin7 then do a nspluginwrapper -v -a -i and flash works fine (as far I can tell)... does this add any functionality I am not aware of? (namely some sites seem to partially load like the graphs at whos.among.us [the easiest way to test this is go to the site in my signature then click on the 3rd icon at the bottom and then click on graphs]) Better yet, add this to your /etc/sysctl.conf file and reboot: compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.20 NOTE: I just picked 2.6.20 kinda at random... seems like that is the linux kernel number (which I know nothing about) for the Fedora 7 release. Oh, and I installed Fedora 7 instead of the default Fedora Core 4 on my desktop. Why does the linux emulation pick 2.4.2 as the kernel version number to report (by default) and not 2.6.11 (their kernel version shipped with Fedora 4)? Seems like the ports should and linux module should be updated... Rudy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems, Java Developer Tools http://www.flosoft-systems.com Developer, not business, friendly. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHf/9jjRvRjGmHRgQRAtysAJwMxduZXiwaWysp3rZ6Lwp4pzBu0wCggGIj zudbR20t8JOEJMiWL0G6agk= =VM8Y -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
With all this talk about FLASH, I found something out by trial and error and want to post again to the list so that others searching can get the FLASH player working in their brower: THIS STEP IS NEEDED OR FLASH WILL NOT WORK: sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.20 Better yet, add this to your /etc/sysctl.conf file and reboot: compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.20 NOTE: I just picked 2.6.20 kinda at random... seems like that is the linux kernel number (which I know nothing about) for the Fedora 7 release. Oh, and I installed Fedora 7 instead of the default Fedora Core 4 on my desktop. Why does the linux emulation pick 2.4.2 as the kernel version number to report (by default) and not 2.6.11 (their kernel version shipped with Fedora 4)? Seems like the ports should and linux module should be updated... Rudy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
On Saturday 05 January 2008 22:06:27 Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: I am using 8-current (amd64) and found all I needed to do was install www/linux-flashplugin7 then do a nspluginwrapper -v -a -i and flash works fine (as far I can tell)... does this add any functionality I am not aware of? (namely some sites seem to partially load like the graphs at whos.among.us [the easiest way to test this is go to the site in my signature then click on the 3rd icon at the bottom and then click on graphs]) Does one download the flashplugin for Linux (version 7) from the Macromedia website? I was unable to install it from within FreeBSD because the necessary files are not available. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rudy wrote: With all this talk about FLASH, I found something out by trial and error and want to post again to the list so that others searching can get the FLASH player working in their brower: THIS STEP IS NEEDED OR FLASH WILL NOT WORK: sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.20 I am using 8-current (amd64) and found all I needed to do was install www/linux-flashplugin7 then do a nspluginwrapper -v -a -i and flash works fine (as far I can tell)... does this add any functionality I am not aware of? (namely some sites seem to partially load like the graphs at whos.among.us [the easiest way to test this is go to the site in my signature then click on the 3rd icon at the bottom and then click on graphs]) Better yet, add this to your /etc/sysctl.conf file and reboot: compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.20 NOTE: I just picked 2.6.20 kinda at random... seems like that is the linux kernel number (which I know nothing about) for the Fedora 7 release. Oh, and I installed Fedora 7 instead of the default Fedora Core 4 on my desktop. Why does the linux emulation pick 2.4.2 as the kernel version number to report (by default) and not 2.6.11 (their kernel version shipped with Fedora 4)? Seems like the ports should and linux module should be updated... Rudy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems, Java Developer Tools http://www.flosoft-systems.com Developer, not business, friendly. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHf/9jjRvRjGmHRgQRAtysAJwMxduZXiwaWysp3rZ6Lwp4pzBu0wCggGIj zudbR20t8JOEJMiWL0G6agk= =VM8Y -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You! I tried getting flash to work in FreeBSD so many times and failed. It wasn't a big deal but it was annoying to have to boot into another system if there is content I needed to see that happens to be flash. I'm running FreeBSD 7 Beta4. I just did what you said: cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin7 make config-recursive install clean nspluginwrapper -v -a -i After that a flash content was playing in firefox. Unfortunately my AudigyLS soundcard only works with oss, which is having some problems now, so I was not able to verify that sound works well. By the way, I had some problems installing flash7 from ports a few days ago. It didn't like the size of the file and would fail even if you downloaded from Adobe and copied to ports/disfiles. I later did a 'portsnap fetch update' that must have gotten updated makefiles and fixed that problems. Anybody else with that issue should try updating the ports collection. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
