Re: Gnash not detected in 2.0 or 3.0 for me

[Bruno Miguel]

Unfortunately, that is out of my knowledge. Maybe someone with the
expertise required will help you.

> Although...I'm using the 32bit binary of IceCat so shouldn't it work then? I
> didnt compile my own (well I tried but unsuccessfully, saw no icecat file to
> execute after all the work).
>
> 2008/7/6 Bruno Miguel <address@hidden>:
>>
>> Maybe you want to read this:
>> http://www.mutaku.com/geeklog/article.php?story=20080116181440588
>>
>> By the way, if you want to see Youtube videos with Gnash, you'll need
>> the latest dev version. The one in the Ubuntu repositories no longer
>> work.
>> But you could use youtube-dl to download the videos and watch them
>> with totem. Or you could install totem plugins and use the youtube
>> plugin to search and stream the videos directly in totem.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Éamon Ryan <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>> > Icecat is in /opt/icecat/, the same as yourself.
>> >
>> > I browsed to /usr/lib/gnash and it is indeed there, yesterday when I
>> > symlinked initially I hadn't downloaded the plugin so the symlink had a
>> > big
>> > X over it since it didn't link to something that existed but thats no
>> > longer
>> > the case of course.
>> >
>> > I recreated all the symlinks just there but its all exactly the same as
>> > it
>> > was.
>> >
>> > ...Okay I just realised something, would me using x64 Ubuntu cause these
>> > plugins to not work?
>> >
>> > 2008/7/6 Bruno Miguel <address@hidden>:
>> >>
>> >> I advise you to remove any symlinks from the IceCat's plugins folder
>> >> and then recreate the symlink again:
>> >> sudo ln -s /usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so
>> >> /folder_where_icecat_is/plugins
>> >>
>> >> Don't forget to replace /folder_where_icecat_is/ with IceCat's full
>> >> path. I have it in /opt, so I use /opt/icecat/plugins
>> >>
>> >> Also, confirm that /usr/lib/gnash is Ubuntu's default location for
>> >> Gnash
>> >> sudo find /usr -name libgnashplugin.so
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Éamon Ryan <address@hidden>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > about:plugins shows only the default plugin.
>> >> >
>> >> > Also I'm not sure if it makes a difference but the icons for my null
>> >> > plugin
>> >> > and gnash plugin are the same (the one for executables usually)
>> >> > except
>> >> > obviously for the symlink arrow, however the other ones have the page
>> >> > with
>> >> > writing icon, symlink arrow and a padlock.
>> >> >
>> >> > Though I imagine if that was making a difference then gnash would be
>> >> > working
>> >> > and not the others.
>> >> >
>> >> > 2008/7/6 Bruno Miguel <address@hidden>:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Type about:plugins in the address bar. I find it to be the safest
>> >> >> way
>> >> >> to see if the plugins are being used.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Éamon Ryan <address@hidden>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > I added in symlinks to all of those...IceCat still says I have no
>> >> >> > plugins
>> >> >> > under "Add-Ons"...I must be doing something wrong but I honestly
>> >> >> > can't
>> >> >> > see
>> >> >> > what.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I did use the -s option.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > 2008/7/6 Bruno Miguel <address@hidden>:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Have you used the -s option?
>> >> >> >> Example: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so
>> >> >> >> /opt/icecat/plugins
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> By the way, if you want totem and java in Icecat, you'll need
>> >> >> >> this
>> >> >> >> plugins:
>> >> >> >> gcjwebplugin.so
>> >> >> >> libtotem-basic-plugin.so
>> >> >> >> libtotem-complex-plugin.so
>> >> >> >> libtotem-cone-plugin.so
>> >> >> >> libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
>> >> >> >> libtotem-mully-plugin.so
>> >> >> >> libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Éamon Ryan
>> >> >> >> <address@hidden>
>> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >> > Thats the first place I tried, yet even with the symlink in
>> >> >> >> > there
>> >> >> >> > I
>> >> >> >> > get
>> >> >> >> > the
>> >> >> >> > "You need to install plugins to view this" message when I look
>> >> >> >> > at
>> >> >> >> > a
>> >> >> >> > page
>> >> >> >> > with a video.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > 2008/7/5 Bruno Miguel <address@hidden>:
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> I create the symlinks directly in IceCat's plugins folder. If
>> >> >> >> >> I
>> >> >> >> >> put
>> >> >> >> >> IceCat in /opt, I'll create the symlinks in
>> >> >> >> >> /opt/icecat/plugins.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> 2008/7/5 Éamon Ryan <address@hidden>:
>> >> >> >> >> > Hi, I just installed IceCat today (from binaries, had
>> >> >> >> >> > trouble
>> >> >> >> >> > with
>> >> >> >> >> > the
>> >> >> >> >> > sources and the binaries worked so I went with those)...
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > So I tried to set up Gnash to use youtube etc.
>> >> >> >> >> > I installed Gnash from the repositories (running Ubuntu
>> >> >> >> >> > 8.04)
>> >> >> >> >> > and
>> >> >> >> >> > made
>> >> >> >> >> > the
>> >> >> >> >> > symlink from /opt/icecat/plugins to
>> >> >> >> >> > /usr/lib/gnash/libgnashplugin.so
>> >> >> >> >> > which
>> >> >> >> >> > was suggested here: http://www.linuxconfig.org/GNU_IceCat
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > Still whenever I go to a movie it says there is no player
>> >> >> >> >> > installed,
>> >> >> >> >> > I
>> >> >> >> >> > checked in the Gnash IRC channel and they suggested putting
>> >> >> >> >> > the
>> >> >> >> >> > symlink
>> >> >> >> >> > in
>> >> >> >> >> > certain other folders (e.g. .gnuzilla/plugins and
>> >> >> >> >> > .gnuzilla/icecat/plugins)
>> >> >> >> >> > but no luck.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > Any ideas? This also happens for me in IceCat 2.0 as I
>> >> >> >> >> > discovered.
>> >> >> >> >> >
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