Swfdec-plugin Not Registered in Firefox 2.0.0.20

First off, I've searched, and found similar issues to mine, but the posted fixes just don't work...

I have firefox-2.0.0.20_1 (installed via pkg_add -r), and swfdec-plugin-0.8.2 (installed via ports). This is on 7.1, if that is somehow important.

I see that swfdec-plugin installs its files to /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/swfdec-plugin/. I have made symlinks to the .so file in there in both /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins/ and $HOME/.mozila/plugins/. And yet, firefox's "about:plugins" still tells me that no plugins are installed.

Is there something else I'm missing? I don't exactly want to, but if I'm sure it will work, I can switch over to firefox3...

Argh, flash-requiring sites, and my mysteriously broken wine install...
 
JayDee said:
I see that swfdec-plugin installs its files to /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/swfdec-plugin/. I have made symlinks to the .so file in there in both /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins/ and $HOME/.mozila/plugins/. And yet, firefox's "about:plugins" still tells me that no plugins are installed.

If a plugin comes with a .xpt file, you need to make that file visible as well. It's a description of the plugin capabilities.
 
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