Re: [orca-list] ot:firefox 3.1

[Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de>]

On 09.09.2008 at 16:28:43 Guy Schlosser <guyster bex net> wrote:

> First off, I would like to apologize for this post being off-topic.
> However, I want to run this by everyone, just in case someone may have
> an idea or two.  For the pure hell of it, I installed the pre-beta of
> firefox 3.1 on my Ubuntu Intrepid system.  I have it installed up in
> /opt/firefox, and when I run it, none of my plugins are available (ex:
> totem wma plugin, gxine for Sirius, etc.)  I got flash in the list by
> copying the flashplayer-alternative file from /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
> to my similar folder in /opt.  Do I have to do the same for the
> others, or is there an easier way to acomplish this?  The weirdness
> was, my webvisum and navigation bundle extentions were available
> without issue.  

You have to repeat the procedure with all your plugins, or you can set
symlinks in your Firefox 3.1 folder.
The reason why your add-ons are there is, that they are stored in your
personal Firefox folder under /home/yourusername/.mozilla.
Hermann