Thread: [n00b friendly Guide] How to enable Flash In Fennec (Firefox Mobile) 4b6pre
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2011-02-01 , 04:28
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Here is how to get most flash sites to work with the current 4b5pre builds. I just tested it with todays nightly qt build. Works fine still:

1. If you had any previous version of firefox/fennec installed:
WARNING THIS DELETES YOUR FIREFOX PROFILE!!!
in xterm as root:
Code:
apt-get purge fennec
rm -rf /home/user/.mozilla/fennec
rm -rf /home/user/.mozilla/firefox

2. Install Fennec nightly build from:
GTK Version:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.o.../binary-armel/
QT Version:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.o.../binary-armel/
(n00b hint: install either one, not both...D'Oh...whichever you prefer. for me gtk works slightly better.
In current Qt builds the mailto protocol handler is broken. So clicking on mail links will result in an error msg (no crash). But the Qt Version is faster.)


Update 11.3.11:
At the Moment the nightly build repo is not being updated (since 5.3.11). I do not know why. I suspect it might be because there are problems with the latest builds. If anyone knows please speak up.
I did just install the 11.3.11 GTK build and I did have some major issues. (Scrolling not working correctly) I went back to last build in nightly repo.
If you still want to install newest nightly build goto:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/
(this is a HUGE directory and takes time to load)
Choose the latest *-mozilla-central-maemo5-gtk/ or
*-mozilla-central-maemo5-qt dir/
In the initial dir you will find the international version with many locales included (installed size 5MB bigger than single locale version).
In the en_US subdir is the smaller english only Version. Other single locale Versions are not available without the repos.


3. Start fennec/firefox and type
Code:
about:config
in the URL box. If you get a warning that warranty ends here, ignore it.
Now set
Code:
plugin.disable to false
and
dom.ipc.plugins.enabled to true  (if it isnt already)
You may have to use the search box if you cannot scroll (known bug).


4. Restart Firefox

Youtube and many other flash sites will work fine now. Some, like grooveshark, will crash the tab in question or firefox completely.
Some addons will break this setup. If you need addons, check compatibility by installing one addon at a time...


I hope this helps someone. :O

Update
Of course this also works with normal release beta 4b4 (and higher) if you don't trust nightly build.

Those are available from Release ftp:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...eleases/4.0b4/
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...eleases/4.0b5/
Last edited by casketizer; 2011-03-11 at 16:03.
 

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