plugin in mozilla

[myfreebsd at cox.net]

>Tino Boss wrote:

>> Mikael Backman wrote:
>>
>>> hi!
>>> i have installed linuxpluginwrapper and added the file >/etc/libmap.conf
>>> from the examples for 6.0 but mozilla shows no plugin >installed...
>>> what can i do? i even rebooted ...
>
>
>
> These things were discussed here before; so you might >wanna have a 
> look at the archives.
>
> Short version:
>
> - install the required ports: mozilla/firefox, linuxpluginwrapper 
> (plugins should be installed automatically as its dependencies)
> - create the apropriate links in /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins
> - verify the paths in /etc/libmap.conf
> - rename  /usr/local/bin/acroread7 to /usr/local/bin/acroread for 
> acroread plugin to work
>
> Tino

>I did all the above but acrobat does not work as plugin of >mozilla
>sincerely
>Filippo Moretti

You will also need to change the libmap.conf entry for acroread. It points to /usr/compat/linux and needs to point to the nppd.so in /usr/local/lib/acroread. You will need to enter the full pathname (sorry I am at work on MS).

David