Re: [gentoo-user] mozplugger is masked

[THUFIR HAWAT]

On 3/22/06, Boris Fersing <kernelsensei@g.o> wrote:
..
> Hi,
>
> ~x86 means that this package is marked as unstable because it needs
> some testing, if you want to test it (don't worry, I've my whole
> system in ~x86 and it's quite stable), just unmask it this way :
>
> echo "net-www/mozplugger ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
>
> You'll have to create /etc/portage/ if it's the first time you use the
> /etc/portage/* files ...
>
> regards,
>
> Boris.
..

I have acroread (adobe) and "document viewer" installed, either of
which can read PDF files.  prior to emerging mozplugger firefox would
launch acroread as a seperate application.  Currently,
"edit=>preferences=>downloads" in firefox doesn't show an action for
PDF files.  Yet, when clicking on a PDF file link from firefox, the
complete URL, ending with ".pdf", loads--only it's a blank page.



localhost ~ #
localhost ~ #
localhost ~ #
localhost ~ # whoami
root
localhost ~ # ls -hal /home/thufir/.mozilla/
total 20K
drwxr-xr-x   4 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:40 .
drwxr-xr-x  22 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:57 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 thufir users  335 Mar 21 17:48 appreg
drwxr-xr-x   3 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:54 firefox
drwxr-xr-x   2 thufir users 4.0K Mar 22 13:55 plugins
localhost ~ # ls -hal /home/thufir/.mozilla/firefox/
total 24K
drwxr-xr-x  3 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:54 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:40 ..
drwx------  5 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:55 dif1d0z2.default
-rw-------  1 thufir users 4.3K Mar 23 10:54 pluginreg.dat
-rw-r--r--  1 thufir users   94 Mar 21 17:47 profiles.ini
localhost ~ # rm /home/thufir/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat -v
removed `/home/thufir/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat'
localhost ~ # ls -hal /home/thufir/.mozilla/firefox/
total 16K
drwxr-xr-x  3 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:58 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:40 ..
drwx------  5 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:55 dif1d0z2.default
-rw-r--r--  1 thufir users   94 Mar 21 17:47 profiles.ini
localhost ~ # exit
logout
thufir@localhost ~ $ whoami
thufir
thufir@localhost ~ $ firefox
No running windows found

Usage: /usr/bin/acroread [options] [list of files]

Options:
    --display=<DISPLAY>
        This option specifies the host and display to use.
    --screen=<SCREEN>
        X screen to use. Use this options to override the
        screen part of the DISPLAY environment variable.
    --sync
        Make X calls synchronous. This slows down the program considerably.
    -geometry [<width>x<height>][{+|-}<x offset>{+|-}<y offset>]
        Size and/or location of the document windows.
        Note: this option is position dependent, and can be
        specified multiple times. The geometry specified only
        affects the list of files following it.
    -help
        Prints the common command-line options.
    -iconic
        Launches in an iconic state on the desktop.
    -setenv <var>=<value>
        Tells the main application to perform the equivalent of
        C-shell setenv <var> <value>.
    -tempFile
        Indicates files listed on the command line are temporary files
        and should not be put in the recent file list.  The document
        title will be the title in the pdf document, instead of the
        filename.
    -tempFileTitle <title>
        Same as -tempFile, except the title is specified.
    -toPostScript [options] pdf_file ... [ps_dir]
    -toPostScript [options] -pairs pdf_file_1 ps_file_1 ...
    -toPostScript [options]
        Converts the given pdf_files to PostScript.

        In the first form, if the last file specified is a directory,
        then all preceding files will be converted to PostScript
        and the generated PostScript files will be placed into ps_dir.
        If a directory is not specified, then the PostScript files
        will be placed in the same directory as the original file.

        In the second form, the file list contains pairs, each
        consisting of a PDF filename and a corresponding PostScript
        filename.

