FC5 - mozilla help needed
Thad Nielsen
paroikos at myrealbox.com
Tue Aug 29 21:07:52 UTC 2006
Dean S. Messing [deanm at sharplabs.com] wrote:
>
> Thad Nielsen writes:
> : Dean S. Messing [deanm at sharplabs.com] wrote:
> : >
> : > Thad Nielsen writes:
> : > : Dean S. Messing [deanm at sharplabs.com] wrote:
> : > : >
> : > : > I'm unable to get Adobe `acroread' to run within Mozilla.
> : > : > Would someone who knows give me some pointers please?
> : > : >
> : <snip>
> : > : > Yet when I try to view a .pdf from w/in mozilla, I get nothing. On a
> : > : > large .pdf, I can see mozilla taking time to read the file in, but
> : > : > then I just get a blank mozilla window. acroread is not being started
> : > : > at all.
> : <snip>
> : > :
> : > : Dean, I also run an uptodate FC5 with selinux disabled. I am running
> : > : mozilla 1.7.13-1.1.fc5 and AdobeReader_enu 7.05.-1 from Adobe itself.
> : > : I have no trouble opening PDF files from within mozilla. Sorry that I
> : > : know nothing of the Dries repository. You might examine your
> : > : /var/log/messages file for any helpful error messages. You might try
> : > : Xpdf on the same PDF files that give you trouble in Adobe Reader. You
> : > : might replace your Adobe Reader with the one at adobe.com. Hope some
> : > : of this is helpful to you.
> : > :
> : >
> : <snip>
> : >
> : > I am running the same version of mozilla as you.
> : > I think this is the same acroread as well but if needed
> : > I'll de-install it and go tothe one from Adobe.
> : >
> : > However, acroread itself is working fine. I have invoked it
> : > on several .pdf files from the commandline, including ones I downloaded
> : > from the Web that mozilla/acroread would not show.
> : >
> : > Question: Do you also have "mozilla-acroread" installed?
> : >
> : > It provides "/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so" so if you don't
> : > then there is a major difference between you and me.
> : >
> : > Also: does your acroread run within the mozilla windeow itself
> : > or does acroread start up "on the side" in its own window.
> : >
> :
> : Dean, I do NOT have mozilla-acroread, so that is different. I also do
> : not have the Fedora version of Adobe Reader but the Adobe version.
> : The Adobe Reader on my system is called from mozilla when mozilla
> : encounters a PDF file and Adobe Reader opens in its own window. Hope
> : this is helpful.
>
> Thanks Thad. That is very helpful, indeed. I understand
> you don't have the fedora version of acroread, but at this
> point I don't think it is relevant since acroread on my system
> works perfectly from the commandline.
>
> Might I ask you to for some system info from your machine?
>
> What is the output of
>
> #locate nppdf.so
>
> Next, what is the output of
>
> #rpm -q mozplugger
>
> If you have mozplugger installed, would you kindly look in
> /etc/mozpluggerrc, and search on "pdf" and include the stanza
> in which it occurs. Please do the same for "acroread". Both
> shd. be case-insensative searches. Thanks!
>
> >From mine /etc/mozpluggerrc I get for these searches:
>
> "pdf":
>
>
> application/pdf:pdf:PDF file
> application/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file
> text/pdf:pdf:PDF file
> text/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file
> ACROREAD()
> repeat noisy swallow(evince) fill: evince "$file"
> repeat noisy swallow(kpdf) fill: kpdf "$file"
> repeat noisy swallow(Xpdf) fill: xpdf -g +9000+9000 "$file"
> GV()
>
>
> "acroread":
>
>
> ### Acrobat Reader
>
> define(ACROREAD_OPTS,[-geometry +9000+9000 -tempFileTitle acroread])
> define(ACROREAD_FLAGS,[repeat swallow(acroread) fill])
> ifelse(esyscmd([acroread -helpall | grep openInNewWindow]),[],[
> define(ACROREAD,[ACROREAD_FLAGS(): acroread ACROREAD_OPTS() +useFrontEndProgram "$file"])
> ],[
> define(ACROREAD,[ACROREAD_FLAGS(): acroread ACROREAD_OPTS() -openInNewWindow "$file"])
> ])
>
>
> I hope from yours I can figure something out (not knowing what
> on earth this above lines really mean) :-)
>
> Dean
>
> P.S. Anyone else tracking this thread and who can explain the above
> will have my gratitude if you can debug my problem. :-)
>
Dean, I think Aaron's reply will probably prove helpful to you. But
to respond to your request:
/usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so
package mozplugger is not installed.
Apparently I get these emails some time after everyone else. But I
wish you well and that you can soon resolve your problem.
T.
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