flash (the macromedia kind) on galeon

Ryan Mesler yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sun May 5 13:26:01 2002


i would say yes. i tried installing the plugins for mozilla originall and it
didnt work. so yeah.

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: "Shawn Coomey" <scoomey@charter.net>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: flash (the macromedia kind) on galeon


> Does this apply to Mozilla?
>
> Shawn
>
>
> On Sunday, May 5, 2002, at 02:41 PM, Ryan Mesler wrote:
>
> > that really blows!!
> >
> > Ryan Mesler
> > Technical Support
> > Internet America
> >
> > If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0
> >
> > ICQ: 45088864
> > AIM: Kraylus
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert Serphillips" <rserphillips@austin.rr.com>
> > To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 8:23 AM
> > Subject: Re: flash (the macromedia kind) on galeon
> >
> >
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>> ICQ: 45088864
> >>> AIM: Kraylus
> >>> ----- 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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