Friday, November 24, 2006

Fix for acroread in FC6

ACROREAD FIX FOR FC6

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sudo rpm -ivh AdobeReader_enu-7.0.8-1.i386.rpm

NOTE: There is a problem with v7.0.8 and will not work properly in FC6.
To fix, edit as root:

sudo gedit /usr/bin/acroread

Make the following changes:

Line ~418:
From:
echo $mfile| sed 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'
To:
echo $mfile| sed 's/libgtk-x11-\([0-9]*\).0.so.0.\([0-9]*\)00.\([0-9]*\)\|\(.*\)/\1\2\3/g'

Line ~643:
From:
MIN_GTK_VERSION="240"
To:
MIN_GTK_VERSION="2040"

More information: http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc14512

Acrobat Browser Plugin

The browser plugin is NOT automatically installed. This is optional. To install it:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so

Monday, November 20, 2006

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

http://www.projectw.org/viewtopic.php?t=259537