Michael Barr wrote:
> I have a Linux server at my office and a Win2000 machine at home. I
> use the Mozilla browser on both. I have the adobe reader on both, as
> well as a xpdf on the Linux server. When I sign on to an ftp site
> that has pdf files and I click on one of them I get the file displayed
> on the windows machine, but the Linux machine just shows a blank
> screen. Is there any way to get either the adobe reader or xpdf
> (prefereably the latter, which seems to be more robust) to act as a
> plugin for Mozilla?
>
> Michael Barr

What distrubution/version of Linux?

Is it only when using ftp? Or does it do the same with http?

Please, be more specific. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

--
Ben M.

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What are Software Patents for?
To protect the small enterprise from bigger companies.

What do Software Patents do?
In its current form, they protect only companies with
big legal departments as they:
a.) Patent everything no matter how general
b.) Sue everybody. Even if the patent can be argued
invalid, small companies can ill-afford the
typical $500k cost of a law-suit (not to mention
years of harassment).

Don't let them take away your right to program
whatever you like. Make a stand on Software Patents
before its too late.

Read about the ongoing battle at http://swpat.ffii.org/
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Ben Measures wrote in message news:<%sr1c.419$5V5.300@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>...
> Michael Barr wrote:
> > I have a Linux server at my office and a Win2000 machine at home. I
> > use the Mozilla browser on both. I have the adobe reader on both, as
> > well as a xpdf on the Linux server. When I sign on to an ftp site
> > that has pdf files and I click on one of them I get the file displayed
> > on the windows machine, but the Linux machine just shows a blank
> > screen. Is there any way to get either the adobe reader or xpdf
> > (prefereably the latter, which seems to be more robust) to act as a
> > plugin for Mozilla?
> >
> > Michael Barr
>
> What distrubution/version of Linux?
>
> Is it only when using ftp? Or does it do the same with http?
>
> Please, be more specific. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> --
> Ben M.
>
> ----------------
> What are Software Patents for?
> To protect the small enterprise from bigger companies.
>
> What do Software Patents do?
> In its current form, they protect only companies with
> big legal departments as they:
> a.) Patent everything no matter how general
> b.) Sue everybody. Even if the patent can be argued
> invalid, small companies can ill-afford the
> typical $500k cost of a law-suit (not to mention
> years of harassment).
>
> Don't let them take away your right to program
> whatever you like. Make a stand on Software Patents
> before its too late.
>
> Read about the ongoing battle at http://swpat.ffii.org/
> ----------------

It is Redhat Linux, version 9. The Mozilla is whatever came with it.
The Mozilla on my Windows 2000 machine is version 5.

Michael Barr wrote:
> Ben Measures wrote in message news:<%sr1c.419$5V5.300@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>...
>
>>Michael Barr wrote:
>>
>>>I have a Linux server at my office and a Win2000 machine at home. I
>>>use the Mozilla browser on both. I have the adobe reader on both, as
>>>well as a xpdf on the Linux server. When I sign on to an ftp site
>>>that has pdf files and I click on one of them I get the file displayed
>>>on the windows machine, but the Linux machine just shows a blank
>>>screen. Is there any way to get either the adobe reader or xpdf
>>>(prefereably the latter, which seems to be more robust) to act as a
>>>plugin for Mozilla?
>>>
>>>Michael Barr
>>
>>What distrubution/version of Linux?
>>
>>Is it only when using ftp? Or does it do the same with http?
>>
>>Please, be more specific. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>>--
>>Ben M.
>>
>
> It is Redhat Linux, version 9. The Mozilla is whatever came with it.
> The Mozilla on my Windows 2000 machine is version 5.

See this page:
http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html

Installing acrobat reader from that page (and following the
instructions) might sort your problem. (I suspect it has something to do
with conflicting compiler versions.)

--
Ben M.

----------------
What are Software Patents for?
To protect the small enterprise from bigger companies.

What do Software Patents do?
In its current form, they protect only companies with
big legal departments as they:
a.) Patent everything no matter how general
b.) Sue everybody. Even if the patent can be argued
invalid, small companies can ill-afford the
typical $500k cost of a law-suit (not to mention
years of harassment).

Don't let them take away your right to program
whatever you like. Make a stand on Software Patents
before its too late.

Read about the ongoing battle at http://swpat.ffii.org/
----------------

Michael Barr wrote:
> I have a Linux server at my office and a Win2000 machine at home. I
> use the Mozilla browser on both. I have the adobe reader on both, as
> well as a xpdf on the Linux server. When I sign on to an ftp site
> that has pdf files and I click on one of them I get the file displayed
> on the windows machine, but the Linux machine just shows a blank
> screen. Is there any way to get either the adobe reader or xpdf
> (prefereably the latter, which seems to be more robust) to act as a
> plugin for Mozilla?
>
> Michael Barr

Does the URL aboutlugins show the acrobat reader plugin? if not you need to find the file nppdf.so and copy or symlink it into your mozilla/plugins directory.
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He who dies with the most software wins.