Re: [gentoo-user] Re: videos that won't go away.

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 03:19:37PM +0200, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote

> Quick add here:
> The adobe flash settings go into the same file below ~/.macromedia
> which also holds a list of the sites you visited (and also the names
> of the videos you watched may be...). These list can be read next time
> when you use flash video.
> When deleting it (this can be done automagically with a firefox addon)
> you will get the unwanted hardware acceleration as the default. If you
> dont delete it...well, you can do with your data what you want, and
> may be others too... ;)

  Idea...
1) set acceleration on/off as desired
2) exit your browser entirely
3) edit the file to remove the list of sites visited, but leave the
   acceleration setting as desired
4) "chmod 440" on the file

  Re; the Firefox addin to remove the file; I don't need no steenkin
Firefox addin to remove the file...

waltdnes@i3 ~ $ crontab -l
# MIN HOUR DAY MONTH DAYOFWEEK   COMMAND
1-56/5 * * * * if [ -d /home/waltdnes/.macromedia ] ; then rm -rf /home/waltdnes/.macromedia/ ; fi >> /home/waltdnes/.messages 2>&1

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>