[Neus]

ok... ive been trying to get plug ins for my mozilla to work.. but they just dont wanna work... ive tried installing both java and flash plug ins, i restart browser... and then it tells me to install again... both said they installed succesfuly too

[Dapper Dan]

You just want the world don't you!!

Seriously, give me a few hours while I fetch my notes, (in my brain) and I'll tell you how to install both..

[Neus]

lol, sry for buggin ya so much.. nyways, its 3 am here (how time flies when ur on linux ;)) So I may go to bed n start fresh tomarrow.... thx for all ur help so far though..

[Dapper Dan]

I should have it for you by in your morning..

[Dapper Dan]

OK..download this.

From a terminal, "cd" to the directory where you downloaded it and as root type:

gunzip install_flash_player_6_linux.tar.gz [enter]
then:
tar xvf install_flash_player_6_linux.tar [enter]

this will create a directory called: install_flash_player_6_linux

Now, go into that directory by...

cd install_flash_player_6_linux [enter]

and type:

ls [enter]

This will dispaly the contents of install_flash_player_6_linux which will look like this:

flashplayer-installer libflashplayer.so readme.txt
flashplayer.xpt ReadMe.htm

Then type:

sh flashplayer-installer [enter]

Now follow the directions. When it gets to the part where it asks:

Please enter the installation path of the Mozilla, Netscape,
or Opera browser (i.e., /usr/lib/mozilla):

you will type:

usr/lib/mozilla-1.2.1 (or whatever version you have) [enter]

Continue to follow the directions. After installation is complete, go here and tell me if you see a regular looking website or if you just get a big blank page. If everything looks normal at this web page, then you have successfully installed flash player. Now onto java which is slightly more complicated..

[Neus]

nope... just asks me to install the plugin... again... maybe ill try another mozilla install

[Dapper Dan]

Here's a good link on installing java

http://anyweb.kicks-ass.net/linux/java.html

[Dapper Dan]

Quote:

nope... just asks me to install the plugin... again... maybe ill try another mozilla install

And you didn't run into any problems when installing? If you didn't then there is no reason why that should not have worked.

[Neus]

still aint workin.. pizing me off too... gah... theres some times unfortantly that i actualy like how windows was made... (cource theres not enough of those to outweigh linux :))

*edit*
cant get either to work... i followed ur instructions directly too...

[Dapper Dan]

Neus, I can remember several times that I wanted to put my fist through a wall while thinking, "NOTHING is worth this!!!" In the beginning Linux admittedly can be very frustrating. The reason is because you necessarily have to be involved in the computing process rather than having someone else make it to where you just click here and click there. Just stay with it and try to learn from your mistakes. Mistakes are the only way one can learn anything!
There will come a time when you will accomplish something with Linux that will make you swell up with pride! That moment will come, but you have to be patient! Stay with it, and in the end it will pay off! Trust me! I am SOOOOOOO glad I didn't cave, and go back to Windows, when there were several times I almost did! If I can learn Linux, anyone can!

[Dapper Dan]

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still aint workin.. pizing me off too... gah... theres some times unfortantly that i actualy like how windows was made... (cource theres not enough of those to outweigh linux :))

*edit*
cant get either to work... i followed ur instructions directly too...

check in /usr/lib and see what version of Mozilla is there. It should be mozilla-1.2.1. At this point in the operation, is it saying anything that sounds like it's not finding your Mozilla?

[Neus]

no mozilla is there.. musta installed it wrong.. lol... oop help?

the basic problem i have is how the freg you install everything.... thats where i screw up...

[Dapper Dan]

You shouldn't have to install Mozilla, it already comes as a standard browser with Mdk unless you somehow did not install it. Go to a terminal and type:

mozilla [enter]

Is it there?

[Neus]

lol, no... could u go over a install of mozilla for me?

[Dapper Dan]

So are you saying that when you type:

mozilla [enter]

at a terminal, you aren't getting the mozilla browser at all??

[Neus]

yeh im sure.... i think i may have installed the files wrong n junk... and if i wasnt supposed to instal... yeh.. thatd explain it.. lol...

[Dapper Dan]

OK, so what we must have here is no Mozilla at all. (are you using all small letters when typing "mozilla" into a terminal and pressing enter?) No wonder flash wouldn't work!

Go to a terminal and as root type:

urpmi mozilla [enter]

Your computer may at this point beg for the install cds, so do as it says to do.

If you do, Mozilla should get installed without problems..

[Neus]

8) what would i do without you... thx... now i can try installing those things again... lool

[Dapper Dan]

So did it work and you now have mozilla?

[Neus]

ok, i have mozilla, and i tried installing java and flash again, and failed... should i wipe out the old directories that i made such as .mozilla inside my /home/username/ files? if so how do you delete the hidden files?

*edit*
also now when i go to a site, instead of it poping up sayin i need to download, it just shows the plugin icon, and does nothing... (but it isnt loading the plugin)

*edit again*
Ok, got a bigger problem now, my konsole dissapeared, look for more details in that topic, please help solve that one first... i want my konsole back

*edit again... again again....*
Hey i solved my problem.. got some shortcuts back up, but i found it still worked with the alt f2 then type konsole in.... so im good.. still need help on plugins tho