Flash player for 64bits arch

[ianster]

We're all still waiting Macromedia :(

[Netsnipe]

This issue won't go away Macromedia. You're only going to be alienating a lot of cutting-edge users this way.

[jlah]

Try to use this site with FC3_64 ;D ;D ;D

[url]http://www.americasarmy.com/[/url]

No need for player?

[xirp881]

ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the
Macromedia Flash Player installer. *arrrgh :(

[mobbo]

Anyone with Windows XP Professional x64 RC2 having issues too? I can run Flash
with the 32 bit Internet Explorer, but not with the 64 bit Internet Explorer.
Looks like this is a universal problem. Hopefully now that there is a popular
(not that Linux is not popular, but, well, there is more money and more people
using XP) OS in 64 bit, maybe someone will get off their butt and make the
update!

[compelled]

Originally posted by: dollarslave
Heck, write a small script or program to fire one off every day if you like,
and pass it around to people. Submitting a pre-filled web-form via http is
presently beyond me, but not technically difficult. I would suggest every
minute, but the point is not a DoS attack. The point is to get Macromedia's
attention. Every day should suffice. If someone does take me up on this
automation idea, please have the users configure it with their own email
address before it will send out. That way, when Macromedia does a release they
can reply to the list of senders and remind people to shut down the scripts.
This is not an idea intended to cause problems, only to help solve one. Good
faith works in both directions.


Good idea, here is one! Happy Hunting!



#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# A perl script to nag Macromedia to release an AMD64 Linux Flash plugin.
# It runs wget to do the POST to [url]www.macromedia.com[/url], and wget creates the
# file index.html with the response.
#
# created: March 2, 2005
# author: Richard Kilgore (rkilgore@hotpop.com)



#
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# CUSTOMIZATION
#
# Replace variables with your name, e-mail, and the message you want to send.
#
# In case you're not a perl-literate, DON'T change the line that reads "EOL",
or try
# to move the semi-colon up. EOL must be on a line by itself - not even
whitespace.
# And don't mess with "my $msg = <<EOL" either.

my $name = 'Fast Penguin';
my $email = 'fpenguin@penguin.com';
my $msg = <<EOL
AMD64 Linux Flash! Or a reason why not!!!

If you want to charge for your clients, please
do. But if you want to be ubiquitous instead,
then stop shutting us out!
EOL
;

# END CUSTOMIZATION
#
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-




sub urlEncode($);

my $encodedName = urlEncode($name);
my $encodedEmail = urlEncode($email);
my $encodedMsg = urlEncode($msg);


$postString = join('', (<DATA>));
$postString =~ s/NAME/$encodedName/;
$postString =~ s/EMAIL/$encodedEmail/;
$postString =~ s/MESSAGE/$encodedMsg/;

# debugging
# print "post = $postString\n";
# exit 0;

exec 'wget', 'http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/',
'--post-data=' . $postString;


# --------------------------------------

sub urlEncode($) {
my ($str) = @_;

$str =~ s/ /+/sg;
$str =~ s/\n/\r\n/sg;
$str =~ s/([^A-Za-z0-9\+\.])/sprintf("%%%02X", ord($1))/seg;

return $str;
}

__DATA__

6138=NAME&6237=EMAIL&103=&6210=1&6213=9&6173=any&6 263=5&6264=4&6265=7&6266=8&621
7=11&6212=Gentoo+2004.3&6211=MESSAGE&9000=9&9001=S ubmit&SUBMIT_NEXT=Submit&CUR_P
AGE=1&904=289264781&lang=English

[daflye]

I just realized what a blessing it is not to have the flash pluggin. A lot of
the adds are in Flash. No Flash= no adds.

Besides, what do you guys really need it for?

Surfing the net is so much faster without Flash.

They don't want to give us 64bit pluggins?... screw them.

Stop begging like we can't live without it.

[fidepus]

Power to the people, flash player for 64-bit Linux :brokenheart;

[atrlinux]

Macrom?dia, why not flash 64bit? It's a marketing action!!!

[phox0r]

Originally posted by: xlrtr
Originally posted by: Newsgroup User

> I've seen Flash Player source .. and there would be quite a bit more to it

than just 'recompiling the source in 64-bits.

And that would be...?
It's not that they have to optimise it to the max -- macromedia should just
provide a working flashplugin for 64bit...

Easy. BROKEN CODE. Welcome to yet another company with very little software
design expertise that focuses on trying to hook people on their crappy products
instead of making good ones.



More to the point, however, is the fact that by doing what they're doing,
Macromedia is defrauding the majority of its real "customers" -- companies
running Flash crap on their sites -- by pushing their crap as being
oh-so-truly-cross-platform when they can't be bothered standing behind that.
Macromedia's customers have already lost THOUSANDS of dollars of my business --
if I can avoid it, I won't buy anything from a company whose website REQUIRES
flash simply to access product information, etc. Am I going to need a Secret
Decoder Ring to get into these sites, too?

[ogimoj]

Yes, the x86_64 can execute i386 (32-bit) binaries - even Flash Player.
Yes, the 32-bit Flash Player will work with 64-bit browsers.
The only real problem is that Macromedia's install script exits, complaining
about the wrong architecture. It's an easy fix:
After downloading and unpacking the plugin, open the file
'flashplayer-installer' in your favorite text editor (Kate, vi, emacs,
whatever...)
go to line 249 in the script, which reads:
i[3456]86)

and change it to:
i[3456]86|x86_64)

Now save your changes and execute the script (from a shell). Follow the
instructions and you're done.
I've tested this patch on my Mandrake Linux 10.1
system. Flash content works flawlessly under both
Firefox (1.0.1) and Konqueror (3.2.3) (the only
browsers i've tested it with). It would seem
reasonable to assume that this patch should work with
any other flavor of x86_64 linux and with any other
Mozilla based browser.

[phox0r]

Originally posted by: ogimoj
Yes, the x86_64 can execute i386 (32-bit) binaries - even Flash Player.
Yes, the 32-bit Flash Player will work with 64-bit browsers.
The only real problem is that Macromedia's install script exits, complaining
about the wrong architecture. It's an easy fix:
After downloading and unpacking the plugin, open the file
'flashplayer-installer' in your favorite text editor (Kate, vi, emacs,
whatever...)
go to line 249 in the script, which reads:
i[3456]86)

and change it to:
i[3456]86|x86_64)

Now save your changes and execute the script (from a shell). Follow the
instructions and you're done.
I've tested this patch on my Mandrake Linux 10.1
system. Flash content works flawlessly under both
Firefox (1.0.1) and Konqueror (3.2.3) (the only
browsers i've tested it with). It would seem
reasonable to assume that this patch should work with
any other flavor of x86_64 linux and with any other
Mozilla based browser.

a) Yes, x86-64 can run IA32 binaries, provided you're not running pure64,
which is perfectly reasonable, and the intended use of this ISA. The Flash
plugin IS NOT AN ELF BINARY. It's a .so file. Go have a look.

b) The current (32-bit) Flash plugin DOES NOT WORK in 64-bit Mozilla browsers.
Period. End statement. Konqueror is special and can actually use 32-bit
binaries when built for x86-64.

c) The instaler IS NOT THE PROBLEM. The plugin installs fine. You need a
32-bit browser to use it (at least in the case of Mozilla-based browsers;
exception mentioned above). You clearly HAVE a 32-bit browser. Go find the
binary for your browser (not one of the stupid launchers, the binary itself)
and use `readelf` or `file` on it.

d) You're using Mandrake.

[fabzouse]

Please , do it !
I am under Debian64 & it is so good !

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