[ale] Please help Drew fix his browser problem

[James Sumners]

MozPlugger is _horrible_! Last time I used that plugin the browser
wouldn't even start up. Definitely get rid of that thing. The
"about:plugins" is a sort of special url; just type it in the url bar
and press enter.

Also, Knoppix is NOT Debian. As per `/msg dpkg knoppix` on
#debian/irc.debian.org:
"<dpkg> Knoppix is _not_ Debian. Seek knoppix help in #knoppix. For
those of you who don't know, knoppix is a livecd distro based on
debian. It's useful as a rescue cd, to test hardware, and for
situations where you have access to a computer but it doesn't run
debian. http://www.knoppix.com/.  Please go to #knoppix"

On 5/20/05, ChangingLINKS.com <groups at changinglinks.com> wrote:
> On Friday May 20 2005 15:33, you wrote:
> > I have found in the past that sometimes something is screwy in the
> > config... try mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozillabkup and see if that helps.
> 
> No. The problem remained.
> 
> >
> > Also, it may be a bad plugin. What plugins are listed in about:plugins?
> 
> I'm not sure where "about:plugins" is, but I went into .mozilla/firefox and
> did found some/the information:
> 
> ]# cat pluginreg.dat
> Generated File. Do not edit.
> 
> [HEADER]
> Version:0.08:$
> 
> [PLUGINS]
> /KNOPPIX/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mozplugger.so:$
> :$
> 1092131261000:1:5:$
> MozPlugger version 1.6.0, written by <a href=http://fredrik.hubbe.net/>Fredrik
> H&uuml;binette</a> <a href=mailto:hubbe at hubbe.net>&lt;hubbe at hubbe.net&gt</a>
> and Louis Bavoil <a
> href=mailto:louis at bavoil.net>&lt;louis at bavoil.net&gt</a>.<br>For
> documentation on how to configure mozplugger, check the man page. (type
> <tt>man&nbsp;mozplugger</tt>) <table>  <tr><td>Configuration
> file:</td><td>/etc/mozpluggerrc</td></tr>  <tr><td>Helper
> binary:</td><td>mozplugger-helper</td></tr>  <tr><td>Controller
> binary:</td><td>mozplugger-controller</td></tr>  </table> <br clear=all>:$
> MozPlugger 1.6.0:$
> 19
> 0:audio/wav: Microsoft wave file:wav:$
> 1:audio/x-wav: Microsoft wave file:wav:$
> 2:audio/x-pn-wav:Microsoft wave file:wav:$
> 3:audio/x-pn-windows-acm:Microsoft wave file:wav:$
> 4:image/sun-raster: SUN raster image: rs:$
> 5:image/x-sun-raster: SUN raster image: rs:$
> 6:image/x-rgb: RGB Image: rgb:$
> 7:image/x-portable-pixmap: PPM Image: ppm:$
> 8:image/x-portable-graymap: PGM Image: pgm:$
> 9:image/x-portable-bitmap: PBM Image: pbm:$
> 10:image/x-portable-anymap: PBM Image: pnm:$
> 11:image/tiff: TIFF image: tiff,tif:$
> 12:image/x-tiff: TIFF image: tiff,tif:$
> 13:application/pdf: PDF file: pdf:$
> 14:application/x-pdf: PDF file: pdf:$
> 15:text/pdf: PDF file: pdf:$
> 16:text/x-pdf: PDF file: pdf:$
> 17:application/x-postscript: PostScript file: ps:$
> 18:application/postscript: PostScript file: ps:$
> /KNOPPIX/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflash-mozplugin.so:$
> :$
> 1095441114000:1:1:$
> Flash Movie player Version 0.4.10 compatible with Shockwave Flash 4.0
> <P>Shockwave is a trademark of <A
> HREF="http://www.macromedia.com">Macromedia&reg;</A><P>Author : <A
> HREF=mailto:odebon at club-internet.fr>Olivier Debon </A>:$
> Shockwave Flash:$
> 2
> 0:application/x-shockwave-flash:Flash Plugin:swf:$
> 1:application/x-futuresplash:Future Splash:spl:$
> 
> --
> Wishing you Happiness, Joy, and Laughter,
> Drew Brown
> http://www.ChangingLINKS.com
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James Sumners
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"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

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