Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 21:54:08 -0500 From: Rick Voland <rpvoland@facstaff.wisc.edu> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, beech@alaskaparadise.com Subject: Re: acroread7 as plugin for Firefox Message-ID: <4473CAD0.50909@facstaff.wisc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060523092200.hd4ts0cvhccco4wc@netchild.homeip.net> References: <44727083.3040500@spamcop.net> <20060523092200.hd4ts0cvhccco4wc@netchild.homeip.net>
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Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting Rick Voland <rpvoland@spamcop.net> (from Mon, 22 May 2006 > 21:16:35 -0500): > >> Is the acroread7 plugin for Firefox currently functional? I can run >> acroread as a stand-alone program, but not as a plugin. If I check >> "about:plugins" acroread is recognized as a plugin. > > That's more than what you get on FreeBSD-current (there it is a problem > with symbol versioning & the linuxpluginwrapper). > >> I'm asking here because the Linux Base is under significant development, >> so I'm wondering whether this problem is known and being postponed until >> the Linux Base is more stable. > > The plugin runs as native code. So as long as acroread started by hand > is able to display a PDF, it should not be caused by the linux base. And > I'm not aware of problems with the new linux base. > >> The symptom is that I get "running helper", but little disk activity >> (program not loaded). I created a symbolic link: >> ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/acroread /usr/local/bin/acroread7 >> and then I get much longer disk activity, enough that I see the acroread >> program icon change, indicating it has loaded, but I still don't see the >> associated PDF content in my browser or anywhere else. >> >> FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0 with SMP kernel >> acroread7-7.0.1,1 >> acroreadwrapper-0.0.20060221 >> linuxpluginwrapper-20051113_2 (with its /etc/libmap.conf file) > > Would you please update linuxpluginwrapper and check the example > libmap.conf for changes. > > Bye, > Alexander. > > --Selling GoodYear Eagle F1 235/40ZR18, 2x 4mm + 2x 5mm, ~150 EUR > you have to pick it up between Germany/Saarland and Luxembourg/Capellen > http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 > http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Thanks for the suggestions. No change in symptoms. I updated my ports collection by CVS this evening, deleted the options file in /var/db/ports/linuxpluginwrapper, and ran portupgrade -f acroread7 linuxpluginwrapper I chose to install acroread and realplayer. Realplayer works fine. I now have: acroread7-7.0.1_2,1 linuxpluginwrapper-20051113_3 If I type firefox [some_file.pdf] [no symbolic link to acroread7] I get Usage: gv [OPTION]... [FILE] PostScript and PDF viewer. --monochrome display document using only black and white [snip rest of ghostview message] If I type firefox [some_file.pdf] [with ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/acroread /usr/local/bin/acroread7] Then, acroread definitely starts. I get the warning box "There was an error opening this document. No such file or directory." I get this message when I start acroread manually. I click "OK" and it would normally be fine, but not started within firefox. Thanks, -- rpvoland@facstaff.wisc.edu
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