By the way, I had some problems installing flash7 from ports a few days ago. It didn't like the size of the file and would fail even if you downloaded from Adobe and copied to ports/disfiles. I later did a 'portsnap fetch update' that must have gotten updated makefiles and fixed that problems. Anybody else with that issue should try updating the ports collection. Super you got it running. PS, I had to do that as well... rm /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/fp7_archive.zip From full original instructions: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-January/165920.html Updating your ports (with portsnap or the cvsup) when trying to fix problems is always a good idea. Sometimes when everything seems busted the portupgrade tool can be helpful in rebuilding all your ports. Set it running before you go to bed, and ta-da, in the morning everything is working -- or completely broken :) Rudy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Mars wrote: Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Rudy wrote: With all this talk about FLASH, I found something out by trial and error and want to post again to the list so that others searching can get the FLASH player working in their brower: THIS STEP IS NEEDED OR FLASH WILL NOT WORK: sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.20 I am using 8-current (amd64) and found all I needed to do was install www/linux-flashplugin7 then do a nspluginwrapper -v -a -i and flash works fine (as far I can tell)... does this add any functionality I am not aware of? (namely some sites seem to partially load like the graphs at whos.among.us [the easiest way to test this is go to the site in my signature then click on the 3rd icon at the bottom and then click on graphs]) Better yet, add this to your /etc/sysctl.conf file and reboot: compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.20 NOTE: I just picked 2.6.20 kinda at random... seems like that is the linux kernel number (which I know nothing about) for the Fedora 7 release. Oh, and I installed Fedora 7 instead of the default Fedora Core 4 on my desktop. Why does the linux emulation pick 2.4.2 as the kernel version number to report (by default) and not 2.6.11 (their kernel version shipped with Fedora 4)? Seems like the ports should and linux module should be updated... Rudy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You! I tried getting flash to work in FreeBSD so many times and failed. It wasn't a big deal but it was annoying to have to boot into another system if there is content I needed to see that happens to be flash. I'm running FreeBSD 7 Beta4. I just did what you said: cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin7 make config-recursive install clean nspluginwrapper -v -a -i After that a flash content was playing in firefox. Unfortunately my AudigyLS soundcard only works with oss, which is having some problems now, so I was not able to verify that sound works well. I don't use OSS so have no idea on the issue there. By the way, I had some problems installing flash7 from ports a few days ago. It didn't like the size of the file and would fail even if you downloaded from Adobe and copied to ports/disfiles. I later did a 'portsnap fetch update' that must have gotten updated makefiles and fixed that problems. Anybody else with that issue should try updating the ports collection. The problem a few days ago was because the distfiles had been updated one way to fix this (which is what I did) is do a make makesum which will recalculate the checksums found in the distinfo file. - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems, Java Developer Tools http://www.flosoft-systems.com Developer, not business, friendly. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHgEhQjRvRjGmHRgQRAgRmAJ419cS9s5zgldXbErZBu5Kwp64VrACfV5Ei wz9rqqj5RsTblwVjz1bkCAE= =zvih -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rudy wrote: By the way, I had some problems installing flash7 from ports a few days ago. It didn't like the size of the file and would fail even if you downloaded from Adobe and copied to ports/disfiles. I later did a 'portsnap fetch update' that must have gotten updated makefiles and fixed that problems. Anybody else with that issue should try updating the ports collection. Super you got it running. PS, I had to do that as well... rm /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/fp7_archive.zip From full original instructions: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-January/165920.html Updating your ports (with portsnap or the cvsup) when trying to fix problems is always a good idea. Sometimes when everything seems busted the portupgrade tool can be helpful in rebuilding all your ports. Set it running before you go to bed, and ta-da, in the morning everything is working -- or completely broken :) An other way to fix it in some ways is to run a make makesum to update the distfile checksums - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems, Java Developer Tools http://www.flosoft-systems.com Developer, not business, friendly. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHgEkBjRvRjGmHRgQRAnAHAJ9KR+ety4Fua48dxBYYDx/qX3bSrACfUZ9t 2+ZcjSruc6orky2W1E9dB34= =Sj1r -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
