Re: firefox crashing on unknown files

jason henson Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:32:39 -0700

N.J. Thomas wrote:

Firefox is crashing on me whenever I click on a link for a file whose
extension is not in the system mime.types file. (It was crashing on
every non-html link before I installed the mime-support port.)

I am almost positive this is happening because the default plugin is not
enabled -- this is what about:plugins says:

   Default Plugin

       File name: libnullplugin.so

       The default plugin handles plugin data for mimetypes and extensions
       that are not specified and facilitates downloading of new plugins.

           MIME Type       Description     Suffixes        Enabled
           *               All types       .*              No

How can I enable libnullplugin.so or else prevent this behavior?

Stats:

   FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p7
   firefox-1.0.2

thanks,
Thomas

Maybe the plugin has some problems or dependancies that needs updating? But whatever it is if you just delete it firefox will no longer popup on you about a missing plugin(or crash?). This is/was the recomended way of stopping firefox from asking you to get a plugin. So it is safe to delete. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

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