Flash9. java, and firefox work around

[vos]

I have just switched from SUSE 10 to Kubunto 6.10 edgy eft. I had some initial trouble with amd64 packages. It seems tat no matter how hard I try I can't get the full use out of my athalon64. But......

If you install 32 bit versions of:
firefox
java5
flash7 and flash 9
EVERYTHING WORKS FINE

Here's how

1.)Uninstall all of java, flash, and firefox
2.)Download 32bit versions of the above listed
3.)Extract Unpack firefox, java, flash7 and flash9 into the directories listed below:
      /opt/flash32
      /opt/firefox32
      /opt/java32
4.)symlink files to opt/firefox32/plugins
5.)It should look like this

###@vos:/opt/firefox32/plugins$ ls -l
total 24
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    28 2006-11-28 23:36 flashplayer.xpt -> /opt/flash32/flashplayer.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    30 2006-11-28 23:36 libflashplayer.so -> /opt/flash32/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    64 2006-11-28 23:36 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /opt/java32/jdk1.5.0_09/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 vos  vos  19160 2006-10-11 02:57 libnullplugin.so

6.)symlink /opt/firefox32/firefox -> /usr/bin/firefox

It's not 64bit but it works with no problems.

*make sure you install lib32asound2 and alsa-oss or you will get no sound*

[adz21c]

Re: Flash9. java, and firefox work around

Alternatively you could do this

http://linuxfordummies.org/index.php...prev_next=next

probably requires more work, but I tend to use konqueror more then firefox (infact I only use firefox on the rare occasion konqueror views a page wrong). You miss out on the extra plugins that are 64bit but I don't really use them anyway (whatever they are) so no loss for me.

Then java you set up as normal, so all is well ... just for those konqueror fans out there :-)

[heinkel_111]

Re: Flash9. java, and firefox work around

does this work only with firefox or with konqueror aswell?

[adz21c]

Re: Flash9. java, and firefox work around

What I mentioned works with 64bit konqueror only. For firefox to play nice it needs to be 32bit firefox. Only thing I would say about mine is it craps out sometimes on stuff that's really demanding ... which from what I use flash for (on those rare occasions) is not the case.