Troy Dawson wrote:
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>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Troy Dawson wrote:
>>> SL 4.x
>>>
>>>  x86_64:
>>> firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4.i386.rpm
>>> firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4.x86_64.rpm
>>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The above update to firefox.i386 on the x86_64 architecture has broken 
>> the acrobat and java plugins.
>> (using acroread 7.0.9 and Sun Java 6u3)
>>
>> Clicking on a PDF file causes firefox to exit immediately
>> and launching webpages that require a java plugin no longer works.
>>
>> If I revert to firefox-1.5.0.12-0.3.el4.i386 everything works as 
>> expected.
>>
>> The reason we're using the i386 version on an x86_64 arch is
>> to get the various plugins working that have no x86_64 equivalent.
>>
>> I can get around the PDF issue by not using the plugin and just
>> loading the file externally in xpdf/acroread but we need
>> the java plugin to work too.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Ronnie
> 
> Hi,
> When it did the update, did it put in both the i386 and x86_64 version?  
> Or just the i386 version?
> 
> Troy

I'm getting more reports of this.
I'm still setting things up for a test, but as I do, is anyone having problems 
with Adobe acroread 8?  or is it only acroread 7?

Troy
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