Re: manually installing mozilla plugins
Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've tried everything but stand on my head and my not so humble opinion is > that plugins in Mozilla are broken for the moment. The do seem to be broken for you :-( However, with my recent mozilla build 2001030608, java and shockwave work. Acrobat (nppdf) and RealPlayer (rpnp) don't. I just went to http://java.sun.com/openstudio/index.html, and all the java apps are displaying, as does the java console. http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.htm uses shockwave, and it also works for me. In fact, mozilla is the first time I've ever browsed with java on, because I could never trust netscape's java enough to not lock up netscape. -- Dave Carrigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])| Yow! Life is a POPULARITY UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-DNS | CONTEST! I'm REFRESHINGLY Seattle, WA, USA| CANDID!! http://www.rudedog.org/ |
Re: manually installing mozilla plugins
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 08:07:56PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I just tried this. No work. Still no java console, and Mozilla asks me > to download the --ing plugin. I've tried everything but stand on my head and my not so humble opinion is that plugins in Mozilla are broken for the moment. Some have reported functioning Java and ShockWave and while these work flawlessly in NS4, I've yet to see anything happen in Mozilla, at least unitl the nightly I dl'ed Monday. Hopefully this is one of the things on the agenda for 0.9. If it isn't addressed by then, it'll be a log time until 1.0, I fear. I'm running stock 2.2r2 on three systems, have Moz on two of them and still no dice... - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | "None can love freedom Internet | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | heartily, but good Location | Wichita, Kansas USA EM17hs | men; the rest love not Wichita area exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | freedom, but license." http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | -- John Milton
Re: manually installing mozilla plugins
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 08:07:56PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla.postinst > > I just tried this. No work. Still no java console, and Mozilla asks me > to download the --ing plugin. > OK, here's another thing to try. The very thought of it makes me cringe, but it works. I *hate* this aspect of mozilla. Try giving yourself write access to the whole mozilla tree. chgrp it to something you're in and chmod -R g+w the thing. That's the only thing I can see that's different between what you've done and what I've done. I've managed to work out some of the directories where you *don't* need write access for it to run, but I don't remember them off hand. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html pgpB5RGfAfmXJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: manually installing mozilla plugins
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 04:29:41AM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:20:05AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > heathen:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins# ls -l > > total 20 > > drwxr-xr-x6 root root 4096 Mar 7 00:34 java2 > > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 44 Mar 7 00:46 > > libjavaplugin_oji.so -> java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so > > -rw-r--r--1 root root13752 Mar 3 08:29 libnullplugin.so > > > > > > This did not work for me at all. After I do this, I quit and reload > > Mozilla, and access to the java-page (A local page that loads mindterm > > SSH for me) and I'm still told that I need the java plugin. > > > > I also am unable to load the java console. > > just a guess, but you probably need to rerun the mozilla postinstall > script to regenerate mozilla's stupid registry. > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla.postinst I just tried this. No work. Still no java console, and Mozilla asks me to download the --ing plugin. -- Ferret
Re: manually installing mozilla plugins
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:20:05AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > heathen:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins# ls -l > total 20 > drwxr-xr-x6 root root 4096 Mar 7 00:34 java2 > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 44 Mar 7 00:46 libjavaplugin_oji.so > -> java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so > -rw-r--r--1 root root13752 Mar 3 08:29 libnullplugin.so > > > This did not work for me at all. After I do this, I quit and reload > Mozilla, and access to the java-page (A local page that loads mindterm > SSH for me) and I'm still told that I need the java plugin. > > I also am unable to load the java console. just a guess, but you probably need to rerun the mozilla postinstall script to regenerate mozilla's stupid registry. /var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla.postinst -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpsWnsrflWmW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: manually installing mozilla plugins
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 10:17:51AM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 04:36:46PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > > Just load it into mozilla. i.e., load the URL > > > > > > file:///path/to/jre.xpi > > > > > > Mozilla will offer to install the plugin, and do a bunch of stuff then > > > hang. Then, you get out of mozilla, cd to the plugins directory and > > > > > > ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so . > > > > I tried this with the flash plugin, but I can't get mozilla to recognize > > it. > > > In the case of the java plugin (java.xpi), manual installation is a > pretty simple matter. Put java.xpi in $MOZILLA_HOME/plugins and unzip > it (with the 'unzip' command). Rename the resulting directory to > 'java2'. I don't know if that's actually necessary, but that's what the > mozilla auto-installer does. Then run > ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so . > Java will now work. heathen:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins# ls -l total 20 drwxr-xr-x6 root root 4096 Mar 7 00:34 java2 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 44 Mar 7 00:46 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so -rw-r--r--1 root root13752 Mar 3 08:29 libnullplugin.so This did not work for me at all. After I do this, I quit and reload Mozilla, and access to the java-page (A local page that loads mindterm SSH for me) and I'm still told that I need the java plugin. I also am unable to load the java console. -- Ferret
