Am 21. Aug, 2006 schwätzte Kenneth so:

>> Am 21. Aug, 2006 schwätzte Kenneth so:

>>> I downloaded the plugin file from the automatic installer that comes up
>>> in firefox. It installed a .so and a .xpt file into ~/.mozilla/plugins.
>>> If I start up firefox and type about:plugins, it does not show the flash
>>> plugin. I checked the permissions on the files, looked ok to me.
>>
>> Does Fedora not have flash/swf packages?
>>
>> libflash-mozplugin - GPL Flash (SWF) Library - Mozilla-compatible plugin
>> libflash-swfplayer - GPL Flash (SWF) Library - stand-alone player
>> swf-player - SWF (Macromedia Flash) player
>
> I'll look again. Using yum search didn't show anything that had to do with
> flash, but maybe I missed something.

Search for swf as well. Maybe file bugs against the package descriptions
for not including 'flash' in the description somewhere.

>> You could also use the Unplug Firefox extension to download the swf file
>> and play it with mplayer.
>>
>> Web browsers shouldn't make noise :).
>
> Agree with that too. I usually have speakers turned off.  Don't even have
> spekers attached to the dedicated Linux machine.  I'm not curious enough to
> go to the trouble of downloading and playing in separate steps.

All the boxen I use for desktop have speakers, but they're for music or
audio news or something that I have decided should make noise. Webcreators
and applications generally aren't allowed to create noise.

ciao,

der.hans
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