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Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]>
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Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:35:39 -0700
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On 03/17/2013 10:00 AM, Yasha Karant wrote:
> On 03/15/2013 12:07 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
>> On 03/15/2013 10:12 AM, Yasha Karant wrote:
>>> Evidently, from URL:
>>>
>>> http://nspluginwrapper.org/why.html
>>>
>>> nspluginwrapper is currently the only means to run a plugin in a browser
>>> of a different architecture. It is most commonly used to run a 32-bit
>>> plugin built for x86 in a 64-bit browser built for x86-64
>>>
>>> End quote
>>>
>>> and thus appears to address the issue I have raised in a different
>>> thread.  I have found:
>>>
>>> nspluginwrapper-1.4.4-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm - A compatibility layer for
>>> Netscape 4 plugins
>>>
>>> Does anyone have experience with this adaptation layer compatibility
>>> insert?  If so, good, bad, and is it reliable?
>>>
>>> Yasha Karant
>>>
>>
>> Hi Yasha,
>>
>> The only thing I tried to use it for was acrobat reader.  Flash
>> and Java all have 64 bit plug ins.  I never got it to work right.
>>
>> It is a mute point now that Firefox 19 has a build in PDF reader.
>> It wont do fill in forms, but you just download a copy and
>> run acroread.
>>
>> -T
>
> This is disappointing news in that a number of the plugins we need do
> not appear to have x86-64 bit plugins.  However, my previous solution
> (run a full IA-32 Firefox under a x86-64 linux) is no longer properly
> working.  As/if we find workarounds or support for media that requires
> plugins, I will post these back to the list.
>
> Yasha Karant
>

Which plugins are you having problems with?

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