how to install moonlight for openSuSE 12.3

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#1

hello,

for work - i have to access a specific site that runs Silverlight.

i have read about moonlight - but cannot seem locate the correct repo that will allow me to install the open source equivalent (moonlight / pipelight).

has anyone done this for 12.3?

thx
mark

#2

geeky0010 wrote:
>
> hello,
>
> for work - i have to access a specific site that runs Silverlight.
>
> i have read about moonlight - but cannot seem locate the correct repo
> that will allow me to install the open source equivalent (moonlight /
> pipelight).
>
> has anyone done this for 12.3?
>
> thx
> mark
>
>
Do read through
http://forums.opensuse.org/content/174-silverlight-opensuse-howto.html

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#3

hello,

i did read through the information.

i added the repo and then ran in to some issues while trying to install wine-gecko. no matter how many times i installed wine-gecko - i was not able to do a successful install of pipelight.

each time i would install pipelight - it would say that i had not satisfied the dependency on wine-gecko.

eventually (out of frustration) i opted to select the radio button that asked me if i wanted to proceed with the installation of pipelight with the potential of breaking it.

after installing pipelight - i opened firefox and attempted to navigate to the web site that our “partner” company has (using Silverlight). however when i attempt to open the site - it no longer gives me an error - but it just comes up - all black

at this point i am not sure what to do - it would be nice if i could get a “clean” install of with pipelight and wine-gecko

#4

my bad - i did not read the entire thread.

i added the necessary repo so i could pull in the correct wine-gecko dependency

all is well - the Silverlight site comes up just fine (albeit very slowly).

many thanks

mark

#5

geeky0010 wrote:
>
> hello,
>
> for work - i have to access a specific site that runs Silverlight.
>
> i have read about moonlight - but cannot seem locate the correct repo
> that will allow me to install the open source equivalent (moonlight /
> pipelight).
>
> has anyone done this for 12.3?
>
> thx
> mark
>
>
The browser(Firefox/24.0 SeaMonkey/2.21) addon based approach by
installing xpi(gecko based) also works for me in the below sample webpage

http://bubblemark.com/sl3/TestPage.html

xpi files are here:-

http://mokeke.sytes.net/downloads/linux/Novell_Moonlight/

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GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

#6

vazhavandan wrote:
> geeky0010 wrote:
>>
>> hello,
>>
>> for work - i have to access a specific site that runs Silverlight.
>>
>> i have read about moonlight - but cannot seem locate the correct repo
>> that will allow me to install the open source equivalent (moonlight /
>> pipelight).
>>
>> has anyone done this for 12.3?
>>
>> thx
>> mark
>>
>>
> The browser(Firefox/24.0 SeaMonkey/2.21) addon based approach by
> installing xpi(gecko based) also works for me in the below sample webpage
>
> http://bubblemark.com/sl3/TestPage.html
>
> xpi files are here:-
>
> http://mokeke.sytes.net/downloads/linux/Novell_Moonlight/
>
Even MS demos work with xpi(addon)
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/new-controls/demo/

GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

#7

Does anyone have this working with time warner live tv?

Silverlight Balls is fine, but on time warner it “starts” to load like on doze, but then gives me a blank white screen…>:(

#8

On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 21:56:01 +0000, steveo84 wrote:

> Does anyone have this working with time warner live tv?
>
> Silverlight Balls is fine, but on time warner it “starts” to load like
> on doze, but then gives me a blank white screen…>:(

Chances are Time-Warner uses DRM, and Moonlight doesn’t support the DRM
stuff necessary.

Jim

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#9

Am 09.11.2013 22:58, schrieb Jim Henderson:
> Chances are Time-Warner uses DRM, and Moonlight doesn’t support the DRM
> stuff necessary.

If that is DRM stuff it probably works with pipelight
http://forums.opensuse.org/content/174-silverlight-opensuse-howto.html
I have it installed for a german video on demand service which uses
Silverlight and DRM for the videos and it works for that, maybe that
works for Time-Warner too.
I had to uninstall Moonlight before because it did not play well
together with pipelight in the same browser.

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#10

Am 09.11.2013 22:58, schrieb Jim Henderson:> Chances are Time-Warner
uses DRM, and Moonlight doesn’t support the DRM
> stuff necessary.

If that is DRM stuff it probably works with pipelight
http://forums.opensuse.org/content/174-silverlight-opensuse-howto.html
I have it installed for a german video on demand service which uses
Silverlight and DRM for the videos and it works for that, maybe that
works for Time-Warner too.
I had to uninstall Moonlight before because it did not play well
together with pipelight in the same browser.

–
PC: oS 12.3 x86_64 | i7-2600@3.40GHz | 16GB | KDE 4.10 | GTX 650 Ti
ThinkPad E320: oS 12.3 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.10 | HD 3000