Re: flash on amd64

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:36:21 +0000
Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 09:49:19AM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > Is there any way to view flash with firefox on amd64?
> > nspluginwrapper doesn't seem to do the trick.
> 
> Using a 32Bit Flash plugin with a 64Bit Firefox works fine under
> Linux x86_64. I would therefore expect it to work under NetBSD, too.
> 
> Do you use a kernel with COMPAT_LINUX32 and are 32Bit Linux packages
> installed on your system?
> 
Yes and yes...  (COMPAT_LINUX32 is now in GENERIC.  I can see that
several suse32 packages are there; beyond that, I've successfully run
acroread7.)

I don't have good access to the machine for a couple of days; I'll try
it again with a newer kernel.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb