F8: Mozilla plugins (flash and mplayer) don't work
On Nov 15, 2007 11:46 AM, Frank Cox <theatre@sasktel.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:36:48 -0200 > André Costa <blueser@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My problem now is Mozilla plugins: > > Do all of your plugins show up under about:plugins ? > > On this x86_64 machine I had to create symbolic links from the files > in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ to ~/.mozilla/plugins before they would show up. > > I just tried watching a trailer on apple.com and it worked. > > -- > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com > > I got fed up wrestling with this and removed firefox-x86_64. The i386 version works with the plugins, no trouble, plus I got Java support. What benefit flows from using the x86_64 firefox? -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list |
F8: Mozilla plugins (flash and mplayer) don't work
Hi Paul,
On Nov 19, 2007 4:14 PM, Paul Johnson <pauljohn32@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Nov 15, 2007 11:46 AM, Frank Cox <theatre@sasktel.net> wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:36:48 -0200 > > André Costa <blueser@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > My problem now is Mozilla plugins: > > > > Do all of your plugins show up under about:plugins ? > > > > On this x86_64 machine I had to create symbolic links from the files > > in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ to ~/.mozilla/plugins before they would show up. > > > > I just tried watching a trailer on apple.com and it worked. > > > > -- > > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com > > > > > I got fed up wrestling with this and removed firefox-x86_64. The i386 > version works with the plugins, no trouble, plus I got Java support. > > What benefit flows from using the x86_64 firefox? This is pretty much what I've done, too. Damn Adobe and Sun for not providing 64bit versions of their plugins (Java also doesn't work with firefox-64), and Apple for not providing QuickTime at all. The main difference is that I kept x86_64 version around so that I don't need to remove yelp (which depends on it). This is only possible if you install firefox-32, which provides a convenient way of starting the 32bit version (you will need to modify gnome-panel's applet accordingly, and also preferred browser setting). HTH Andre -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list |
F8: Mozilla plugins (flash and mplayer) don't work
On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 17:11 -0200, André Costa wrote:
> Hi Paul, > > On Nov 19, 2007 4:14 PM, Paul Johnson <pauljohn32@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Nov 15, 2007 11:46 AM, Frank Cox <theatre@sasktel.net> wrote: > > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:36:48 -0200 > > > André Costa <blueser@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > My problem now is Mozilla plugins: > > > > > > Do all of your plugins show up under about:plugins ? > > > > > > On this x86_64 machine I had to create symbolic links from the files > > > in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ to ~/.mozilla/plugins before they would show up. > > > > > > I just tried watching a trailer on apple.com and it worked. > > > > > > -- > > > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com > > > > > > > > I got fed up wrestling with this and removed firefox-x86_64. The i386 > > version works with the plugins, no trouble, plus I got Java support. > > > > What benefit flows from using the x86_64 firefox? > > This is pretty much what I've done, too. Damn Adobe and Sun for not > providing 64bit versions of their plugins (Java also doesn't work with > firefox-64), and Apple for not providing QuickTime at all. > > The main difference is that I kept x86_64 version around so that I > don't need to remove yelp (which depends on it). This is only possible > if you install firefox-32, which provides a convenient way of starting > the 32bit version (you will need to modify gnome-panel's applet > accordingly, and also preferred browser setting). It doesn't seem to be very well advertised, but there is a simple way to get 64-bit Firefox and 32-bit plugins - including Adobe and Flash - to run together. You need to configure nspluginwrapper, which is included by default. Specifically, do the following: Install 32-bit plugins as normal run the command mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v After doing this, I have both Flash and Adobe running quite nicely with F8 x86_64 on my laptop, as well as a few other things. By the way, you can find this info in the F8 release notes under section 10.3.1 Enabling the Flash Plugin. ...but who actually reads this stuff? :) I know I didn't and struggled for days as a result. Cheers, Chris -- ================================================== == In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. --Yogi Berra -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list |
F8: Mozilla plugins (flash and mplayer) don't work
For fun, I decided to test Adobe's Flash plugin over the weekend on my
F8/x86_64 machine, and had to do the following to get it to work properly. Step 1: Go to their website [1] and download and install the repository definition RPM. Step 2: Install the flash plugin. ("yum install flash-plugin" as root). Step 3: Remove and reinstall all nspluginwrapper and libflashsupport packages. # rpm --erase --nodeps nspluginwrapper.i386 nspluginwrapper.x86_64 # yum install nspluginwrapper (When you re-install it, be sure that _both_ i386 and x86_64 packages are being installed. It requires both components to function properly.) Step 4: If you're using PulseAudio (default on Fedora 8+), you will need to install the libflashsupport packages (again, both x86_64 and i386 incarnations, AFAIK) if they are not already installed. I believe they were installed by default, but I don't remember for certain. Step 5: Close all browser sessions (Firefox, Epiphany, Galeon, etc.) and restart your browser(s). You should then see the plugin in about:plugins, and YouTube/H*R/etc. should Just Work(tm). That was just for testing purposes, mind you; I no longer use the plugin since swfdec works just as well for YouTube (which is the only Flash-intensive site I visit regularly). Hope that helps. -- Peter Gordon (codergeek42) GnuPG Public Key ID: 0xFFC19479 / Fingerprint: DD68 A414 56BD 6368 D957 9666 4268 CB7A FFC1 9479 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list |
