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From: "Matthew R. Lee" <gentoo@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] flashplugin detection
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:03:20
Message-Id: 200610291156.47667.gentoo@matthewlee.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] flashplugin detection by Richard Fish
1 On Saturday 28 October 2006 21:46, Richard Fish wrote:
2 >
3 > It isn't something they can fix on their end.
4 >
5 > You didn't mention what browser you are using, but assuming it is
6 > firefox does the flash plugin show up when you go to "about:plugins"?
7 > If not, then somehow it is not installed or not installed correctly.
8 >
9 > Another possibility is that they are using flash version 8 or higher,
10 > which had no linux version until a few weeks ago. In this case you
11 > may try unmask the beta of netscape-flash-9.x with "echo
12 > '=net-www/netscape-flash-9*' >> /etc/portage/package.unmask". I
13 > haven't tried it, but have seen reports of memory leaks and browser
14 > crashes that are attributable to this.
15 >
16 > Another option for flash8 compatibility is to install the windows
17 > version of firefox and flash under wine. I have done this with some
18 > success.
19 >
20 > -Richard
21 I'm using Konqueror (3.5.2) with netscape-flash (7.0.68)
22 It's installed properly and working
23 The liverpool site clearly doesn't detect its presence or doesn't like it. In
24 the econsole If I click on "get adobe flash plugin" adobe offers me the the
25 same version as the one I have.
26 I guess I'll have to give flash 9 a go
27
28 Matt
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