Re: Acrobat 7 plugin for Firefox not working

[Bee Jay <pen_guin@bellsouth.net>]

Bengt J. Olsson wrote:

> Hi Uwe,
>
> I had the same problem as you with the marillat packages. But it
> seems like the problems is not with the installation packages but
> rather with Firefox. Here is what I did to get it work (Using
> firefox 1.0.2):
>
> 1. In Firefox, remove pdf plugin from Preferences -> Downloads ->
>    File Types -> Plug-ins
> 2. (To be sure I removed the pdf association also from Preferences ->
>    Downloads -> File Types also, don't know if this is necessary)
> 3. Restart Firefox
> 4. Point to pdf file on the web. Firefox asks which application
>    should be used. Use /usr/bin/acroread
>
> That's it! Simple and magical solution...
>
> Good luck,
>
> Bengt
I too have been having this problem. Using the above didn't work at 
first. My acroread file was in /usr/local/Adobe/Adobe7.0/bin. Once 
pointed that way now it works great. Thanks.