flash (the macromedia kind) on galeon

[Robert Serphillips]

Let me clarify that. Netscape for linuxppc does not support plugins.
Plugins work just fine on x86 netscape. The disadvantages of being a
computing minority.

-Rob


On Sun, 5 May 2002 13:22:27 -0500
"Ryan Mesler" <kraylus@airmail.net> wrote:

> im going to have to disagree... how can netscape not support plugins? this
> statement is false. it even has a plugins folder. and i have gotten netscape
> on my i386 machines to run with flash just fine. i would get opera but i was
> unaware that it had a ppc port. and last time i used opera for linux it was
> quite lame.
> 
> i'll end up getting ns 6.2 more than likely.
> 
> Ryan Mesler
> Technical Support
> Internet America
> 
> If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Serphillips" <rserphillips@austin.rr.com>
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 8:04 AM
> Subject: Re: flash (the macromedia kind) on galeon
> 
> 
> > Netscape doesn't support plug-ins. Mozilla/Galeon will work with flash but
> usually crash trying to load the next page.
> > The only browser that runs flash consistently is opera. And it only runs
> older flash content with no sound.
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > On Sat, 4 May 2002 16:35:30 -0500
> > "Ryan Mesler" <kraylus@airmail.net> wrote:
> >
> > > ok ladies and gents! i got the cdrom issues resolved. i just told the
> fstab
> > > that the cdrom was located at /dev/hdb and all was well.
> > >
> > > anyhoo, here's the new issue. i love galeon alot! i think it's a killer
> > > browser. so i figured in order to make my life complete i should get
> flash
> > > installed for it. so i got the linux flash version and followed the
> > > instructions and put it in the plugins dir. however, since galeon runs
> off
> > > of mozilla, i put it in the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins dir instead since i
> > > dunno if galeon even HAS a plugins dir (i looked up info on it and
> couldnt
> > > find any).
> > >
> > > it didn't work :( so i fired up mozilla and tested to see if it at least
> > > worked in mozilla. it did not. what am i doing wrong? i've done this in
> the
> > > past for slackware, redhat, and mandrake using the netscape browser and
> got
> > > flash working just fine. why won't it work in mozilla?
> > >
> > > will i be forced to use netscape?? ack!!
> > >
> > > thanks for your time!
> > >
> > > Ryan Mesler
> > > Technical Support
> > > Internet America
> > >
> > > If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0
> > >
> > > ICQ: 45088864
> > > AIM: Kraylus
> > >
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