Opera Update

[nick65go]

@hiro
opera-next does not depend on qt or gtk; I think those are statically linked inside, because ldd shows that it depends only on libfontconfig (and recursively on expat2). This is the "beauty" who tempted me to make it an extension. Before I submitted it, I have checked this by booting TC with base and norestore bootcodes of course.

[curaga]

@hiro

They dropped qt after 10.5, and are using their own rendering engine. It can use gtk, or kdelibs for theming if available, but doesn't require them.

[hiro]

So it uses gtk just because flash gets loaded, I see.

[vinceASPECT]

Uh

i just seem to remember doing the following.

installing "Opera 10" then installing flash and running getflash

but Opera didn't show any flash content after that. It didn't work.

Contrary to what happens with other similar browsers, where Flash just seems to work right after the scenario above.
(minefield, midori, Epiphany, Chrome etc etc)

that's what i recall.

Vince.

[Rich]

Hi vinceASPECT
I'm running Opera v10.10 and flash didn't work for me the first time I tried to install it. It did work
the second time I tried, after I read the instructions on the Info tab for getFlash10.tcz

[nick65go]

fyi, i did not try out opera 11.50 final, but i have started opera-next without flash installed; in a web page i see a place-holder for missing flash plug-in; i installed by on-demand the flash10, and the flash shows then in the web page, without need to restart opera; wow, it is nice behaver; few seconds gain for lazy people, especially when you do not setup opera to continue from last time;

[vinceASPECT]

Hi vinceASPECT
I'm running Opera v10.10 and flash didn't work for me the first time I tried to install it. It did work
the second time I tried, after I read the instructions on the Info tab for getFlash10.tcz

OK Rich, i will try that because Opera is a real nice browser. Do you think your idea will work with the very latest Opera in the tcl app store?

V.

[Rich]

Hi vinceASPECT

i just seem to remember doing the following.

installing "Opera 10" then installing flash and running getflash

The instructions state that you must have also run the browser at least once before running getflash.
The instructions also state that OSS sound must be installed and running before running getflash.
I think that second item may have given me some trouble since OSS does not work on my laptop. I
believe I had OSS installed and running for getflash and then replaced it with ALSA.

[vinceASPECT]

hi Rich

i indeed have followed the info file in the getflash.tcz instructions and then
tried installing Opera and Flash on a fresh TCL system

I also have OSS installed and working correctly. I have Pre-started browsers and everything.

Still, opera does not show flash content.

i'ts all the latest versions of files...

That is why i made my first comment on this thread about this topic.

Opera with Flash browsing does not work here on this laptop.

I noticed there is an entire thread in this forum explaining how to get Opera working with Flash. People in that thread also have problems. The thread is pretty unclear.....by the way.

hmmm....back to my OP.

V.

[Rich]

Hi vinceASPECT
Open a terminal and enter

find /usr -iname libflash*
ps | grep libflash

and post what they return.

[vinceASPECT]

Hi

Ok i will try the whole thing again from scratch....

if it doesn't work..

i will post the output here in this thread.... for the commands you mentioned

thanks a lot, because Opera is one of my favourite browsers because it's so fast.

It would be nice to use it properly

Vince.

[vinceASPECT]

Hi

Ok i will try the whole thing again from scratch....

if it doesn't work..

i will post the output here in this thread.... for the commands you mentioned

thanks a lot, because Opera is one of my favourite browsers because it's so fast.

It would be nice to use it properly

Vince.

Uh...i tried this stuff again and noticed that the tcl icon for Opera is a "low ram" version
of Opera. The Full version of Opera, must be run prior to installing Flash and that is done
by going to the tcl menu.

I have not yet tried this, but previously i was not running the Full Opera version prior to installing
flash.

i will try the whole thing again. Do you try these things from scratch in a virtual box?

Vince.

[Rich]

Hi vinceASPECT
I'm a little bit old school, I don't use those new fangled virtual thingamajigs.

[vinceASPECT]

Hello,

ha ha

No, it has not worked. Opera and Flash is not working.

I would go as far as to say, therefor, that nobody will get Opera and Flash working together by
looking at the tcz app store and just following normal procedure. This dysfunctionality is not the case with ALL other web browsers in the app store. All other web browsers work perfectly with Flash.

This laptop is no different to any other hardware...in that respect. Its a fresh Tcl and fresh downloads.
(do you ever test any of this stuff yourself?....with like a dummy TCL machine that is always virgin?)

here are the outputs of the commands you mentioned...

tc@box:~$ find /usr -iname libflash*

/usr/local/icecat/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/local/firefox-official/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/local/seamonkey/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/local/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/local/share/flash10/libflashplayer.so
/usr/local/share/flash10/libflashsupport.so
/usr/local/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/local/lib/opera/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/libflashsupport.so
find: /usr/lib/oss/save: Permission denied
/usr/lib/oss/lib/libflashsupport_32.so
/usr/lib/oss/lib/libflashsupport_32-ssl.so

the other command..

tc@box:~$ ps | grep libflash
 3979 tc       grep libflash


thanks

Vince.

[Rich]

Hi vinceASPECT

tc@box:~$ ps | grep libflash
 3979 tc       grep libflash

There's the problem, flash isn't running. Try this, shut down the browser, click on the desktop, go to
Applications or OnDemand, and click on flash10. Then restart the browser and see if it works.