firefox 3.0.13 plugins-not an RPM

[LinuxHippy]

I want to use the new firefox-3.0.13 tarball that was released 7/31. I extracted it and am running firefox-3.0.13 as I type but I don't have any plugins. I am on an x86_64 and iced tea java is installed with a bunch of other presto plugins in firefox 3.5.x. How can I link these plugins to firefox-3.0.13?

[LinuxHippy]

ok-I figured out how to make a symbolic link for java with this:

mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins
cd ~/.mozilla/plugins
ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so libflashplayer.so


Verify by starting firefox and type aboutlugins in the URL line.

How do I do this with my installed Iced Tea Java?

[zackf]

You can use sun java now via yum.

yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk install java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin

[LinuxHippy]

those are both already installed on my pc but not getting recognized by mozilla's firefox-how can I use symbolic links to put this into ~/.mozilla/plugins?

[zackf]

There is most excellent tutorial on mmjwired.net I have linked to java part for F11, but he has previous versions too.

http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...-f11.html#java

[LinuxHippy]

I tried installings sun java rpm for 64 bit and my user space firefox didn't pick it up. I think the plugin needs to be in ~/.mozilla/plugins for it to work in the user space. Which file do I need to link for this?

EDIT:

I have found out that user spaced firefox 3.0.13 with flash doesn't crash your pc...I read around here and found out this was a problem not only particular to me with firefox 3.5.x rpms.

[zackf]

Did you update the alternatives to do Sun Java?

[LinuxHippy]

yes-you do realize I'm not using the RPM of Firefox...right? I downloaded it here:

mozilla2.snt.utwente.nl/firefox/releases/3.0.13/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.0.13.tar.bz2

I'm thinking that since this is a i686 version of firefox (does mozilla release x86_64??) that I need to download a 32 bit version of java eventhough my system is an AMD64.

How do I remove the 64 bit version of sun java that's installed now-it's an RPM?

[LinuxHippy]

I got it! I did this:

As root:

rpm --erase jre-1.6.0_16-fcs.x86_6
sh jre-6u16-linux-i586-rpm.bin

As user:

cd ~/.mozilla/plugins
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_16/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so

verify in firefox 3.0.13 URL line:

sh ~/firefox/firefox
about:plugins

[zackf]

Cool, thanks for sharing. They do make a 64 bit version of FF, it works pretty well with java and there's even a 64 bit flash plugin from adobe now. You can run 32 bit on a 64 bit system if you prefer. I'm running 64 bit on Ubuntu right now but 32 on Fedora, but not a 32 on a 64

[LinuxHippy]

I'm confused now-how can a user spaced program bring down the entire pc? That happened last night in Firefox 3.0.13...I even took out all the plugins with the same result. It's only at certain sites like juno.com or bank sites. This was happening to me with Firefox 3.5.x that ships and was updated in FC11-x86_64. I read here that other people are having this happen but usually the pc doesn't lock up on them since they have a dual core cpu or more RAM than my 3 year old pc. I tried installing Omega FC 32 bit with the same result.

When is FC12 coming out?

[zackf]

It depends how it's "bringing it down" I suppose. Is it like a hard freeze?

[LinuxHippy]

yes-hard freezes and I have to hold in the power button for a couple seconds for a hard shut down. This doesn't happen with Ubuntu 9.04 which also uses ext4 but still is using firefox 3.0

[zackf]

Interesting, what kind of video card to you have?

[LinuxHippy]

none-my video is an integrated ATI Radeon:

VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200G Series]