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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Talk => Topic started by: vinceASPECT on February 15, 2014, 04:22:19 AM

Title: Adobe Flash
Post by: vinceASPECT on February 15, 2014, 04:22:19 AM
Hello

just trying to get some help here with Adobe FLash.

i am running the tiny core  4.3.1 ...just a standard CD booting up.

i have an old copy of Flash10.  It's compiled for Alsa sound together with it's md5 file and it's worked fine
in the past on 4.3.1

However, recently it's proving more difficult for me to get it working on a blank fresh system

my method

1) boot 4.3.1 from cd.
2) install Alsa sound from the App browser
3) run alsa sound and try it with some music (works fine)
4) download and install a browser like  "QtWeb"  (fine)
5) Run "QtWeb" from the command line and test a web page and close  ( works fine)
6) Copy my flash files (Flash10.tcz and Flash10.tcz,dep) into my TCE directory. (works fine)    tmp/tce/optional
7) Do an apps audit and tell it to fetch missing deps for Flash10  (works fine)
8) Load Flash 10 by clicking it in the tce folder (Works fine)

9) Start "QtWeb" browser again and look at a typical flash website  (Fails to load flash correctly.....cannot load cURL library......but curl is installed)

it could be difficult for you to say , because it's an old Flash10 on a 256 meg Ram machine and you may not have that file to try it out....but, in the recetn past, that file above has worked perfectly
fine for Flash on tcl 4.3.1. with alsa  (could a DEP in the 4.3.1 tcl repo have recently changed...?)

 (the exact flash is 10.3.183.5 compiled against alsa for tcl  (it worked on tcl 4.3.1 in times gone by)

many thanks,



B




Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: tinypoodle on February 15, 2014, 06:05:58 AM
(the exact flash is 10.3.183.5 compiled against alsa for tcl  (it worked on tcl 4.3.1 in times gone by)

There is no such thing, flashplayer.so is a universal proprietary code binary provided by adobe.

Please post output of:
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ldd /path/to/libflashplayer.so
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: vinceASPECT on February 15, 2014, 06:16:34 AM
Hello

uh not sure what you mean...

when it was working fine in the past....any flash web page allowed you to right click and it would
offer options, one of those options was "about adobe flah player 10.3.183.5

and that took you to adobe's web site....the browser therefor understood it's running Flash 10.3.183.5

it does not exist?

will try to get that output what you requested

thanks

V
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: cast-fish on February 19, 2014, 12:41:25 PM
Hello

here is the output

linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb785c000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb6b2f000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb6b1d000)
        libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0xb6ac7000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb6a63000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb6a34000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6a1e000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb6a16000)
        libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb664b000)
        libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb65b6000)
        libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb659b000)
        libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xb6574000)
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xb6558000)
        libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0xb654d000)
        libcairo.so.2 => /usr/local/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0xb64ad000)
        libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb646c000)
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb6428000)
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb6425000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb631c000)
        libssl3.so => /usr/local/lib/libssl3.so (0xb62e5000)
        libsmime3.so => /usr/local/lib/libsmime3.so (0xb62c1000)
        libnss3.so => /usr/local/lib/libnss3.so (0xb61b0000)
        libnssutil3.so => /usr/local/lib/libnssutil3.so (0xb618f000)
        libplds4.so => /usr/local/lib/libplds4.so (0xb618c000)
        libplc4.so => /usr/local/lib/libplc4.so (0xb6188000)
        libnspr4.so => /usr/local/lib/libnspr4.so (0xb6155000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb6150000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb612d000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb6022000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb785d000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb601f000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb6019000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb6003000)
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb5ffa000)
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb5fe1000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb5fd0000)
        libexpat.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb5fb0000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb5faa000)
        libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0xb5e83000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb5e80000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb5e78000)
        libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb5e6e000)
        libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0xb5e6b000)
        libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0xb5e67000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb5e5e000)
        libffi.so.5 => /usr/local/lib/libffi.so.5 (0xb5e59000)
        libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0xb5e57000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb5d95000)
        libresolv.so.2 => /lib/libresolv.so.2 (0xb5d83000)
        libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb5d66000)
        libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xb5cf7000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb5ce2000)
        libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb5cdd000)

seemed that libflashplayer.so  had permissions of "tc staff"....as if it was not able to execute?

it's not easily possible to change the permissions

Vince
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: gerald_clark on February 19, 2014, 12:54:15 PM
"tc staff" are not permissions.  They are the owner and group of the file.
The file is a library, and therefore does not need execute permissions.
It only needs read permissions.
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: cast-fish on February 19, 2014, 12:56:05 PM
right

so do you see any anomilee with the output there?

V
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: gerald_clark on February 19, 2014, 01:01:36 PM
So why are you responding to questions posed to vinceASPECT?
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: cast-fish on February 19, 2014, 02:18:37 PM
just same

got two logins



sorry if it is confusing, in light of that

V.
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: tinypoodle on February 19, 2014, 09:49:06 PM
Sure that's confusing and does not help...

