As far as I can tell, linprocfs(5) is no longer required for proper

functionality of the Flash plugin within Firefox.  I do not know when
this changed, nor what changed (i.e., if this is a Firefox change or
not).

Remove recommendation to ensure linprocfs is mounted, as a result.

PR:		164682
Submitted by:	Adam VandeMore (amvandemore*gmail!com)
Reminded by:	issyl0
This commit is contained in:
Glen Barber 2012-06-10 15:26:31 +00:00
parent a1883d7619
commit 54718dd5c2
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=39018

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@ -308,20 +308,6 @@
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>nspluginwrapper -v -a -i</userinput></screen>
<para>The &linux; process file system, &man.linprocfs.5; has to
be mounted on <filename
class="directory">/compat/linux/proc</filename>, if one
wants to play &flash; animations. This can be done via the
following command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mount -t linprocfs linproc /compat/linux/proc</userinput></screen>
<para>This point can be automated at boot time with the addition
of the matching line in
<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0</programlisting>
<para>Then, start your browser, enter
<literal>about:plugins</literal> in the location bar and press
<keycap>Enter</keycap>.