[Arch64] flash player plugin

iBertus · 2006-05-02 05:20:41

As there is no proper flashplayer plugin for x86_64, what are people using to play flash content on web pages? I've seen a few F/OSS players but haven't tried them. Does anyone have experience with these and would be willing to give advice...?

Mr Green · 2006-05-02 08:39:58

Err no flash is 32 bit atm there are a number of ways to get around the problem chrooting etc ... check wiki page for more info

HTH

iBertus · 2006-05-03 04:56:32

I just compiled gnash-cvs but it segfaults when any flash movie starts playing in firefox. Has anyone tried one of these GPL flash players with x86_64 linux? I may have to migrate back to 32-bit if I cannot get flash working in Arch64.

AndyRTR · 2006-05-03 06:05:15

Try gnash package in the community repo. If I remember right Notz told me that it's working for him.

Snowman · 2006-05-04 07:10:54

You could try gplflash. I don't know if it works with x86_64, though.

iBertus · 2006-05-04 20:02:16

AndyRTR wrote:

Try gnash package in the community repo. If I remember right Notz told me that it's working for him.

Which browser was he using? I'm trying with firefox and it doesn't work. It doesn't even detect the plugin.

Snowman · 2006-05-04 22:22:44

Where is the plugin installed? It should be installed in /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/
Maybe it's being installed in the old /opt/mozilla-plugins directory.

AndyRTR · 2006-05-04 22:33:59

When I remember right Notz uses Konqueror for browsing.
Gnash had for me no effect using Firefox.

iBertus · 2006-05-05 02:20:27

I think you have to build it with different configure flags if you're using firefox vs. another browser. I did get the latest cvs to build but when a flash movie tries to play in firefox it crashed with a segfault. I'll look at the PKGBUILD from arch64/community and see if it's built for konqueror and if so, I'll rebuild for firefox and test it out.

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I'm building it now with Konqueror disabled and the prefix changed to the correct one. I'll report back when it's finished.

iBertus · 2006-05-05 03:27:10

Okay, so, it still doesn't work for firefox. No segfault, but it just doesn't work. Anybody else care to give it a try?

notz · 2006-05-05 10:12:28

it worked for me also with firefox. but in the meantime the plugin directory of firefox changed. so i think this is the problem now. there
is an option in the configure script to point to the right directory.

what shows about:plugins in firefox ?

p.s.: i have no internet access at home until next week, so i'm not able to fix the package.

AndyRTR · 2006-05-10 06:43:14

A first alpha release 0.7.1 is out. A pkgbuild for i686 is in AUR. Try it out and report if it works for Arch64!

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnash/gnash/PKGBUILD

iBertus · 2006-05-11 01:44:29

Not currently at my Arch64 system, but will try as soon as possible.

NoD · 2006-05-25 19:17:51

I've just installed gnash but i can't find libgnashplugin to add it to konqueror's path.Anybody knows ?

EDIT: I found it,but it doesn't work with konqueror.

AndyRTR · 2006-06-06 12:15:05

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-422495.html

o. it looks like it is working now. you may try it out and please report!

colnago · 2006-06-14 20:39:36

I have been trying this plugin in firefox and it mostly works.

Thanks.

I have had some instability that would occasionally cause kde to restart. An xserver crash I guessed. I initially tried checking memory and reinstalling nvidia, but then I noticed that it would only happen when I was opening certain pages in firefox. I removed the gnash plugin and have not had a problem since. I will look through the log files to see if I can find anything useful.

colnago · 2006-06-15 07:08:34

...here is what I was getting in errors.log:

Jun 13 11:29:47 arch64 kdm: :0[3515]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay
Jun 13 11:29:47 arch64 kdm[3494]: X server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly
Jun 13 11:29:47 arch64 kdm[3494]: Display :0 cannot be opened
Jun 13 11:29:47 arch64 kdm[3494]: Unable to fire up local display :0; disabling.

AndyRTR · 2006-12-18 09:55:00

running gnash 0.7.2 from AUR now. looks stable so far and basic (mostly commercials) functions are working

Pierre · 2006-12-18 10:03:18

gnash does not really work for me; it does not play most of the flashmovies I tested and it seems to have some memory-leaks. A few days ago it uses all memory it could get (nearly 3GB). But hey, it`s just an alpha. ;-)

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