Try:
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mkdir -p ~/.mozilla/plugins && ln -s /path/to/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/
Also, post output of:
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grep -e Plugins -e Javascript /path/to/QtWebSettings/QtWeb.NET/QtWeb\ Internet\ Browser.ini
In each command, replace /path/to/ as adequate to your setup.
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: cast-fish on February 20, 2014, 01:09:45 AM
thanks

will try it and post the other output vou asked of

many thanks

v
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: cast-fish on February 20, 2014, 06:55:27 AM
Hello

i have tried the first command you stated and it was accepted but it did not seem to solve the issue (no Adobe Flash running)

The second command was also accepted but returned no output at all. Nothing.

tc@box:~$ grep -e Plugins -e Javascript /home/tc/QtWebSettings/QtWeb.NET/QtWeb\ Internet\ Browser.ini
tc@box:~$ (returns to a terminal blinking prompt..... with no informatin outputed)
hmmm

v
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: tinypoodle on February 20, 2014, 08:27:15 AM
Hmm, not what I'd have expected.

Start QtWeb from an aterm, then navigate to a youtube video page and see if you get any relevant output.

Also, make sure you don't have javascript and/or plugins disabled - check with Alt+P.
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: cast-fish on February 20, 2014, 10:55:30 AM
hello

yes i am on the public library now.

could it be that you must reboot before you actually execute the flash....

it seems to say that in the @getflash@ plugin says this.

?

i will try this when i return home

Vin

Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: tinypoodle on February 27, 2014, 07:01:40 PM
Upon further testing I found that while QtWeb works very reliably with flash content at youtube.com and I didn't note any issues with a few random sites, the player at bbc.com does not always load and fiddling with settings - e.g. allowing all cookies, disabling adblock and switching UA to "Opera" - and repeated reloading of page may be required.

Note: The symlinking method as described in Reply #8 may work for other Netscape API plugins as well, at least it does for me with mplayer-plugin.
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: cast-fish on March 03, 2014, 10:24:52 AM
ok

can'y make flash work here in any tcl operating system tried.

All the steps followed are correct.  (the file is flash 10)

a) tested against tcl 4.3.1 with alsa sound from repo =...not working....

b) tested against tcl 4.3.1 with OSS sound from repo = ...not working.... (browser just says flash is not installed when on a flash web page)

c) tested against  tcl 5.2 alsa sound from repo = ...flash web page just seems to not load....as if the flash loading has hung

d) tested against tcl 5.2 oss sound = .....not working...(browser just says flash is not installed when on a flash web page)

Steps taken (same as the steps taken by any new TCL user wanting flash.....they would use the repo "getflash11" and end up with flash 11.tcz in the tce directory and need to load it)   ( I have already got flash 10.tcz in my tce and loaded it)

steps taken

1) CD boot of tcl (fresh base boot)
2) Install the sound from repo  (test sound ....works fine)
3) Install browser from Repo....(test it on a web page....works fine)
4) put flash 10 file into the tmp/tce/optional directly
5) Do a dependancy check and fetch missing deps for Flash 10  (works and loads the flash 10 extension)
6) run browser again on typical Flash web page.....(no flash working)

hmmm

Vin


no other software is on the system. Just fresh OS and boot. Fresh downloads.

Opera 9 browser was used each time ....as a fresh download from the repo  (in all cases)
i suspect it won't work with any browser....

All of this *should* work. Otherwise flash 10 no longer seems to work. Did you do your tests
with the flash 10 file?

Vin
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: tinypoodle on March 03, 2014, 09:22:08 PM
You can test here if flashplayer is recognized by your browser:

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: cast-fish on March 04, 2014, 08:56:03 AM
yeah

will take a look at it

just started using console tools to achieve same goals without using Flash.  They do the same thing
until something can be sorted out.

As per this thread, Flash 10 clearly no longer works on those distro's

Vin
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: cast-fish on March 10, 2014, 02:58:58 PM
Tiny

this seemed to be exactly what the "error" said.  "can't load curl etc"

There was an old desktop machine here with TCL on it and flash 10 working right.

Had to take the fiel called "curl" off it and put it into this build here and Flash 10 now works right.

So in summary, the current REPO for  tcl 4.3.1 won't allow Flash 10 to work.  THe Curl has been updated
(like my OP said.  "has an extension been changed in the repo?).....in about maybe 2013 because the odler
"curl' here seems to be from 2012. 

So it was just a cut and paste excercise of that "curl" file.

I don't know, but i imagine Repo's from 4.3.1 onwards. ..right to tcl 5.2 won't work with Flash 10 because of that
curl file.  Maybe even before 4.3.1` also....but i don't know how far back your incompatability goes ?.....maybe to TCL 3.0

thanks then

Vin.
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: tinypoodle on March 10, 2014, 03:13:43 PM
So, does flash work with all browsers you tried now?
Title: Re: Adobe Flash
Post by: cast-fish on March 10, 2014, 11:54:56 PM
yes Tiny, correct!