> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:45:41 +0000 > From: [email protected] (akhiezer) > To: BLFS Support List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] WebKitGTK-1/Flash > > > Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 11:33:49 +0000 (GMT) > > From: Richard <[email protected]> > > To: BLFS Support List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] WebKitGTK-1/Flash > > > > Firstly, I am grateful for the replies. > > > > Regrettably, so far I have made no progress. > > > > Some comments below... > > > . > . > > > > I apologise if my initial post lacked detail. Perhaps I should be more > > precise: > > > > I intend eventually to use the 'uzbl' browser, which supposedly supports > > flash. For testing purposes I have built uzbl (actually three sub-packages > > of which two are relevant) and I am also using the pre-supplied tool > > 'GtkLauncher' which I found in the 'Programs' directory after the webkit > > build. > > > > My understanding is that a suitable browser should be able to use externally > > supplied 'plugins' in order to render specialist material such as swf, java > > etc. To this end I have tried GtkLauncher, uzbl-browser and uzbl-core all > > rendering the page 'http://www.adobe.com/flash' and all three tell me that > > 'this > > content requires flash' and provide a helpful download link encouraging me > > to > > obtain the library which I already have in several places on the system... > > > > --- > > > > I do note that in the configure log, webkit has the 'external plugin > > process' > > disabled - however this appears to be a feature of 'webkit-2' (which I have > > inferred uses GTK3?). So I am assuming that webkit-1 does not use the > > external > > process and handles plugins differently? (I did try rebuilding with > > --enable-plugin-process but predictably it complained about a lack of GTK > > 3). > > > > So, does anybody have any other good ideas? Have I misunderstood some vital > > concept? > > > > > Have you seen & processed these posts (search in their text for 'flash' to > get > the right places): > -- > * http://lists.uzbl.org/pipermail/uzbl-dev/2013-October/thread.html > * http://lists.uzbl.org/pipermail/uzbl-dev/2013-November/thread.html > * http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/281263 > * ( http://lists.uzbl.org/pipermail/uzbl-dev/ ) > -- >
I know you said in a separate post about having used uzbl mailing lists: but just to check explicitly, did you try what is discussed in the above '/2013-.../' threads? > > > rgds, > akh > -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