        The third form specifies a filter, reading a PDF file from
        standard input and writing the PostScript file to standard
        output.

        Note: When using -toPostScript it must be the first argument
        passed in on the command line.

        The following are valid options for the conversion of PDF to
        PostScript:

        -binary - emit binary PostScript where possible
        -start <int> - identify the first page in the document to be
           converted (default is the first page of the document)
        -end <int> - identify the last page in the document to be
           converted (default is the last page of the document)
        -optimizeForSpeed - emit PostScript such that all fonts are
           emitted once at the beginning of the document.  This
           results in faster transmission times and smaller
           PostScript documents but requires more PostScript printer
           virtual memory.
        -landscape - rotate the pages to print landscape
        -reverse - reverse the page order of the output
        -odd - emit only odd-numbered pages
        -even - emit only even-numbered pages
        -commentsOff - don't print comments
        -annotsOff - don't print annots
        -stampsOff - don't print stamps
        -markupsOn - print document and markups
        -level2 - emit Level 2 PostScript  (level1 is not supported)
        -level3 - emit Level 3 PostScript
        -printerhalftones - use the printer default halftones.
        -saveVM - download fonts as needed to preserve printer memory
        -size - Paper size (letter,tabloid,ledger,legal,a3,a4,a5,b4,b5)
        -scale <int> - scale the pages according to the scale factor
           (default is 100 percent)
        -shrink - shrink the pages to fit the page size
        -expand - expand the pages to fit the page size
        -size <pagesize> - set the page size.  The following page sizes
           are recognized:
              letter - letter size paper
              tabloid - tabloid size paper
              ledger - ledger size paper
              legal - legal size paper
              executive - executive size paper
              a3 - ISO standard A3 size
              a4 - ISO standard A4 size
              a5 - ISO standard A5 size
              b4 - ISO standard B4 size
              b5 - ISO standard B5 size
              wxh - custom size paper where w is the integer width
                 in points and h is the integer height in points
        -transQuality level - set the transparency flattening level
           Value from 1-5, where 1 means rasterize everything, 5 means
           rasterize as little as possible, default is 3.
    -openInNewWindow
        The application starts normally without checking if it
        is already running.
    -version
        Print version information and quit.
    -visual <visual class> [depth=<depth>]
    -visual id=<visual id>
    -visual best
    -visual default
        Specifies a visual.

        In the first form, the visual class (specified by either
        its name or number) with an option depth determine the
        visual to use.

        In the second form, the visual id is specified. The prefix
        0x must be used for hexadecimal numbers.

        The third form uses an internal algorithm based on depth
        and visual class.

        The fourth form simply uses the default visual.

        Note that PseudoColor visuals of depth greater than 8,
        and DirectColor visuals are not supported.
thufir@localhost ~ $ ls -hal /home/thufir/.mozilla/
total 20K
drwxr-xr-x   4 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:40 .
drwxr-xr-x  22 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:57 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 thufir users  335 Mar 21 17:48 appreg
drwxr-xr-x   3 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:58 firefox
drwxr-xr-x   2 thufir users 4.0K Mar 22 13:55 plugins
thufir@localhost ~ $ ls -hal /home/thufir/.mozilla/firefox/
total 24K
drwxr-xr-x  3 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:58 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:40 ..
drwx------  5 thufir users 4.0K Mar 23 10:59 dif1d0z2.default
-rw-------  1 thufir users 4.3K Mar 23 10:58 pluginreg.dat
-rw-r--r--  1 thufir users   94 Mar 21 17:47 profiles.ini
thufir@localhost ~ $ date
Thu Mar 23 11:00:09 GMT 2006
thufir@localhost ~ $


It doesn't matter which application opens the PDF, but I'd like either
"document viewer" or "acroread" to work with mozplugger.

Is there something I'm not seeing?  Should I re-emerge firefox and
mozplugger?  Seems a bit drastic.



thanks,

Thufir

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