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#1

Hello, as some of you know (hiya Mips) ;) I installed Sabayon 64 onto my pc a couple of days ago, but cannot get flash to work. Here is what I have done so far.....

emerge -av netscape-flash emerge -av nsplugin emerge -av jre

As you can see there is no ebuild for nsplugin and I dont know how to config the files, the emerge --help configure was useless or maybe it's just me.

#2

spinflick said: Hello, as some of you know (hiya Mips) ;) I installed Sabayon 64 onto my pc a couple of days ago, but cannot get flash to work. Here is what I have done so far.....

emerge -av netscape-flash emerge -av nsplugin emerge -av jre

As you can see there is no ebuild for nsplugin and I dont know how to config the files, the emerge --help configure was useless or maybe it's just me.

You can try searching in Kuroo, perhaps he had the package name wrong. I thought it was ndispluginwrapper myself, but I've never used it so i can't tell you what to do with it.

#3

The ndiswrapper is installed, and netscape-flash?

#4

igknighted said: You can try searching in Kuroo, perhaps he had the package name wrong. I thought it was ndispluginwrapper myself, but I've never used it so i can't tell you what to do with it.

A thanks.

It is actually called nspluginwrapper (not to be confused with the wireless ndis ones). http://gentoo-portage.com/net-www/nspluginwrapper

If you can't find something then just do a emerge -s nsplug and it will list all packages starting with nsplug*. Sometimes mere morrtals like me make mistakes but if you seach you can find what we mean :)

But before you start that do the following to ensure you are up to date with portage & sabayon overlay (It's a good idea to do the first two steps often, the third might not be required if it is up to date):

layman -S
emerge --sync
emerge -v portage

The mini edition does NOT come with kernel sources. I would advise you to install them, it's not always required but I have needed them. Beware though as it takes LONG, so start it and go have a cup of tea.

/scripts/emerge-kernel.sh

Now do:

emerge -av netscape-flash
emerge -av nspluginwrapper
emerge -av jre

Sometimes after you have used emerge you are told that some config files need updating. To do this run:

etc-update

Select the config file to update by selecting its number. If I did not manually mess with the config file I simply select the option to overwrite the config file. Carry on with the next config file.

#5

Yippeeeee! it works, thank you Mips. From now on you shall be known as "The Amazing Mips" thanks again :)

#6

Glad to hear it's working.

Just one last thing, in Konqueror remember to go to the configuration and rescan for plugins under the plugins section.

#7

Thanks Mips just done it. :)

#8

[LEFT]try this

emerge net-www/netscape-flash

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