#8593 NORM Not Tri: configure Firefox activity to share system plug-ins

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#8593: configure Firefox activity to share system plug-ins
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 Reporter:  skierpage         |         Owner:  cscott       
     Type:  defect            |        Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal            |     Milestone:  Not Triaged  
Component:  firefox-activity  |       Version:  not specified
 Keywords:                    |   Next_action:  never set    
 Verified:  0                 |     Blockedby:               
 Blocking:                    |  
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 I let Software update install Firefox-6.activity on 8.2-760.
 Firefox works fine but the Gnash and Totem plug-ins for swf and ogg mime
 types aren't available even though they're pre-installed and work in
 Browse.

 These plugins are installed in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins , so the Firefox
 activity should look there as well.

 '''Workaround'''[[BR]]
 The FF activity has its own ~olpc/Activities/Firefox-6.activity/plugins
 directory, containing just the null plugin.  So one workaround is to
 rename this and link to the xulrunner plug-ns directory:
 {{{
 cd ~olpc/Activities/Firefox-6.activity
 mv -i plugins plugins_FF_moved
 ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins .
 }}}
 I confirmed this works by viewing .swfs in HTML pages, but this workaround
 hides the Firefox activity's null plug-in.
 There's probably a better workaround by symlinking some other directory
 that Firefox checks; however, I don't know what other directories it looks
 in.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8593>
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