On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 23:39:33 -0700, critters
<mhornyt@NO-TINNED-MEATnetscape.net> dijo:
>Marek Williams wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:01:48 -0700, critters
>> <mhornyt@NO-TINNED-MEATnetscape.net> dijo:
>>>Marek Williams wrote:
>>>>I have Firefox 1.04 on my Windows 2000 computer and my Linux laptop
>>>>(Ubuntu 5.04, 64-bit). No problems on the Windows 2000 version, but on
>>>>the laptop I keep getting sites that say there is a missing plugin. I
>>>>click to install the plugin, it appears to install it, and when I
>>>>restart Firefox, the plugin is still not there.
>>>>
>>>>Also, Firefox on the Windows 2000 computer is 1.04. On the Linux
>>>>laptop it appears to be 1.02, but evidently there is a bug that makes
>>>>earlier versions of Firefox appear as 1.02. I don't care if there is a
>>>>bug in the About page. All I want is to be sure I am running 64-bit
>>>>Ubuntu. Is there a way to determine this? And a way to fix it?
>
>>>1. Give a site that requires the plug-on
>>>2. What plug-in?
>>
>> Go to allclassical.org with Linux version. Click on "listen online."
>> The popup displays missing plugins. Cick on any of them. It will pop
>> up a window that says "the following plugins are available: RealPlayer
>> 10.5."
>>
>> It says to click on Next to install the plugin. When I click on Next
>> it offers me only Manual Install. When I click on Manual Install it
>> takes me to www.real.com. But I have already been there and installed
>> it. Several times. However, while I may have installed it, I am not
>> sure it is working, although Synaptic shows it as installed. The
>> allclassical.org site is the only site I have ever tried it with, and
>> it does not work.
>>
>> Actually, all I want to do is get allclassical.org to play on my
>> 64-bit Ubuntu 5.04 laptop. Other plugins don't interest me.
>I had no problem. So, try this with Firefox closed. Go to the Real
>Player Folder, and you should see the Netscape6 folder. There you will
>see about 6 files. Copy them to the Firefox Plugin folder. Restart FF
>and try that out.
What is the name of the "Real Player Folder"? I searched on "Real" and
"real" and came up with a zillion files and folders. I also searched
on Netscape6 and came up with nothing.
This is Ubuntu 5.04, 64-bit kernel.
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