F8: Mozilla plugins (flash and mplayer) don't work
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:24:29 -0800
Peter Gordon <peter@thecodergeek.com> wrote: > That was just for testing purposes, mind you; I no longer use the plugin > since swfdec works just as well for YouTube (which is the only > Flash-intensive site I visit regularly). Can anyone offer a comparison of swfdec and gnash? Which one is better? Can they both be used at the same time, or would their be any point in that? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list |
F8: Mozilla plugins (flash and mplayer) don't work
Hi Christopher,
On Nov 19, 2007 9:51 PM, Christopher A. Williams <fedoralists@cawllc.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 17:11 -0200, André Costa wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > > > On Nov 19, 2007 4:14 PM, Paul Johnson <pauljohn32@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Nov 15, 2007 11:46 AM, Frank Cox <theatre@sasktel.net> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:36:48 -0200 > > > > André Costa <blueser@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > My problem now is Mozilla plugins: > > > > > > > > Do all of your plugins show up under about:plugins ? > > > > > > > > On this x86_64 machine I had to create symbolic links from the files > > > > in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ to ~/.mozilla/plugins before they would show up. > > > > > > > > I just tried watching a trailer on apple.com and it worked. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com > > > > > > > > > > > I got fed up wrestling with this and removed firefox-x86_64. The i386 > > > version works with the plugins, no trouble, plus I got Java support. > > > > > > What benefit flows from using the x86_64 firefox? > > > > This is pretty much what I've done, too. Damn Adobe and Sun for not > > providing 64bit versions of their plugins (Java also doesn't work with > > firefox-64), and Apple for not providing QuickTime at all. > > > > The main difference is that I kept x86_64 version around so that I > > don't need to remove yelp (which depends on it). This is only possible > > if you install firefox-32, which provides a convenient way of starting > > the 32bit version (you will need to modify gnome-panel's applet > > accordingly, and also preferred browser setting). > > It doesn't seem to be very well advertised, but there is a simple way to > get 64-bit Firefox and 32-bit plugins - including Adobe and Flash - to > run together. > > You need to configure nspluginwrapper, which is included by default. > Specifically, do the following: > > Install 32-bit plugins as normal > run the command mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v > > After doing this, I have both Flash and Adobe running quite nicely with > F8 x86_64 on my laptop, as well as a few other things. > > By the way, you can find this info in the F8 release notes under section > 10.3.1 Enabling the Flash Plugin. > > ...but who actually reads this stuff? :) I know I didn't and struggled > for days as a result. Yes, there is nspluginwrapper, and I've used it successfully with F7, but for some reason it did not work for me (YMMV) with F8 (see my OP -- Flash did not work, and neither did mplayer plugin, and I even posted the output of mozilla-plugin-config). This forced me to forget firefox-64. It sucks big time, but... =/ Regards, Andre -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list |
F8: Mozilla plugins (flash and mplayer) don't work
Hi Christopher,
On Nov 19, 2007 9:51 PM, Christopher A. Williams <fedoralists@cawllc.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 17:11 -0200, André Costa wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > > > On Nov 19, 2007 4:14 PM, Paul Johnson <pauljohn32@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Nov 15, 2007 11:46 AM, Frank Cox <theatre@sasktel.net> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:36:48 -0200 > > > > André Costa <blueser@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > My problem now is Mozilla plugins: > > > > > > > > Do all of your plugins show up under about:plugins ? > > > > > > > > On this x86_64 machine I had to create symbolic links from the files > > > > in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ to ~/.mozilla/plugins before they would show up. > > > > > > > > I just tried watching a trailer on apple.com and it worked. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com > > > > > > > > > > > I got fed up wrestling with this and removed firefox-x86_64. The i386 > > > version works with the plugins, no trouble, plus I got Java support. > > > > > > What benefit flows from using the x86_64 firefox? > > > > This is pretty much what I've done, too. Damn Adobe and Sun for not > > providing 64bit versions of their plugins (Java also doesn't work with > > firefox-64), and Apple for not providing QuickTime at all. > > > > The main difference is that I kept x86_64 version around so that I > > don't need to remove yelp (which depends on it). This is only possible > > if you install firefox-32, which provides a convenient way of starting > > the 32bit version (you will need to modify gnome-panel's applet > > accordingly, and also preferred browser setting). > > It doesn't seem to be very well advertised, but there is a simple way to > get 64-bit Firefox and 32-bit plugins - including Adobe and Flash - to > run together. > > You need to configure nspluginwrapper, which is included by default. > Specifically, do the following: > > Install 32-bit plugins as normal > run the command mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v > > After doing this, I have both Flash and Adobe running quite nicely with > F8 x86_64 on my laptop, as well as a few other things. > > By the way, you can find this info in the F8 release notes under section > 10.3.1 Enabling the Flash Plugin. > > ...but who actually reads this stuff? :) I know I didn't and struggled > for days as a result. Yes, there is nspluginwrapper, and I've used it successfully with F7, but for some reason it did not work for me (YMMV) with F8 (see my OP -- Flash did not work, and neither did mplayer plugin, and I even posted the output of mozilla-plugin-config). This forced me to forget firefox-64. It sucks big time, but... =/ Regards, Andre -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list |
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