hemi_426

hi everybody

my problem is i cant get youtube or whatever flash videos to run inside my
browser ( Opera ).

im on freeBSD, and i've installed flashplayer4.x.x from the ports collection but they
didn't work either.

i went into adobe flash website to download the current package wich is flashplayer
10 in a tar.gz file. and whenever i try to decompress the file i get a broken
"libflashplayer.so" file. without the install-sh file they talk about in the other threads
i red.
/usr/ports/x11-toolkits/linux-pango
i downloaded a good "libflashplayer.so" of flashplayer_v6 and tried to make "opera"
the browser to take it from the preferences but "NO" it seems like the file is not
ready yet to be recognized by the "opera".

they've also mentioned "nswrapper" but i couldnt get it from the ports.
AND I"VE HAD IT.

please help, thank you

clickalot

I finally got flashplayer to work under opera in ubuntu.

I had it already working under firefox and all i did was follow "instructions set 2."


In your case i would put the libflashplayer.so file (that comes in your flash .tar.gz) in a directory (lets call it /usr/lib/opera/plugins, but it can be any directory) and then add this directory to opera's plugins paths like this:

"-> instructions set 1:"
open Opera
Ctrl-F12
click on "Advanced" tab
click "Content" (left side)
click "Plug-in Options..."
click "Change path..."
add the new directory (if "/usr/lib/opera/plugins" is not already there


"-> instructions set 2:"
Open Opera
Click on Tools-Preferences
Go To The Advanced Tab
Click on Downloads (left side)
find the one that says 'application/x-shockwave-flash'
Click Edit
At the bottom it says Use Plugin
select the one that says: 'Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so'
Click OK twice to exit out.

I had three selections under here, the other two said flashplayer alternative, or something to that effect. As soon as I clicked on the one above, it all started working. I tried it on Youtube. no problem


That worked for me!
Hope it does the trick in your system too

PS: sorry for the long post, but a newbie can't post links and i had to copy and paste here instructions from ubuntu forums

hemi_426

thank you so much for your help, but it looks like i dont have java on my system.
cause i tried everything and it still not working.

so i guess java is the problem.

i will install it and see.

thank you