On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 12:23:58AM -0800, oldman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Akop Pogosian wrote: > > I am trying to install Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31 on my Linux desktops. I > > dropped the new libflashplayer.so and flashplayer.xpt files into > > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. This worked fine only on CentOS 4 boxes. > > However, on Fedora Core 6, despite using the 32-bit version of > > Firefox, I don't see Flash Plugin when I visit about:plugins. Other > > plugins, such as Acrobat Reader, register just fine. Please let me > > know if I am doing anything wrong. Thanks. > > > > > > -akop > > > Default locations for Firefox are the plugins directory under > /usr/lib/firefox.<latestinstallversion> OR the plugins Directory under > $HOME/.mozilla (the difference is that (of course) the $HOME location is > only for you the other one will work for you root your spouse, whoever) > > It will possibly be easiest to make a soft link to your > libflashplayer.so via: (as root) > ln -s /usr/lib/firefox.1.0.0.10/plugins/libflashplayer.so\ > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > > that should be all one line (without the '\') I don't think this has to do with the location of plugins directory that I use. /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins is also searched for plugins, and as I already mentioned in my original message, other plugins that are in that directory do work. Also everything works fine on CentOS 4 machines this way. I think this problem is specific to flash plugin on Fedora Core 6. -- A k o p P o g o s i a n (akopps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) Unix Consultant Letters & Science Computer Resources 461 Birge Hall (phone: 510-643-2989)
