Re: SUSE 10: pdf files not opening in firefox 1.5

graham wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:51:17 -0600, plew wrote:
>
>> On 2006-01-12, Darrell Stec <darrell_stec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> walter kehowski wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Vahis" <vahis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:Fp8xf.1748$Th7.876@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> walter kehowski wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am trying to get pdf files to view in firefox 1.5. Apparently
>>>>>> the dragonegg application has already been installed and browser
>>>>>> plugin for pdf is enabled. Is there anything else to do?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Walter Kehowski
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Remove the dragonegg.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Vahis
>>>>
>>>> And how does one do that?
>>>
>>> Start YAST. Go to Software Management. In the search box type
>>> "dragonegg" (without the quotes). When it pops up in the righthand
>>> panel right click on the box and choose delete. Then click on the
>>> accept button.
>>>
>> The "latest" ver of adobe reader is 7.05 which was updated for
>> firefox 1.5 as per the readme in the windows version; ver 7.05 is
>> also available for
>> linux in both tar & rpm file formats. Don't know if it corrects the
>> dragonegg problem.
>
> Yes, any acrobat version does that.
> copy /usr/X11R6/lib/Acrobat7/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so
> to /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/plugins/ and this should fix the acrobat
> problem without uninstalling gragonegg.

I'm running Firefox 1.0.7. I have a link
in /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib/plugins to nppdf.so. It did not fix the
problem without deleting dragonegg. Others milage may vary.

--
Later,
Darrell Stec darstec@xxxxxxxxxx

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