[TriLUG] Mozilla plug-ins

[Jeff Bollinger]

Hmmmm, well when I try about:plugins I get:


Default Plugin

     File name: libnullplugin.so
The default plugin handles plugin data for mimetypes and extensions that 
are not specified and facilitates downloading of new plugins.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
*         All types   .*       Yes


and here are the contents of my plugin directory:


ls -al
total 180
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep  5 17:13 .
drwxr-xr-x    9 root     root         4096 Jun 24 14:54 ..
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           40 Jun 24 10:34 
libflashplayer.so -> ../../netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           60 Sep  5 17:10 
libjavaplugin_oji.so -> 
/usr/java/jre1.3.1_04/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        24422 May 13 21:28 libnullplugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           33 Jun 24 10:40 plugger.so -> 
../../netscape/plugins/plugger.so
-r--r--r--    1 root     root         4139 Sep  5 17:13 raclass.zip
-r-xr-xr-x    1 root     root       131580 Sep  5 17:12 rpnp.so
-r-xr-xr-x    1 root     root         2363 Sep  5 17:10 ShockwaveFlash.class

and my stuff still doesn't work.  Why would the plugins be in the 
correct folder, but not "installed" when I do the about:plugins?

Jeff

Ed Hill wrote:
> 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
> 

-- 
Jeff Bollinger
University of North Carolina
IT Security Analyst
105 Abernethy Hall
mailto: jeff_bollinger at unc dot edu

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