[TriLUG] Mozilla plug-ins

[Ed Hill]

aboutOn Mon, 2002-09-09 at 15:47, Jeff Bollinger wrote:
> I'm pretty sure I have the Shockwave/Flash (one or the other) plugin and 
> a Java plugin installed on my system, in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> 
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ShockwaveFlash.class
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> 
> but for some reason I still get prompted to download these when trying 
> to access a site with this capability.  Am I supposed to put these 
> plugins somewhere in my home directory as well?  /home/userid/.mozilla  ?
> 
> (I'm running Mozilla as a normal user, not root)


Hi Jeff,

Type the following into your Mozilla URL text-entry thing:

  about:plugins

and hit return.  Mozilla with then tell you exactly which plugins you
have properly installed.

Just for reference, my plugin directory looks like this:

  total 960
-r--r--r--    1 root     root         2363 Jun 24 11:17
ShockwaveFlash.class
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       948056 Jun 24 11:17
libflashplayer.so*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           63 Jun 24 11:32
libjavaplugin_oji.so ->
/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so*
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        24472 Jun  7 16:10
libnullplugin.so*

and it provides me with the Shockwave and Java 1.4.1 plugins.

hth,
Ed

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