On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 16:02 -0800, Kam Leo wrote: > On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:22:01 -0500, Claude Jones > <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Gerhard Magnus wrote: > > ||| If you are using Firefox, you would want to put the link in > > ||| the "firefox/plugins" directory... not mozilla's plugin > > ||| directory. > > | > > | OK, makes sense. The closest I could find to "firefox/plugins" > > | was the directory /usr/lib/firefox-0.10.1. I created a > > | subdirectory "plugins" and put the link > > | to /usr/java/jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so > > | there. I still keep getting these perplexing firefox messages > > | (now from several webpages.) > > | > > > > You got close. Look again and see if you see > > /usr/lib/firefox-1.0/plugins > > That's where you have to put the link... I just went through this. > > > > Claude Jones > > Bluemont, VA, USA > > > > Check /usr/lib and verify that you only have the one firefox > directory. Various repositories create directories in the form of > "firefox" or "firefox-xx.x". You may have Firefox installed in > multiple locations. > I seem to have "firefox-1.0" and "firefox-0.10.1" directories under /usr/lib although the Firefox version that's executing is 1.0. Do I need to uninstall anything in order to get this to work. > If there is only the firefox-0.10.1 directory, verify that the > symbolic links within plugins are valid: > > # cd /usr/lib/firefox-0.10.1/plugins > # ls -l > > There should be no red-colored text present. If there are, the link > associated with that file is broken. Use "find" or "locate" to > determine where file for broken link resides. > This may be my problem -- all the links I've created are in red. Say I'm in a directory like "/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_06/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32" -- I then (as root) execute the command "ln -s libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/firefox-1.0/plugins". The link appears in the right directory but it's highlighted in red and flashing. The only other thing in the /usr/lib/firefox-1.0/plugins directory is the file (in green) "libnullplugin.so". > -- Kam Leo >
