Shockwave?!

LegendX · 05-25-2005, 10:27 PM

blah its me again the newbie with questions. Ok how do I get shockwave working on SuSE 9.3? I tried searching on the forums but didn't get any accurate explainations. It be cool if anyone out there would help out. I heard something about realplayer and symlink(whatever that is). Lol I really need to get a good book on linux? Any top good books for linux that will help me to understand??

kencaz · 05-25-2005, 10:34 PM

What browser are you using? Shockwave will be a plugin for your browser.

type in URL bar:
about

lugins

KC

Simon Bridge · 05-25-2005, 10:39 PM

http://www.real.com/player/

Please also stick your distro and rough location in you "user CP" (use the link at the top of this page)

Shockwave (by Macromedia) is not available for Linux. But see also MPlayer.

There are tons of books - try amazon.com or your local book store. Take care to choose one that is up to date. You'll need a "beginners" type one and one more advanced. There are also many many tutorials on the web.

LegendX · 05-26-2005, 12:04 AM

i can't get shockwave on firefox or konqueror it keeps bringing me to the shockwave site and telling me to update my netscape. I looked through yast for updates and found nothing on browsers. Blah I have some shockwave things I want to load up and I have realplayer I just don't get how people are able to access shockwave stuff on it.

Simon Bridge · 05-26-2005, 03:13 AM

I just installed the plugin from the site and it works automatically.
By "shockwave", what exactly do you mean?

For instance, realplayer allows you to view streaming video only in some formats. So which "shockwave stuff" are you talking about?

LegendX · 05-26-2005, 06:23 AM

when i say shockwave i was talking about it all in general but i also wanted to know how to access shockwave games and stuff related to that kind of loading processor.

Simon Bridge · 05-26-2005, 09:20 AM

Try here: http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/...ad/alternates/

However, see this too:
http://www.petitiononline.com/linuxswp/petition.html

LegendX · 05-26-2005, 11:04 AM

Problem with that alternation link is that I wasn't talking about Flash I was talking about shockwave. Flash works perfect on here just can't get a plugin for shockwave

earlier you said u got the plugin to work for you. So how did you get Shockwave to work? or do you mean you got Flash to work? What browser you using?

Simon Bridge · 05-26-2005, 11:33 AM

Sorry, you're right I was thinking about flash - you cannot get a linux plugin for shockwave.

The first link gives you the complete list of macromedia plugins and supported OS's. The second is a petition to get shockwave for linux.

How about this:
http://internet.newsforge.com/articl...&tid=13&tid=31
(from last year - a shockwave plugin is in the pipeline then ... add you voice.)

If you absolutely must have shockwave then crossover office is for you:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5463