Re: manually installing mozilla plugins
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 10:17:51AM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > In the case of the java plugin (java.xpi), manual installation is a > pretty simple matter. Put java.xpi in $MOZILLA_HOME/plugins and unzip > it (with the 'unzip' command). Rename the resulting directory to > 'java2'. I don't know if that's actually necessary, but that's what the > mozilla auto-installer does. Then run > ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so . > Java will now work. Apparently Java and Mozilla simply refuse to exist on my box. Since I can seem to download the jre.xpi and since the auto installation has failed with every build I've tried since M18, I can only assume it is personal... I downloaded the j2re-1_3_0_01-linux.bin file from java.sun.com and installed it using the built-in script. I then created the sym-link as detailed above. Started Mozilla and all it registered was the null plugin. Both Java and Shockwave are not recognized. I know the routine will find plugins as the Blackdown Java plugin for NS 4.x causes an error and Mozilla terminates. I've even tried setting MOZILLA_HOME to the proper path manually and still no joy. Going to a page with Java only causes Mozilla to prompt to download the plugin, which I've done several times with the same results as now. I thought about installing the M18 package and seeing if that works, but thought I'd try this first. Right now I am using Mozilla 0.8 from the tar.gz package and Potato. Ideas? - Nate >> > Flash is even easier. The flash archive contains 2 important files: > ShockwaveFlash.class and libflashplayer.so. Just put them in > $MOZILLA_HOME/plugins and re-start mozilla. Check the debugging output > when starting mozilla and you'll see that it detects the new plugins. Not here... > Often, however, a site won't detect flash simply because you're running > mozilla and it doesn't know how to handle the user-agent string (or > something braindead like that). So it assumes that you're using a > completely incapable browser. Often sites will have a link that allows > you to get their flash content even if they don't detect the flash > plugin. > > This method has been working for me since...I dunno, several months ago, > and I update mozilla with a nightly build once a week or so. Must be nice... :( -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | "None can love freedom Internet | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | heartily, but good Location | Wichita, Kansas USA EM17hs | men; the rest love not Wichita area exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | freedom, but license." http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | -- John Milton
Re: manually installing mozilla plugins
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 04:36:46PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > Just load it into mozilla. i.e., load the URL > > > > file:///path/to/jre.xpi > > > > Mozilla will offer to install the plugin, and do a bunch of stuff then > > hang. Then, you get out of mozilla, cd to the plugins directory and > > > > ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so . > > I tried this with the flash plugin, but I can't get mozilla to recognize > it. In the case of the java plugin (java.xpi), manual installation is a pretty simple matter. Put java.xpi in $MOZILLA_HOME/plugins and unzip it (with the 'unzip' command). Rename the resulting directory to 'java2'. I don't know if that's actually necessary, but that's what the mozilla auto-installer does. Then run ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so . Java will now work. Flash is even easier. The flash archive contains 2 important files: ShockwaveFlash.class and libflashplayer.so. Just put them in $MOZILLA_HOME/plugins and re-start mozilla. Check the debugging output when starting mozilla and you'll see that it detects the new plugins. Often, however, a site won't detect flash simply because you're running mozilla and it doesn't know how to handle the user-agent string (or something braindead like that). So it assumes that you're using a completely incapable browser. Often sites will have a link that allows you to get their flash content even if they don't detect the flash plugin. This method has been working for me since...I dunno, several months ago, and I update mozilla with a nightly build once a week or so. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html pgpkofRQayNAV.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: manually installing mozilla plugins
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 08:46:20AM -0800, Dave Carrigan wrote: > > Just load it into mozilla. i.e., load the URL > > file:///path/to/jre.xpi > > Mozilla will offer to install the plugin, and do a bunch of stuff then > hang. Then, you get out of mozilla, cd to the plugins directory and > > ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so . I tried this with the flash plugin, but I can't get mozilla to recognize it. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead." -- RFC 1925
Re: manually installing mozilla plugins
Matheson Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering if their was a way to manually install > mozilla plugins. I need the java one, but I can't get > it because I can't get FTP to work with my proxy > server (help with that too please). I did manage to > download it from a Windoze machine (the proxy server), > and so now I have a file named 'jre.xpi'. I don't > know what to do with it though. Any ideas? Just load it into mozilla. i.e., load the URL file:///path/to/jre.xpi Mozilla will offer to install the plugin, and do a bunch of stuff then hang. Then, you get out of mozilla, cd to the plugins directory and ln -s java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so . -- Dave Carrigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])| Yow! Fold, fold, FOLD!! FOLDING UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-DNS | many items!! Seattle, WA, USA| http://www.rudedog.org/ |
manually installing mozilla plugins
Hey, I was wondering if their was a way to manually install mozilla plugins. I need the java one, but I can't get it because I can't get FTP to work with my proxy server (help with that too please). I did manage to download it from a Windoze machine (the proxy server), and so now I have a file named 'jre.xpi'. I don't know what to do with it though. Any ideas? Thanks, Cameron Matheson __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
