Description of problem: When visiting pages that require a special plugin, such as Flash or Java, you get a "this page require a plugin to be viewed correctly. Click here to install it". If i click the button, i get a (really nice) dialog which finds the correct plugin (in the case of flash, not in the case of java), and downloads it. But when it is finished downloading, it just gives a sour message about the instalation failing... Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.0 How reproducible: haven't tried Steps to Reproduce: 1. go to "www.nrk.no" 2. se the nice litte firefox banner 3. click the install plugins button 4. next, next, next... 5. fails Actual results: no installation of plugin Expected results: plugin should be installed in user's home directory Additional info: This worked when using the official installer
I can verify this as well. The plugin finder fails to install flash.
I have a similar problem, when trying to install search plugins in the search bar. The dirty trick is to make the /usr/lib/firefox-1.0/{searchplugins,plugins} directories writable by the user you normally use to run firefox. this is dirty and not secure. Earlier, Firefox/Mozilla used to ask the user wether she/he wanted to install the extension/plugin/searchplugin system-wide or for his sole profile. Where did this code go ?
The best thing would, ofcource, be to have the plugin installer always install in user's home folder. If you want a system wide install - go grab a {flash | java} rpm.
Flash plugin installation works for me. Java plugin installation still fails.
I have the same problem while trying to install additional search plugins ("Add Engines..." item in search toolbar menu). It's really annoying and even painful.] $ rpm -q firefox firefox-1.0-2.fc3
Ugh - when i start firefox on a remote machine over ssh with X11 transfer on, it starts the local copy (of the i am sitting at)?!? Hmm... Strange... Anyway: On a fc4/rawhide system, i have firefox-1.0.3-2 installed. I have also used the plugin finder to install flash. I start firefox on the site "www.itavisen.no". It asks to open "ticker.swf" in totem ( :P ), and then me to install flashplayer. I click to install the missing plugin, installation completes, page reloaded. Same old'n'ugly message. this is printed to the termial: [kyrre@mona ~]$ firefox www.itavisen.no LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /home/kyrre/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so [/home/kyrre/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Ikke tilgang] UA: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050416 Fedora/1.0.3-2 Firefox/1.0.3:, extra: Firefox/1.0.3 LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /home/kyrre/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so [/home/kyrre/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Ikke tilgang] LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /home/kyrre/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so [/home/kyrre/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Ikke tilgang] LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /home/kyrre/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so [/home/kyrre/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Ikke tilgang] (ikke tilgang == Access denied)
The Flash install should work fine with FC4T3 now. The problem was originally tracked on bug 152611, and then moved to bug 151870. You can read both for details, but RPM was setting the wrong SELinux security context on the home directory, so that the plugins would not run after they were installed. I just verified that things are working great with Flash on FC4T3. If someone wants to point me to a site that auto-installs Java, I'll give that a shot as well. -Sean
Hmm.. i know one, but you'll need a password and username (https://www.its-learning.com) I don't think java install works on upstream either (at least not in Linux) - i think it complained "could not find plugin" or something like that. Could SE-linux also be the problem with translations?
Alright- I just visited a webpage that required JAVA, and firefox correctly routed me to Sun's page to install Java. It also informed me that it could not be installed automatically, and would have to be manually installed. (As a separate issue, the Java RPM from Sun does not work after installation). This is not a bug with Firefox, however, which works correctly with both Flash (auto-install) works fine, and Java (points to an RPM as it can not auto-install it). I would say that this bug can be closed as "Not A Bug" or "Rawhide" (as the Flash issue did exist at one time, but works now in Rawhide). Once I figure out what is causing the Java install to not work via RPM, I will file a bug with the appropriate component. -Sean
FC4 users are advised to not use Sun's Java RPM. It contains Provides that conflict with names used in FC4's packages, meaning Sun Java might disappear from an installed system during package upgrade operations. FC4 users should use either jpackage's RPM or install manually the Sun Java tarball into /opt. Sun Java 1.5+ is recommended for stability purposes.
Fedora Core 3 is now maintained by the Fedora Legacy project for security updates only. If this problem is a security issue, please reopen and reassign to the Fedora Legacy product. If it is not a security issue and hasn't been resolved in the current FC5 updates or in the FC6 test release, reopen and change the version to match. Thank you!
Closing per lack of response to previous request for information. This bug was originally filed against a much earlier version of Fedora Core, and significant changes have taken place since the last version for which this bug is confirmed. Note that FC3 and FC4 are supported by Fedora Legacy for security fixes only. Please install a still supported version and retest. If it still occurs on FC5 or FC6, please reopen and assign to the correct version. Otherwise, if this a security issue, please change the product to Fedora Legacy. Thanks, and we are sorry that we did not get to this bug earlier.