On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 08:16 -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: what *is* the proper recipe for 64-bit flash support? > > To: "Fedora Test List" <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 8:00 AM > > as i posted yesterday, after a fresh f11 beta install, the > > first > > time i brought up firefox and browsed to a page with > > embedded flash, i > > got: > > > > "Additional plugins are needed ... " > > "Install Missing Plugins" > > > > however, as i reported, if you simply follow the recipe, > > elect to > > install those plugins, you get to download something from > > adobe, it > > gets installed, etc etc, but when that's all over, you > > *still* don't > > have flash support, and i'm guessing that that set of > > steps would work > > fine for i386 but not for an x86_64 install. > > > > is that correct? and if so, what *is* the proper set of > > steps to > > get flash support for a 64-bit f11 install? and if the > > default recipe > > doesn't actually work for 64-bit, it seems that it > > shouldn't walk a > > user through those steps if it's not eventually going > > to work after > > it's over. > > > > or am i missing something? i have a fresh, > > fully-updated, x86_64 > > f11 beta sitting in front of me, i haven't touched > > anything related to > > flash, and i'm willing to test whatever recipe someone > > wants to > > suggest and report back. > > > Robert, > > On the fedora-list, someone posted the following: > > ======================================================== > Flag this message > Re: Flashplayer for Fedora10-X86_64 > Wednesday, April 1, 2009 2:40 PM > From: > "Nicolae Ghimbovschi" <xfreebird@xxxxxxxxx> > Add sender to Contacts > To: > "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > 1) Remove previous versions > > yum remove libflashsupport nspluginwrapper.i386 flash\* > mozilla-plugin-config -r > > 2) Download and copy the flashplayer in the mozilla plugins folder > > curl http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz > | tar -C /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ -xzf - > > 3) Restart ndiswrapper > > mozilla-plugin-config -i > > 4) Restart firefox > > http://repo.fedoramd.org/3rdparty/libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz > > ======================================================== > > I have not tried it myself on two machines with x86_64, but might do so, if you try it and it works, I will give it a try! :) The only thing I would caution you on with these steps is that I WOULD NOT remove the i386 version of nspluginwrapper. Keep both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions installed. You'll need the 32-bit version, for example, if you also plan to use Adobe Reader. Other than this one factor, the above should work just fine. Cheers, Chris -- ====================== Warning: You are logged into reality as the root user... --Unknown -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
