On Apr 10, 2005 10:53 AM, sean darcy <seandarcy2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Whenever I try to get pdf files in firefox, the files downloads, the > tab shows the name of the file, no error message, but NOTHING > displays. > > I'm using mozplugger-1.7.1-4.x86_64 which has: > > application/pdf: pdf: PDF file > application/x-pdf: pdf: PDF file > text/pdf: pdf: PDF file > text/x-pdf: pdf: PDF file > repeat swallow(documentShell) fill: acroread -geometry > +9000+9000 +useFrontEndProgram "$file" > repeat noisy swallow(Xpdf) fill: xpdf -g +9000+9000 "$file" > repeat noisy swallow(gv) fill: gv -safer -quiet -antialias > -geometry +9000+9000 "$file" > > I have acroread 7, but it didn't work with acroread 5 either. Of > course acroread is x386. But I assume this must work for others. > > sean Hi Sean, You cannot use 32-bit plugins with a 64-bit browser. You cannot use Flash or Java plugins either. If you really want to use the plugin, uninstall firefox and install the 32-bit version (downloaded from your favorite mirror). You'll have to manually update it since the 32-bit version is not in the x86_64 tree. I use Acrobat Reader 7 with the plugin with 32-bit firefox; it works quite well, and I suggest this (if you want a 64-bit brower too, you can have 64-bit mozilla installed as well, but only one arch of firefox at a time). Alternatively, you could set firefox to download the PDF and automatically open it in Acrobat Reader. That would give a similar effect. I think those are your choices for now. Maybe Adobe will one day make a 64-bit Reader and plugin. Jonathan
