Re: [Gnash] gnash only creates blank standalone window.....

[Eric Schuele]

Rob Savoye wrote:
> Eric Schuele wrote:
>
> > I'm new to gnash.  Trying to get it working in any fashion.  
> > Ultimately as a firefox plugin would be nice... but one step at a time.
> >
> > I have installed gnash via FreeBSD ports.
>
>   Gnash runs on freeBSD, and I've heard the plugin works too. The 
> tarball for the BSD Ports is a bit out of date I believe, and it was 
> just a CVS snapshot anyway, so I'd suggest trying to build Gnash from 
> current CVS instead.

The distfile pulled down via ports built a gnasch-0.7 (the manpage is 
from Dec'05).  I pulled down the source via cvs... and the readme says 
its v0.7 April 2006.  So I'm assuming I'm not too far off.  Either way I 
haven't built it yet.  After reading the docs, I wonder if this is what 
I'm looking for.

I'm hoping to find a functional shockwave/flash player.  The readme says 
sound is not supported.  One (the only?) reason I need flash is so my 
kids can play some internet games (playhousedisney, etc).  Without 
sound... the games are a bit bland.  I was hoping for a plugin as 
well... though not mandatory.  If I need to pull down the files manually 
and build a library of games to play, I can do that.

Either way, I'll give it a shot and see what I can see.

Thanks for the response.
>     - rob -


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Regards,
Eric