On Sunday 08 October 2006 11:57, Dave Howorth wrote:
I recently updated my 9.3 system with YOU. Now Firefox can't view PDFs :( When I try to view one, it says:
Could not launch Adobe Reader 7.0. Please make sure it exists in PATH variable ...
(Don't you just hate applications that won't let you copy and paste their error messages!). Has anybody seen this before? I haven't managed to figure it out by experimenting with Firefox's preferences and the only references I've found with Google are old and don't seem relevant.
Hi Dave, I have the following on my systems running Firefox 1.5.0.7: carl@linux:~> locate nppdf.so /usr/X11R6/lib/Acrobat7/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so Plus symlinks to /usr/X11R6/lib/Acrobat7/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so here: /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins/nppdf.so /usr/lib/browser-plugins/nppdf.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/nppdf.so With recent SUSE releases, the 'central store' for browser plug-ins is the directory /usr/lib/browser-plugins, and most SUSE-specific rpm packages will 'land' their plug-ins in this central store. Some will retain a predefined unique plug-in location, in which case symlinks pointing to them are placed in the central store. In case you're wondering, the rationale for such a central store is to ease plug-ins maintenance and allow them to be shared by multiple browsers. You are aware, aren't you, that you can review the listing of active installed plug-ins in Firefox by entering "about:plugins" in the address bar? I'd check there to see what Firefox is 'seeing' for installed and active plug-ins. Another comment: Quite awhile back, I can't recall which versions were involved, but I had an Acroread plug-in version conflict where the preceding plug-in with a different name (but containing the string 'pdf') was retained and conflicting with the new plug-in named 'nppdf.so'. So, you need to look under all the directories on your system containing plug-ins and ensure obsolete plug-ins are removed... even check under your local user browser 'hidden' files like ~/.mozilla or ~/.firefox, etc. hth & regards, Carl