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Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
>
> Why did you choose 3.31 for 10.2 and not 3.40 
> for 11.0?  

I did this a couple of months ago, so I don't
recall the details; however, I wanted a version
designed for Firefox 1.5 (not Firefox 2).

> How did you 'install' 3.31 package?

As I said before I put the *.so files into
the plugins directory and the *.xpt files
into the components directory.  Then I 
rebooted Firefox.

> > right-click on icon and edit
> > the resultant config screen.
> Not intuitive but I could choose small icons 
> or no icons (text).

You can also completely remove the icon by
dragging it off the screen.

> >> How do I use the plugin after copying the two files
> >> to /plugins and /components?
> >
> > Restart Firefox, then enter about:plugins
> 
> I don't see any new plugins.  

Then you probably did not put the files into the
correct directories.  Or you did not restart
Firefox.

> copied the two files 

Which two files?  I've got five mplayer .so
files and four mplayer .xpt files.

> to /firefox*/plugins and components.  

I don't understand.  What are the full names 
of the directories you used?  Were those
directories already there?  Or did you
create them yourself?

> The two default plugins are in /firefox*/. 

I unpacked my Firefox in /usr/local/bin/firefox
My plugin directory is /usr/local/bin/firefox/plugins
and components are in /usr/local/bin/firefox/components

There are already lots of components in the components
directory.

> How does a plugin work - does it access mplayer or 
> substitute for it?

It calls mplayer.  However there is no point trying 
it until it shows up in about:plugins.  Does anything
appear in about:plugins at the moment?

Cheers,
Steven