Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:35:05 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Chandan Haldar <chandanh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd@meijome.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox, Flash7 and libstlport_gcc.so mistery Message-ID: <440C1E69.8030601@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <440BF626.1070706@gmail.com> References: <440BD11F.4010801@meijome.net> <440BF626.1070706@gmail.com>
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Chandan Haldar wrote: > cd /usr/ports/devel/stlport > make install clean > > This solved the problem for me. > > libstlport_gcc.so (provided by the stlport port) is needed > by libnpsoplugin.so. I assume you installed (like I did) > openoffice from a binary package by pkg_add. Apparently > the openoffice binary package installation does not cause > installation of the stlport port as a dependency, although > it installs the firefox plugin libnpsoplugin.so which does > require the stlport lib. > > I could not figure out where and how firefox has been > instructed to look for the openoffice plugin though. I > run openoffice 2.0.0 and the libnpsoplugin.so resides in > /usr/local/openoffice.org2.0.0/program/libnpsoplugin.so. > However, I didn't find this path or a link in the firefox > config. > thanks - this fixed the problem. Yes, i had installed OO from a package, as I lack a time machine to skip a 48 day build cycle ;) <G> cheers, Beto > > Norberto Meijome wrote: >> hi all, >> I have firefox 1.5 working fine with Flash 7 (limited tests, havent >> confirmed with video.google.com) - . but on first load of the flash >> plugin, i get this in .xsession-errors: >> >> LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library >> /usr/local/openoffice.org-2.0.1/program/libnpsoplugin.so [Shared object >> "libstlport_gcc.so" not found, required by "libnpsoplugin.so"] >> >> the libnpsoplugin.so exists...but why does ffox want to use it? >>
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