Linux - GeneralThis Linux forum is for general Linux questions and discussion.
If it is Linux Related and doesn't seem to fit in any other forum then this is the place.
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
Yep, I have tried that but the only plugin setting I can find is "Enable plugins globally" which is switched on. The Flash files indicate that two of the files in the archive should be placed in the Netscape plugins directory. I have done this and also liberally sprinkled them all over the hard disc hopeing to find somewhere where it would work!
I had hoped that konqueror would have a setting to point at a directory containing the plugin. Have you upgraded KDE at all? I am using the Mandrake 8.0 stock version i.e K.D.E. 2.1.1.
Hi, I had the same problem, and then I noticed that Konqueror wasnt looking in the right place for the plugins in the netscape plungins dir. You should see a spot for adding another plugin directory in there. However, I am running the newest ver. of konqueror. If you still cant get it you might just want to try upgrading.
If you select Preferences->Web Browsing->Netscape Plugins from the K menu you will get a dialog box with two tabbed pages; Scan and Plugins.7.10.1.
Scan
This page lets you make KDE scan for new NetscapeŽ plugins, either manually by pressing the Scan for new plugins button or automatically each time KDE starts up.
The scan is done by looking through the directories listed in the Scan Directories list for .so files containing plugin code. It examines every such file to find out which MIME types the plugin supports. It then creates MIME type definitions for KDE in the user's ~/.kde/share/mimelnk directory to make other applications aware of the new mime types."
However, I cannot find a window marked netscape plugins at all. I just get the plugins "enable plugins globally" window. Hopefully this may jog someones memory as I am sure that there has to be something obvious I am missing!
FWIW, the 'Netscape Plugins' tab is all the way at the bottom of the sidebar (at least in Konqoeror 2.2.1), not in the 'Konqueror Browser' tab.
I copied the Flash player files to /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/ and clicked 'Scan for new plugins'. It found the Flash player OK, but it still doesn't work. libflashplayer.so shows up in the plugins list, but every site using Flash pops up one or more of those windows asking me to download the player. Very annoying. Has anyone had this problem yet?
Open up a terminal and do "nspluginscan" If you get "command not found" as a result then you need to install it. I know that mandrake has a seperate rpm for it (called kdebase-nsplugin -or something like that) other rpm distro's might as well. If you compiled from source you might have something else wrong but doing the scan from a terminal will give an error for most problems which gives you somewhere to start looking.
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.