Macromedia is proud to release the Macromedia Flash Player 5 Netscape plug-in
for
the Solaris operating system.
Supported Versions of Solaris (SPARC only)
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Solaris (SPARC only) version 2.6 or greater is required.
Supported Browsers
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Netscape Navigator 4.0 or greater is required.
Installation
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The following section assumes that you have unpacked the archive
flash_solaris.tar.gz into the top level of your user directory. Your
user directory is referred to as $HOME.
The Macromedia Flash Player can be installed in two ways:
- Install the Macromedia Flash Player system-wide, making it available
to all users of the computer
or
- Install the Macromedia Flash Player in a user account, making it
available only to that user.
Installing the Macromedia Flash Player System-Wide:
You will need root access to the computer to install the Macromedia Flash Player
system-wide.
1. Copy the Macromedia Flash Player (libflashplayer.so) into the Netscape
plug-in directory.
cp $HOME/flash_solaris/libflashplayer.so /opt/Netscape/plugins
2. Copy the Macromedia Flash Player Java class file (ShockwaveFlash.class)
into the Netscape plug-in directory.
cp $HOME/flash_solaris/ShockwaveFlash.class /opt/Netscape/plugins
3. Start Netscape.
netscape &
4. Verify the installation by typing about:plugins in the location
bar or by choosing Help > About Plugins.
You should see the Macromedia Flash Player listed as "Shockwave Flash 5.0r53"
5. To test the Macromedia Flash Player go to:
http://www.flash.com/
(NOTE: If the Web site www.flash.com does not automatically detect that
you have the Macromedia Flash Player installed, click on the link
"If you know you have Flash, click here")
Installing the Macromedia Flash Player in a User Account:
1. If you have not already used Netscape from the user account,
launch Netscape and close it. This will create a Netscape
preferences directory (.netscape) in your home directory.
The preferences directory will be named:
$HOME/.netscape
2. Create a plugins directory in the Netscape preferences
directory.
mkdir $HOME/.netscape/plugins
If the mkdir command reports the error "cannot make directory:
File exists", do not be alarmed. This means only that the
directory was already present and did not need to be created.
3. Copy the Macromedia Flash Player (libflashplayer.so) into the Netscape
plug-in directory.
cp $HOME/flash_solaris/libflashplayer.so $HOME/.netscape/plugins
4. Copy the Macromedia Flash Player Java class file (ShockwaveFlash.class)
into the Netscape plug-in directory.
cp $HOME/flash_solaris/ShockwaveFlash.class $HOME/.netscape/plugins
5. Start Netscape.
netscape &
6. Verify the installation by typing about:plugins in the location
bar or by choosing Help > About Plugins.
You should see the Macromedia Flash Player listed as "Shockwave Flash 5.0r53"
7. To test the Macromedia Flash Player go to:
http://www.flash.com/
(NOTE: If the Web site www.flash.com does not automatically detect that
you have the Macromedia Flash Player installed, click on the link
"If you know you have Flash, click here")
Troubleshooting
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Q: When I try to visit a Web site that contains Macromedia Flash content, I
get the
error message "Unknown type application/octet-stream".
A: The Web site you are attempting to view needs to properly configure
their Web server with the MIME types for Macromedia Flash content. Specifically,
they must add the MIME types:
.spl application/futuresplash
.swf application/x-shockwave-flash
You might want to let the Webmaster of the site know of the problem.
Optimal X Server Configuration
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Macromedia Flash Player should work with any X server configuration. However,
optimal performance is achieved at the following color depths and
color mask settings:
Depth: 8
Visual: PseudoColor
Depth: 15
Bits Per Pixel: 16
Visual: TrueColor
Red Mask: 0x00007C00
Green Mask: 0x000003E0
Blue Mask: 0x0000001F
Depth: 16
Bits Per Pixel: 16
Visual: TrueColor
Red Mask: 0x0000F800
Green Mask: 0x000007E0
Blue Mask: 0x0000001F
Depth: 24
Bits Per Pixel: 24
Visual: TrueColor
Red Mask: 0x00FF0000
Green Mask: 0x0000FF00
Blue Mask: 0x000000FF
Depth: 32
Bits Per Pixel: 32
Visual: TrueColor
Red Mask: 0x00FF0000
Green Mask: 0x0000FF00
Blue Mask: 0x000000FF
Depth: 32
Bits Per Pixel: 32
Visual: TrueColor
Red Mask: 0x000000FF
Green Mask: 0x0000FF00
Blue Mask: 0x00FF0000
In addition, the X server's image byte order must match the host byte
order in order to achieve optimal performance using one of the above
configurations.
Macromedia Flash Player takes advantage of the the MIT-SHM Shared Memory
Extension. This will boost performance on supported systems.
Known Bugs
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Some web sites use JavaScript detection and may default to a
non-Macromedia Flash page for users who are not on Macintosh or Windows
platforms. Some web sites may have a link you can click to get
to the Macromedia Flash content.
RealFlash is not supported by RealAudio on the UNIX platform.
Technical Issues and Reporting Bugs
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The Webplayers Discussion Group provides an open forum to discuss
technical issues regarding Macromedia Players. Also of interest are
the Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Flash Site Design, and Generator
DiscussionGroups. Macromedia Technical Support actively monitors
these groups, as well as hosting a community of users there. Descriptions
and links to these discussion groups can be found at:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/
Bug reports may be sent to flashplayerunix@macromedia.com
To allow us to investigate reported bugs, please include the
following information:
1) Platform and version
2) Netscape version
3) Reproducible steps including a URL to the web site where the
problem was encountered.
If we need further information about a bug, you will be contacted. Due to
the volume of mail received we are not able to individually respond to each
report.