A New fedora user question
Jeff Maxwell
vohnmaxwell at bellsouth.net
Fri Nov 7 19:58:14 UTC 2008
On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 10:59 -0700, Robin Laing wrote:
> Jeff Maxwell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 19:05 -0800, Richard England wrote:
> >> Tim wrote:
> >>> Tim:
> >>>
> >>>>> How did you install them to get more than one? I've not struck that
> >>>>> problem. I installed the Flash player using the Adobe RPM, and update
> >>>>> it with "yum update", along with everything else.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>> Richard England:
> >>>
> >>>> That's a question I wish I knew the answer to. I've suspected that it
> >>>> may have been drug along during and update but I'm certain. To the best
> >>>> of my recollection, however, I simply installed two versions from Adobe.
> >>>> I have also wondered if they changed to install location but I've spent
> >>>> no time investigating.
> >>>>
> >>> Was your system a fresh install, or did you update one version of Fedora
> >>> to the next over the top? Mine was a fresh install. Over-the-top
> >>> installs sometimes make a mess of things.
> >>>
> > Well, I have a fresh install of Fedora 9 and when I've accessed a WEB
> > page requesting Adobe Flash, I followed the instructions to install it.
> > After installation, Fire Fox plug-ins still do not register that Adobe
> > Flash is installed. If I attempt to install it a second time, I have
> > the message saying it is installed. I may be naive, but it seems to me
> > that during the install (either rpm or yum) that some element did not
> > get moved into the Fire Fox plug-in directory. Therefore, Fire Fox does
> > not know that it exists on the system. Any help to address this would
> > be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Jeff Maxwell
> >>>
>
> I don't know if this will fix your problem but have you run this script?
> mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v
>
> It registers the plugins from what I have found out. I am still trying
> to get my flash to play on F8 on a 64 bit system. The plugin is
> recognized and in the about:plugins but just doesn't work. I just need
> time.
>
I ran the instruction you provided and here are the results:
It appears there is a bit of an issue.
INFO: /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/npviewer looks ok.
INFO: /usr/lib64/nspluginwrapper/npviewer isn't accessible.
INFO: Processing /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
-> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libjavaplugin.so...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-mully-plugin.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-mully-plugin.so...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-complex-plugin.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-complex-plugin.so...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-cone-plugin.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-cone-plugin.so...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Wrapping /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/nswrapper_32_32.libflashplayer.so...
INFO: INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libflashplayer.so...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-complex-plugin.xpt
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-complex-plugin.xpt...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-basic-plugin.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-basic-plugin.so...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-cone-plugin.xpt
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-cone-plugin.xpt...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Wrapping /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/nswrapper_32_32.nppdf.so...
INFO: INFO: Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/nppdf.so...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO:
Linking /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so...
WARNING: Failed.
INFO: Processing /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
-> /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins-wrapped
WARNING: I can't open dir /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins-wrapped
INFO: Processing /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
-> /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins-wrapped
INFO: Processing /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
<- /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/nswrapper_32_32.nppdf.so...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libjavaplugin.so...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-mully-plugin.so...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-basic-plugin.xpt...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-complex-plugin.so...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-cone-plugin.so...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.xpt...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libflashplayer.so...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-gmp-plugin.xpt...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-complex-plugin.xpt...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-basic-plugin.so...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/nswrapper_32_32.libflashplayer.so...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-cone-plugin.xpt...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libtotem-mully-plugin.xpt...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/nppdf.so...
INFO: Checking plugin
installation /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so...
INFO: Processing /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
<- /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins-wrapped
WARNING: I can't open dir /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins-wrapped
INFO: Processing /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
<- /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins-wrapped
WARNING: I can't open dir /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins-wrapped
[Jeff at localhost ~]$
>
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