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Nobody answered my question
when i typed sudo find / -name libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so to remove the quicktime plugin, I got 2 results. Shall I remove both of them? (one is in usr/lib/mozilla/plugins, the other is in usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/pluggins...
and how do I disable swfdec (i googled it quickly and i read that you are asked to remove gnome if you want to remove it...) ?
Can someone please please please speak to me in nongeek words and just tell me what I need to do to be able to use Internet peacefully?
I'd really appreciate your help, thanks.
Thanks Eric.
My situation is still the same and I still have the two versions of shockwave flash installed.
The plugins I have installed are vlc multimedia, windows media player, divx web player, quicktime, shockwave flash 9.0 & 10, java.
I think some of them are redondant (if I have vlc, I don't think I need quicktime, for example).
Post the references to the files in regards to the shockwave players please. Type aboutlugins in your addressbar and post just the filenames like this:
Well then I think it would be faster if I copy/paste everything :
Installed plugins
Find more information about browser plugins at mozilla.org.
Help for installing plugins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org.
-->VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Totem 2.28.2)
File name: libtotem-cone-plugin.so
The Totem 2.28.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-vlc-plugin VLC Multimedia Plugin Yes
application/vlc VLC Multimedia Plugin Yes
video/x-google-vlc-plugin VLC Multimedia Plugin Yes
application/x-ogg Ogg multimedia file ogg Yes
application/ogg Ogg multimedia file ogg Yes
audio/ogg Ogg Audio oga Yes
audio/x-ogg Ogg Audio ogg Yes
video/ogg Ogg Video ogv Yes
video/x-ogg Ogg Video ogg Yes
application/annodex Annodex exchange format anx Yes
audio/annodex Annodex Audio axa Yes
video/annodex Annodex Video axv Yes
video/mpeg MPEG video mpg, mpeg, mpe Yes
audio/wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/x-wav WAV audio wav Yes
audio/mpeg MP3 audio mp3 Yes
application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3 NullSoft video nsv Yes
video/flv Flash video flv Yes
application/x-totem-plugin Totem Multimedia plugin Yes
-->Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem)
File name: libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
The Totem 2.28.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/x-mplayer2 AVI video avi, wma, wmv Yes
video/x-ms-asf-plugin ASF video asf, wmv Yes
video/x-msvideo AVI video asf, wmv Yes
video/x-ms-asf ASF video asf Yes
video/x-ms-wmv Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-wmv Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wm Windows Media video wmv Yes
video/x-ms-wmp Windows Media video wmv Yes
application/x-ms-wms Windows Media video wms Yes
application/x-ms-wmp Windows Media video wmp Yes
application/asx Microsoft ASX playlist asx Yes
audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media audio wma Yes
-->DivX® Web Player
File name: libtotem-mully-plugin.so
DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/divx AVI video divx Yes
-->QuickTime Plug-in 7.2.0
File name: libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
The Totem 2.28.2 plugin handles video and audio streams.
MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/quicktime QuickTime video mov Yes
video/mp4 MPEG-4 video mp4 Yes
image/x-macpaint MacPaint Bitmap image pntg Yes
image/x-quicktime Macintosh Quickdraw/PICT drawing pict, pict1, pict2 Yes
video/x-m4v MPEG-4 video m4v Yes
-->Shockwave Flash
(what does -name mean, and can't I just write sudo rm /full/path/fromresult/libswfdecmozilla.so ?)
I wrote sudo find / -name 'libswfdecmozilla.so', and I got 2 results :
/usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so
/usr/share/ubufox/plugins/libswfdecmozilla.so
Do I have to remove both of them?
Like repo said, if you rename them you can always revert back although I don't think that might be necessary since the two versions ARE conflicting. Follow the instructions that repo posted. Then check your browser (aboutlugins) and try to view a website that used to give you errors.
Ok, i'll do that. In the meantime, can you answer these small questions, so that i get to understand linux better :
what does -name mean, and can't I just write sudo rm /full/path/fromresult/libswfdecmozilla.so ?
and is there a way to copy/paste in a terminal without using the right mouse button? -oh, i just saw it's shift ctrl c/v ; can't it be changed to ctrl c/v ?
edit: I type sudo cd, it said sudo:cd: command not found.
The -name argument you gave to the find command indicates that it has to look for a file with that name (between ' '). You can also use wildcards to specify a type for example mp3. There are a lot of options/parameters you can give to the find command in order to 'fine-tune' your search. Have a look at the man page for find:
Code:
man find
.
Yes you can just type the rm command as you indicated, just make sure you don't make any typos.
About copy past in terminal, In mine (Slackware / KDE) I can use CTRL-SHIFT-C and CTRL-SHIFT-V. Also SHIFT-INS works to paste, both in terminal and in ssh.
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lugins in your addressbar and post just the filenames like this:
