FC5 - mozilla help needed

[Thad Nielsen]

Dean S. Messing [deanm at sharplabs.com] wrote:
> 
> Thad Nielsen writes:
> : Dean S. Messing [deanm at sharplabs.com] wrote:
> : > 
> : > Thad Nielsen writes:
> : > : Dean S. Messing [deanm at sharplabs.com] wrote:
> : > : > 
> : > : > I'm unable to get Adobe `acroread' to run within Mozilla.
> : > : > Would someone who knows give me some pointers please?
> : > : > 
> : <snip>
> : > : > Yet when I try to view a .pdf from w/in mozilla, I get nothing.  On a
> : > : > large .pdf, I can see mozilla taking time to read the file in, but
> : > : > then I just get a blank mozilla window.  acroread is not being started
> : > : > at all.
> : <snip>
> : > : 
> : > : Dean, I also run an uptodate FC5 with selinux disabled.  I am running
> : > : mozilla 1.7.13-1.1.fc5 and AdobeReader_enu 7.05.-1 from Adobe itself.
> : > : I have no trouble opening PDF files from within mozilla.  Sorry that I
> : > : know nothing of the Dries repository.  You might examine your
> : > : /var/log/messages file for any helpful error messages.  You might try
> : > : Xpdf on the same PDF files that give you trouble in Adobe Reader.  You
> : > : might replace your Adobe Reader with the one at adobe.com.  Hope some
> : > : of this is helpful to you.
> : > : 
> : > 
> : <snip>
> : > 
> : > I am running the same version of mozilla as you.
> : > I think this is the same acroread as well but if needed
> : > I'll de-install it and go tothe one from Adobe.
> : > 
> : > However, acroread itself is working fine.  I have invoked it
> : > on several .pdf files from the commandline, including ones I downloaded
> : > from the Web that mozilla/acroread would not show.
> : > 
> : > Question: Do you also have "mozilla-acroread" installed?
> : > 
> : > It provides "/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so" so if you don't
> : > then there is a major difference between you and me.
> : > 
> : > Also: does your acroread run within the mozilla windeow itself
> : > or does acroread start up "on the side" in its own window.
> : > 
> : 
> : Dean, I do NOT have mozilla-acroread, so that is different.  I also do
> : not have the Fedora version of Adobe Reader but the Adobe version.
> : The Adobe Reader on my system is called from mozilla when mozilla
> : encounters a PDF file and Adobe Reader opens in its own window.  Hope
> : this is helpful.
> 
> Thanks Thad.  That is very helpful, indeed.  I understand
> you don't have the fedora version of acroread, but at this
> point I don't think it is relevant since acroread on my system
> works perfectly from the commandline.
> 
> Might I ask you to for some system info from your machine?
> 
> What is the output of
> 
>   #locate nppdf.so
> 
> Next, what is the output of
> 
>   #rpm -q mozplugger
> 
> If you have mozplugger installed, would you kindly look in
> /etc/mozpluggerrc, and search on "pdf" and include the stanza
> in which it occurs.  Please do the same for "acroread".  Both
> shd. be case-insensative searches.  Thanks!
> 
> >From mine /etc/mozpluggerrc  I get for these searches:
> 
> "pdf":
> 
> 
> application/pdf:pdf:PDF file
> application/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file
> text/pdf:pdf:PDF file
> text/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file
> 	ACROREAD()
> 	repeat noisy swallow(evince) fill: evince "$file"
> 	repeat noisy swallow(kpdf) fill: kpdf "$file"
> 	repeat noisy swallow(Xpdf) fill: xpdf -g +9000+9000 "$file"
> 	GV()
> 
> 
> "acroread":
> 
> 
> ### Acrobat Reader
> 
> define(ACROREAD_OPTS,[-geometry +9000+9000 -tempFileTitle acroread])
> define(ACROREAD_FLAGS,[repeat swallow(acroread) fill])
> ifelse(esyscmd([acroread -helpall | grep openInNewWindow]),[],[
>   define(ACROREAD,[ACROREAD_FLAGS(): acroread ACROREAD_OPTS() +useFrontEndProgram "$file"])
> ],[
>   define(ACROREAD,[ACROREAD_FLAGS(): acroread ACROREAD_OPTS() -openInNewWindow "$file"])
> ])
> 
> 
> I hope from yours I can figure something out (not knowing what
> on earth this above lines really mean) :-)
> 
> Dean
> 
> P.S. Anyone else tracking this thread and who can explain the above
>      will have my gratitude if you can debug my problem. :-)
> 
Dean, I think Aaron's reply will probably prove helpful to you.  But
to respond to your request:

  /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so
  package mozplugger is not installed.
Apparently I get these emails some time after everyone else.  But I
wish you well and that you can soon resolve your problem.

		T.