Re: FreeBSD browsers...

From: Ian Moore (imoore_at_picknowl.com.au)
Date: 01/31/05

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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:42:45 +1030

    I forgot to check this was forwarded to the list too!
    On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:30, Ian Moore wrote:
    > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:22, you wrote:
    > > On Sunday 30 January 2005 05:40 am, you wrote:
    > > > Are you using the native firefox or the linux version? I would suggest
    > > > you use the native version (and mybe remove any linux versions you have
    > > > installed to avoid any confusion).
    > > >
    > > > If you have the native one, have you installed the linuxpluginwrapper
    > > > port?
    > > >
    > > > If you have done all that, it should now just be a matter of installing
    > > > - acroread
    > > > - linux-flashplugin
    > > > - linux-realplayer
    > >
    > > After sending the email, I kept working on it and discovered the info
    > > from linuxpluginwrapper about libmap.conf.
    > >
    > > Using /etc/libmap.conf, I can run native mozilla and native firefox from
    > > a command line and get no messages about missing libraries.
    > >
    > > I have the following ports:
    > > mozilla-1.7.5_1,2
    > > firefox-1.0_7,1
    > > firefox-remote-20040803
    > > linux-flashplugin-6.0r79_2
    > > linuxpluginwrapper-20050119
    > > linux-realplayer-10.0.2_1
    > > acroread-5.10_1
    > >
    > >
    > > I removed flashplugin-firefox because it only supports really old flash
    > > version. The linux-flashplugin correctly displayed flash on
    > > http://www.t-zones.co.uk/newsexpress for example.
    > >
    > > I don't know if linux-realplayer is actually found by mozilla or firefox
    > > because about:plugins says:
    > > Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible
    > >
    > > File name: nphelix.so
    > > Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible version 0.4.0.404
    > > built with gcc 3.2.0 on Dec 14 2004
    > >
    > > If that's player 10, it won't play anything I've found goint to real
    > > player's home page.
    >
    > Yes, Helix is the open source developer for realplayer
    > https://helixcommunity.org/
    >
    > Try the sample real audio files at
    > http://www.linspire.com/file_types/filetypes.php
    >
    > They work on my system. Does realplayer open when you click on a streaming
    > audio link, or do you just get a "missing plugin" type of message? If
    > realplayer opens, then the plugin part works, even if realplayer can't play
    > a particular file or stream.
    >
    > > When I try to open a pdf with firefox, it launches acrobat, but it
    > > freezes "Initializing ewh.api". This pdf is in my home directory and is a
    > > version 1.2 pdf. No error is displayed on the console.
    > >
    > > When I try to open that same pdf with mozilla, I get:
    > > /usr/local/Acrobat5/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading
    > > shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libartsdsp.so.0: ELF file OS ABI invalid
    >
    > Acrobat Reader works fine on my 5.3 system. I gather from your other posts
    > that you can open your pdf in acrobat directly. All I can suggest with this
    > one is to try another file, but I don't expect it would be any different.
    > Admittedly I only use firefox when Konqueror can't open a web page properly
    > & it uses kpdf or something to open pdfs.
    >
    >
    > BTW, I actually have /usr/ports/www/plugger installed too - forgot to
    > mention that one. It allows firefox to open access all sorts of file types.
    > And you can test them at http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger/test.html
    >
    > That may solve some of your current problems (or it might just muddy the
    > waters).
    >
    > Cheers, 

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Ian
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