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I upgraded from openSuse 10.3 to 11. Everything went OK. Yast installed the newest FF and I went to check what plugins it picked up. To my surprise it picked ...
  1. 09-02-2008 #1
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    Suse 11, FF 3.0.1 and plugins

    I upgraded from openSuse 10.3 to 11. Everything went OK. Yast installed the newest FF and I went to check what plugins it picked up. To my surprise it picked up none. So I went to /usr/lib/browser-plugins and all was well there. So I went to /usr/lib/firefox to look for a plugin file, there was none. I reinstalled FF several times and no-luck. So I deleted it and the file in /usr/lib and downloaded 2.0.0.6, it picked up all plugins, but Apple trailers won't work. But my question is why doesn't the newest FF list any plugins?
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    The plugins directory in openSUSE is /usr/lib/browser-plugins. The reason why the plugins are not installed in /usr/lib/firefox or /usr/lib/mozilla is because other apps like Konqueror, Opera etc also use Mozilla plugins, so openSUSE places them in a neutral directory.
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    Thank you for the reply. Yes, I know the plugins are in /usr/lib/browser-plugins but they don't show up in 3.0 FF under "about plugins". When I go to any site requiring a plugin the site tells me to get a plugin so clearly 3.0 FF isn't seeing the plugins because they don't show up in "about plugins". I had them in there once and they disappeared without a trace.
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    How did you install Firefox 3? I use openSUSE 11 and Firefox 3.x from the openSUSE repos and it has no problems accessing the plugins.
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  5. 09-04-2008 #5
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    I just installed openSuse and it automatically installed FF 3.0. I went back to 10.3. I hope FF does away with the disappearing toolbar labels or I'll be stuck with 2.0.0.16 forever.
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    I didn't suffer any of the problems you mentioned. Did you try using the latest Firefox 3 builds from the openSUSE mozilla repository?
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  7. 09-07-2008 #7
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    I did. When they changed the bookmark layout and the disappearing tool bar labels I was pretty much disappointed. I don't see anyone else complaining so I don't expect a change. Too bad they didn't make a default to the "classic" format, the way it's always appeared. I did everything I could think of and it never picked up the plugins. I went back to something that worked for me.

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