[luau] Newbie Query - Browser Plugin?

[Vince Hoang]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 09:05:00PM -1000, Ryan Kawailani Ozawa wrote:
> After lurking for a week (hi Vince!), 

Welcome!

> I realize this list is primarily for power users, but I'm
> hoping you might tolerate a newbie question.

The things I generally carp about on what not to do on this list
are excessive quoting and using HTML-mail.

> I'm thinking of turning it over to my daughter, age six, and
> giving her an early start outside the M$ domain.

Very nice!

> The thing is, clearly I've forgotten much of the basic concepts
> of Linux, and specifically, I just can't get the Macromedia
> Flash plugin to work in either Firefox or Konqueror. The
> installer plops it in /home/user/.mozilla, and neither browser
> sees it. I tried manually moving the files from .mozilla to
> /firefox/plugins, but that doesn't do the trick. Any ideas?

I would think dropping the flash .so file under
~/.firefox/plugins would suffice. But..

http://macromedia.mplug.org/rep_uh.html
http://macromedia.mplug.org/site_uh.html

Try adding the urpmi source to your setup and installing the RPM.
(The Rutgers mirror is conveniently listed first when you google
for "mandrake macromedia flash".)

> Many thanks in advance for your patience and insights! And if
> this Mickey Mouse stuff is inappropriate for this list, let me
> know... and point me at a local Linux for Dummies group instead
> (if there is one!).

No, you are on the right list.

-Vince