galeon
Cyber Source
peter at thecybersource.com
Sat May 4 08:40:16 EDT 2002
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Well that's all it was. Just had to know where the plugins directory was for mozilla. On my Mandrake 8.2 it turned out to be /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins , I copied the flash files into that directory and that was it! Now I really like this Galeon browser!
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On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 09:14, Robert Dege wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>For Mozilla, I put almost all the plugins in the global plugins directory,</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>which is mozilla/plugins (where ever mozilla is installed).</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Relaunching the browser -> about:plugins shows the current list of plugins</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>used. I find user plugins restrictive if/when I swap between root & my</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>local user. But that's my caveat ;)</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>-Rob</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> I've downloaded and installed the new netscape and installed the flash</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> on there and it works great. However, I am starting to prefer Galeon</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> over Netscape because you can disable those very annoying popups in</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Galeon, Very cool feature! and it works!. So I know that flash will work</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> on Linux, because I currently have it running on Netscape, same machine.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> I think the problem is, I can't find the plugin directory for Mozilla,</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> which I believe and have read, is really the backend to Galeon. I have</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> looked in my ~/.mozilla directory and don't see any plugin directory</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> there or down further in the tree....</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 08:38, Robert Dege wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Are you sure Macromedia ported Shockwave to linux? I thought only Flash</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> was available for the linux distro. But the only way I can think of would</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> be to copy the 2 flash plugin files into your browser's plugin directory &</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> see if gets identified by your browser upon startup.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > Does anyone know how to add the shockwave plugin to the galeon web</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > browser? It is a great browser but so many sites today are using</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > shockwave it is almost necessary to have that plugin. I know it is based</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > on mozilla and needs mozilla to run but I'm not sure where the files are</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > for the plugin. Anyone?</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Dege</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> .... If They Weren't Happening To Me</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Dege</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>.... If They Weren't Happening To Me</FONT></FONT></I>
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