On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 13:58 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 23 April 2006 13:36, Lauri wrote: > >> On Sunday 23 April 2006 12:51, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> On Sunday 23 April 2006 10:23, Stanton Finley wrote: > >>>> On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 05:15 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>>>> On Sunday 23 April 2006 04:58, Chris Lale wrote: > >>>>>> Chris Lale wrote: > >>>>>>> I cannot view PDFs using Firefox in Etch (Testing). I get: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> "There was an error while loading the plugin - ewh.api. The > >>>>>>> plugin failed to initialize." > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I have these packages installed: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> acroread 7.0.5-0.0 > >>>>>>> mozilla-acroread 7.0.5-0.0 > >>>> > >>>> As root do a "yum -y remove acroread mozilla-acroread" and then > >>>> follow the instructions in the Adobe Reader section at > >>>> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html. > >>>> -- > >>>> Stanton Finley > >>>> http://stanton-finley.net/ > >>> > >>> And I forgot to note in the previous message that for some reason, > >>> selinux is disabling acroread unless set for permissive. This > >>> needs addressed also. I don't want to have to depend on a tail of > >>> the log to tell me when things are going in the toilet. > >> > >> To add more details, I have now read the manpage for selinux, > >> touched /.autorelabel and rebooted after setting selinux back to > >> enforcing. It did re-run the autolabeling function on the reboot. > >> > >> No change, an attempt to run acroread from the icon fails, and from > >> the cli, this message is output: > >> > >> [root@diablo ~]# acroread > >> /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error > >> while loading shared > >> libraries: > >> /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Reader/intellinux/lib/libJP2K.so: cannot > >> restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied > >> > >> I've investigated the system-config-securitylevel thing, which FWIW > >> thought it was in the enforcing mode when /etc/selinux/config said > >> otherwise, so thats obviously broken right there, and went thru the > >> menu's looking for something to check or uncheck but didn't find any > >> 'suspects' that might control the above. > >> > >> This subject has been noted, at some length now in this and similar > >> threads, with no one offering a helpfull comment so far. Is this > >> something that only the NSA can answer? Or is there an FM I haven't > >> read because I don't know of its existance so I can do the RT > >> portion? > > > ># chcon -t texrel_shlib_t > >/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Reader/intellinux/lib/*.so > > > >Lauri > > Thank you very much Lauri, that worked like a champ. But why does it > seem to be such a huge secret other than its ulitmately being usefull > to the blackhats? > > I assume that this command line (the top line above) can be used against > any other known good (we think) but similarly malfunctioning (the > bottom line above) program? ---- why don't you ask Adobe to include it in a post-install script? Craig
