[Ambulant-users] linux plugin not recognized

[Kees Blom]

Hi Federico,

I have no idea. It has worked in $HOME/mozilla/plugins on Fedora 8/10.
I never saw nspluginwrapper work with plugins installed there.
I've no experience with Ubuntu, but don't see why it would not work there.
You could check if the files are readable  and executable.
One last thing to try: in Firefox File->Open Location, type: about:plugins.
npambulant should be listed when the plugin is installed.

Bye,

Kees Blom.


Federico Bruni wrote:
> Kees Blom wrote:
>> Federico Bruni wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to install the Ambulant plugin for Linux, but it is not 
>>> recognized.
>>> Here's what I've done (now I'm using gNewSense and IceCat, but I had 
>>> the same problem with Ubuntu Intrepid and Firefox two weeks ago).
>>>
>>> sudo cp npambulant.so npambulant.xpt /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
>>>
>>> sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npambulant.so 
>>> /usr/lib/icecat-3.0.10-g1/plugins/
>>>
>>> sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npambulant.xpt 
>>> /usr/lib/icecat-3.0.10-g1/plugins/
>>>
>>> Restarted IceCat but no ambulant in the addons (double check: demos 
>>> not working).
>>>
>>> So I've tried to put a symbolic link also in this directory:
>>> sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npambulant.so 
>>> /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/
>>>
>>> sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npambulant.xpt 
>>> /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/
>>>
>>> But it fails to be seen by the browser.
>>> I was tempted to add a symlink also in 
>>> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugin/ but I guess maybe it's not here the 
>>> solution ;-)
>>>
>>> Could you please tell me why it doesn't work this way?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Federico
>>>
>>>
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>> Firefox plugin for Linux was tested on Fedora 10, by copying the files
>> npambulant.so and npambulant.xpt in ~/.mozilla/plugins
>> In the .zip file there a file README-linux is available, saying:
>> ------------
>> Installation instructions for installing the AmbulantPlayer Firefox 
>> plugin
>> version 2.0.2 (xpcom version, works only with Firefox) on Linux 
>> (32/64 bit):
>> Move or copy the following files from this .zip file to:
>> $HOME/.mozilla/plugins
>> (or as root for system-wide installation to: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins)
>>
>> npambulant.so
>> npambulant.xpt
>>
>> Restart Firefox.
>>
>> For uninstall, remove above files.
>>
>> Notes:
>> 1. This is an experimental version. Sometimes when npambulant is loaded,
>>   Firefox may hang or crash.
>> 2. The current version of npambulant is incompatible with 
>> nspluginwrapper.
>>   For root installations, you can disable nspluginwrapper by adding
>>   ":npambulant*" to the variable IGNORE_WRAP in 
>> "/etc/sysconfig/nspluginwrapper"
>> 3. For a 64-bit version, copy npambulant.so-64 in place of 
>> npambulant.so in oneof the
>>   directories mentioned above.
>> 4. This version was build with the following options:
>>   ./configure --prefix=$HOME CFLAGS=-fPIC CXXFLAGS=-fPIC --with-live 
>> --without-python --without-xerces --without-plugins --without-qt 
>> --with-npambulant LDFLAGS=-L$HOME/lib EXTRA_LIBS=-lfaad
>> -----------
>> Thus, there are  3 possible causes for your problem:
>> 1. You're not using Firefox
>> 2. You are doing a root installation without disabling nspluginwrapper
>> 3. New, unknown problem that was never observed before.
>>
>> As the plugin is being rewritten to use a newer interface (nruntime) 
>> s.t.
>> on Windows XP the plugin also works with Safari and Opera,  it may be
>> approptiate to test that version (must be build from trunk,  
>> currently not
>> released yet).
>>
>
> Sorry for the awful quoting, but some time is passed since these 
> emails so it's better refreshing our memories...
>
> I'm trying to install the ambulant plugin in Firefox 3.0.11 on Ubuntu 
> Jaunty now.
> I have the same problems as above: the plugin is not recognized.
>
> I do not have nspluginwrapper installed, I just have this:
>
> =====================================================================
> fede at fede-laptop:~$ locate nspluginwrapper
> /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
> /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/dirs.d
> /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/dirs.d/flashplugin-installer
> =====================================================================
>
> but I don't think it is relevant, right?
>
> Maybe the issue is where put the files in a Ubuntu system?
> I've tried the following:
>
> - in the home--->  ~/.mozilla/plugins/ and 
> ~/.mozilla/firefox/blabla.default/plugins/
>
> - as root---> in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
>
> In /usr/lib I have many other possible directories which contain a 
> plugin directory:
> firefox firefox-3.0.11 firefox-addons
>
> Should I place a symbolic link pointing to the 
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins to be sure?
> Or it is just a waste of time?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Federico
>
>
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