----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard <[email protected]> ... > > I installed hicolor and curl last night. Neither has made any difference to > the underlying problem (flash is still not working) - but the logs are a > little > cleaner. :) > > I did not have time to install Java - but will look at that this weekend. > I apologise for the slow update - I have had distractions.
I spent some time reading the BLFS instructions on installing java and found it rather confusing. I am assuming that it is the 'circular dependencies' alluded to in the text which make it such a non-standard installation? In the end I downloaded Java from Oracle and installed that. The good news is that Java works. This is not good because I have a particular need for Java (I do not), rather this is good because it means that the plugin architecture with webkit is working. Since GtkLauncher can visit java.com's test page and confirm that Java is working, this means that the plugin architecture is sound and that it is a flash-specific problem (as opposed to a wider problem with webkit). Time permitting, I plan to play more with this at the weekend. Does anyone have any particular suggestions? I will probably follow up on a previous suggestion and build firefox - not because I particularly want firefox but rather because I am curious as to whether gecko will handle the plugin better than webkit. Another option might be to rebuild webkit. Since the original build succeeded this only makes sense if it is rebuilt with different options. I published my original webkit config log on 15th Jan - can anyone see anything odd with the options selected? I hate to leave a problem unresolved but I may have to (temporarily) admit defeat on this one. I am keen to try any suggestions - but I have almost completely run out of ideas. Again, many thanks, R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
