----- Original Message ---- From: Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2007 7:53:55 AM Subject: Trying to make sense of firefox plugins I have been having a problem with firefox (on a ThinkPad T23). Basically, it exits as soon as certain sites are accessed. I downloaded the sources at one of these sites (with wget) and the same behaviour occurred when looking at the file. I think the problem lies in javascript; when I turned it off (in Firefox Preferences) the problem stopped in most (but not all) cases. I tried removing and re-installing firefox and js (with yum) but this didn't do any good. It seems to me the problem probably lies in a firefox plugin. So I was looking at these, and found the whole setup pretty confusing. I wonder if there is any document that explains firefox setup clearly? I really hate these directories with names like "9eaqek76.Default User". Why these idiotic names? Is there any simple way of seeing what plugins are in use? And if one deletes a plugin, how can it be replaced? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland ----- Original Message ---- Is there any simple way of seeing what plugins are in use? In the address bar type about:plugins which will return which plugins are in active use You will also have to keep in mind your own user profile(s) for instance in my own user directory (home) I have [olivares@localhost ~]$ cd .mozilla/plugins/ [olivares@localhost plugins]$ ls -l total 9556 -rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 7040080 2007-06-11 18:10 libflashplayer.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 olivares olivares 53 2007-06-12 08:44 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /opt/jre1.6.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 524908 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-dvx.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 1021 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-dvx.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 524912 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-qt.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 1021 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-qt.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 524920 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-rm.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 1021 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-rm.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 525876 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 524912 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-wmp.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 1021 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in-wmp.xpt -rwxr-xr-x 1 olivares olivares 1021 2007-06-12 08:35 mplayerplug-in.xpt [olivares@localhost plugins]$ cd ~ and in the universal directory there is [olivares@localhost ~]$ ls -l /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.4/plugins/ total 40 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18496 2007-06-03 15:02 libnullplugin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10752 2007-06-03 15:02 libunixprintplugin.so Also in Tools Option there is a subcategory called Add-ons where you can find themes/extensions like Fake Agent (User agent Switcher), Stuff for ads like Adblocker etc. > I really hate these directories with names like "9eaqek76.Default User". > Why these idiotic names? I am with you on this one. Which one is more weird yours or mine gfi0egg9.default I had a problem with a plugin and firefox refused to load up. to fix the problem I removed the .mozilla/firefox/ directory and its contents and cut and pasted from the ones as root user. I then changed owner to my own account. I disabled all plugins and thankfully it worked again. [olivares@localhost .mozilla]$ ls firefox mplayerplug-in.conf mplayerplug-in.types plugins [olivares@localhost .mozilla]$ cd firefox/ [olivares@localhost firefox]$ ls gfi0egg9.default pluginreg.dat profiles.ini [olivares@localhost firefox]$ ls -l total 28 drwx------ 6 olivares olivares 4096 2007-07-03 11:17 gfi0egg9.default -rw------- 1 olivares olivares 6172 2007-07-03 11:05 pluginreg.dat -rw-rw-r-- 1 olivares olivares 94 2007-06-04 00:19 profiles.ini [olivares@localhost firefox]$ cd .. [olivares@localhost .mozilla]$ There is a page for common plugins https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:7 Regards, Antonio ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC
