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Bug 16366 - gpl flash plugin does not appear in mozilla plugin list
Summary: gpl flash plugin does not appear in mozilla plugin list
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Mozilla Gentoo Team
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Reported: 2003-02-25 14:49 UTC by Ian Smith
Modified: 2003-10-03 18:59 UTC (History)
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Description Ian Smith 2003-02-25 14:49:45 UTC
I have emerged gplflash, which merged libflash.  Both build OK.  I also removed
netscape flash.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge gplflash
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
merge competed successfully


Tue Feb 25 07:45 PM 3 root@beaky:/usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins
119 $ ll /usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins
total 28
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Feb 25 19:42 ./
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root         4096 Nov 21 03:50 ../
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jan 20 13:41 .keep
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        19632 Jan 20 13:41 libnullplugin.so*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           32 Feb 25 19:42 npflash.so ->
/opt/netscape/plugins/npflash.so
Tue Feb 25 07:48 PM 3 root@beaky:/usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins
120 $ ll /opt/netscape/plugins/npflash.so
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       325565 Feb 25 19:42
/opt/netscape/plugins/npflash.so
Comment 1 Wilson M. Michaels 2003-06-19 11:39:02 UTC
I too have this exact problem. The only difference is that I never installed any flavor of flash on my system.

I noticed that the file "/opt/netscape/plugins/npflash.so" was not executable while other plugins were so I made it executable. That did not help.
Comment 2 Joel Hill (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-10-03 18:59:24 UTC
gplflash now uses -r3