Re: [SLE] mplayerplug-in ...70 acts like a trojan horse
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:01 , Randall R Schulz
Jim,
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 09:15, Jim Worrest wrote:
I decided to install the new mplayerplug-in for Mozilla on a computer using apt-get. BIG MISTAKE! Now I can't get Mozilla or Synaptic to boot up. The boot up of my 9.0 Pro from grub even doesn't act the same. Is there a cure for this? ---Jim
Of course not. Your computer will never work again. Just buy a new one and all new software distributions and start over.
The idea did cross my mind, much like the typical Linux user, I know it's the sturggle against adversity that is part of the game.
Now...
First off, I don't know what sort of actions apt takes that could have effects outside the packages to which it is applied. I stick to YaST / YOU, some manually installed RPMs and some non-RPM packages. The latter are generally self-contained and don't seem to interfere. Mozilla is one of these, by the way.
I used apt-get, I thought I was being careful, but using programs outside the regular SuSE programs, is living dangerously. I will probably use apt-get even less in the future, though it does serve some very useful purposes.
Next, when I first got MPlayer and tried to use the plug-in with my Mozilla install (not the SuSE-supplied one, which lags too far behind Mozilla development for me, but the latest provided on Mozilla.org, 1.7.0 at the time) it would not work because the MPlayer plug-in was compiled for GTK2 and the Linux release of Mozilla provided by Mozilla.org was built for GTK1 (presumably because that's more universally available than GTK2).
Nowadays Mozilla.org supplies a GTK2-based build, and with that MPlayer works fine.
I should have on of the very latest Mozillas, 1.7.2, I believe
I did not have the symptoms you did, but I have in the past found incompatible extension software (I'm thinking of the spell-check, which at one time was a separately supplied add-on) would prevent Mozilla from even launching. You may be experiencing a similar problem, since Netscape 7 is, I think, even more archaic than the Mozilla 1.6 supplied by SuSE.
Ah, you must have SuSE 9.1, 1.4 comes with 9.0
I'd recommend you get the latest GTK2-based build of Mozilla from Mozilla.org. That will enable you to use the MPlayer plug-in. It is otherwise compatible with things like your settings and bookmark files. You may need to retrieve new skins that are compatible with the version of Mozilla you install.
I will tinker, I was just blind-sided by this problem, and it doesn't seem very easy to fix. Thanks for the information. ---Jim
Randall Schulz
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On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 15:46, Jim Worrest wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:01 , Randall R Schulz
sent: Jim,
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 09:15, Jim Worrest wrote:
I decided to install the new mplayerplug-in for Mozilla on a computer using apt-get. BIG MISTAKE! Now I can't get Mozilla or Synaptic to boot up. The boot up of my 9.0 Pro from grub even doesn't act the same. Is there a cure for this? ---Jim
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Hi Jim, When you add or change plug-ins in Mozilla, you have to delete the file "pluginreg.dat" in your ~/.mozilla directory before it will recognize the changes... I believe this is a documented feature ;-) Also, I once forgot to delete that file after upgrading a plug-in. When Mozilla crashed due to calling an unrecognized version of the 'plugged in' software, it destabilized my desktop. After I rebooted, I was "restored" to the same (poorly functioning) session until the underlying problem was solved. So, yes, it is possible for your system to look and act differently because of problems like this. Finally, mplayerplug-in 2.70 requires a version of Mozilla built for GTK2. If your Mozilla uses GTK1, use mplayerplug-in 2.60 instead. YMMV & IHTH! regards, - Carl
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On Wednesday 27 Oct 2004 00:30, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 15:46, Jim Worrest wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:01 , Randall R Schulz
sent: Jim,
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 09:15, Jim Worrest wrote:
I decided to install the new mplayerplug-in for Mozilla on a computer using apt-get. BIG MISTAKE! Now I can't get Mozilla or Synaptic to boot up. The boot up of my 9.0 Pro from grub even doesn't act the same. Is there a cure for this? ---Jim
[-snip-]
Hi Jim,
When you add or change plug-ins in Mozilla, you have to delete the file "pluginreg.dat" in your ~/.mozilla directory before it will recognize the changes... I believe this is a documented feature ;-)
Also, I once forgot to delete that file after upgrading a plug-in. When Mozilla crashed due to calling an unrecognized version of the 'plugged in' software, it destabilized my desktop. After I rebooted, I was "restored" to the same (poorly functioning) session until the underlying problem was solved. So, yes, it is possible for your system to look and act differently because of problems like this.
Finally, mplayerplug-in 2.70 requires a version of Mozilla built for GTK2. If your Mozilla uses GTK1, use mplayerplug-in 2.60 instead.
YMMV & IHTH!
regards,
- Carl
Hummmmmmmm i did not know that one .. It has solved a problem for me thou as well Thanks Carl Cheers Pete. -- Linux user No: 256242 Machine No: 139931 G6NJR Pete also MSA registered "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan, The time is here to FORGET that M$ Corp ever existed the world does not NEED M$ Corp the world has NO USE for M$ Corp it is time to END M$ Corp , Play time is over folks time for action approaches at an alarming pace the death knell for M$ Copr has been sounded . Termination time is around the corner ..
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