Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 21:35:53 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acrobat4 Plugin for Netscape Message-ID: <20000219213553.D336@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <38AF04E8.1C7E60F4@ds.net> References: <38AEFCD1.69F4018C@ds.net> <20000219204202.A336@marder-1> <38AF04E8.1C7E60F4@ds.net>
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On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 04:02:32PM -0500, James A. Mutter wrote:
> Nope - still doesn't work. I've tried copying nppdf.so to the global
> netscape plugins directory and to ~/.netscape/plugins. It's odd -
> Unless I'm working the MM Flash plugin (Which essentially installed
> itself) the "PlugIn" option is greyed out. I can set this up as a help
> app easy enough, but I'd prefer that it run in the browser.
>
> Any ideas what might be causing this?
Not really, I don't remember having to do anything special. Looking
around my system I find a file ~/.netscape/plugin-list which contains:
PluginList Version 1
/usr/local/netscape-4.61/plugins/libnullplugin.so 927846619 *: .*:All types;
pluginName=Netscape Default Plugin
pluginDescription=The default plugin handles plugin data for mimetypes and extensions that are not specified and facilitates downloading of new plugins.
/usr/marko/.netscape/plugins/librvplayer.so 937674202 audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin: rpm:RealPlayer(tm) as Plug-in;
pluginName=RealVideo Player plugin
pluginDescription=This plugin handles Real Audio and Real Video streams.
/usr/local/netscape-4.61/plugins/nppdf.so 940102781 application/pdf: pdf:Portable Document Format;
pluginName=nppdf.so
Not sure what the number, 940102781, is; probably a checksum. You
could try adding this manually. If this number is a checksum I don't
know whether this one will work for you. My nppdf.so is:
# ls -l /usr/local/Acrobat4/Browsers/intellinux
total 112
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1852 25 104216 May 18 1999 nppdf.so
HTH
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> >
> > Hmm, I'm using Netscape-linux 4.61, not 4.7, but I've got nppdf.so in
> > /usr/local/netscape-4.61/plugins and it works fine (and shows up in
> > Help->About Plug-ins).
> >
> > Does it show up as a Helper? It may be necessary to set this up
> > manually. Edit->Preferences->Navigator->Applications then either edit
> > the "application/pdf" entry if it exists or add it if not. The settins
> > I use are:
> >
> > Description : Portable Document Format
> >
> > MIMEType : application/pdf
> >
> > Siffixes : pdf
> >
> > and in the "Handled By" panel; select the "Plug In:" radio buton and
> > "nppdf.so" from the drop-own list.
> >
> > HTH
> > FWIW, my RealPlayer plugin is in ~/.netscape/plugins and that works as
> > well.
> >
>
>
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