Howto Install 32 bit Firefox with Flash w/sound and Java for AMD64

[zjwagner]

Umm, I followed the howto and my sound for flash doesnt seem to work at all. When I entered the following code:

zjwagner@zjwagner-laptop:~$ chown -R zjwagner:users /home/zjwagner/.macromedia
chown: cannot access `/home/zjwagner/.macromedia': No such file or directory

I searched for a similar error on the thread and found some modified code:

zjwagner@zjwagner-laptop:~$ sudo chown -R zjwagner:users /home/zjwagner/Desktop

This didn't return an error but sound still didnt work. Everything in the howto went fine, I have no idea why this isnt working. Any help would be appriciated.

[sadhaka]

I followed the manual instructions at the beginning of this thread. One difference, though: I created /opt/firefox for the installation, and the script you devised, firefox32, lives in /opt. BTW, it looks like this now:

#!/bin/sh
export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib32/gtk-2.0
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0
linux32 /opt/firefox/firefox $@

And here's how /usr/lib32's pango stuff looks:

boomer@gobstopper:~$ ls -l /usr/lib32/libpa*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2006-08-06 10:37 /usr/lib32/libpango-1.0.so.0 -> libpango-1.0.so.0.1201.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 225076 2006-08-04 06:06 /usr/lib32/libpango-1.0.so.0.1201.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2006-08-06 10:37 /usr/lib32/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 -> libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.1201.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27972 2006-08-04 06:06 /usr/lib32/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.1201.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2006-08-06 10:37 /usr/lib32/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 -> libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.1201.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 147200 2006-08-04 06:06 /usr/lib32/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.1201.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2006-08-27 13:43 /usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0 -> libpangohack.so.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2994 2006-08-27 13:43 /usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2006-08-06 10:37 /usr/lib32/libpangox-1.0.so.0 -> libpangox-1.0.so.0.1201.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40308 2006-08-04 06:06 /usr/lib32/libpangox-1.0.so.0.1201.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2006-08-06 10:37 /usr/lib32/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 -> libpangoxft-1.0.so.0.1201.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22640 2006-08-04 06:06 /usr/lib32/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0.1201.2

And lastly, here are the error messages I get when I run firefox32 from a terminal:
boomer@gobstopper:~$ /opt/firefox32
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

Thanks for the help...

[Kilz]

I followed the manual instructions at the beginning of this thread. One difference, though: I created /opt/firefox for the installation, and the script you devised, firefox32, lives in /opt. BTW, it looks like this now:

#!/bin/sh
export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib32/gtk-2.0
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0
linux32 /opt/firefox/firefox $@

And here's how /usr/lib32's pango stuff looks:

boomer@gobstopper:~$ ls -l /usr/lib32/libpa*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2006-08-06 10:37 /usr/lib32/libpango-1.0.so.0 -> libpango-1.0.so.0.1201.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 225076 2006-08-04 06:06 /usr/lib32/libpango-1.0.so.0.1201.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2006-08-06 10:37 /usr/lib32/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 -> libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.1201.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27972 2006-08-04 06:06 /usr/lib32/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.1201.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2006-08-06 10:37 /usr/lib32/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 -> libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.1201.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 147200 2006-08-04 06:06 /usr/lib32/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.1201.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2006-08-27 13:43 /usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0 -> libpangohack.so.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2994 2006-08-27 13:43 /usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2006-08-06 10:37 /usr/lib32/libpangox-1.0.so.0 -> libpangox-1.0.so.0.1201.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40308 2006-08-04 06:06 /usr/lib32/libpangox-1.0.so.0.1201.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2006-08-06 10:37 /usr/lib32/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 -> libpangoxft-1.0.so.0.1201.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22640 2006-08-04 06:06 /usr/lib32/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0.1201.2

And lastly, here are the error messages I get when I run firefox32 from a terminal:
boomer@gobstopper:~$ /opt/firefox32
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

Thanks for the help...

Ignore the error

ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

[Kilz]

Umm, I followed the howto and my sound for flash doesnt seem to work at all. When I entered the following code:

zjwagner@zjwagner-laptop:~$ chown -R zjwagner:users /home/zjwagner/.macromedia
chown: cannot access `/home/zjwagner/.macromedia': No such file or directory

I searched for a similar error on the thread and found some modified code:

zjwagner@zjwagner-laptop:~$ sudo chown -R zjwagner:users /home/zjwagner/Desktop

This didn't return an error but sound still didnt work. Everything in the howto went fine, I have no idea why this isnt working. Any help would be appriciated.

open synaptic and see if alsa-oss is installed.

[tkrisz]

I've rerun your script (v6). It runs errorless but no advance.
What about w32codecs? I've just read about it. Can that help?
Someone told here this and i experienced the same:
your script downgrades ia32-libs-gtk from version 16.2 to version 16 (just for your information)
I've examined those wmv videos again. And the error ALWAYS appears around cuts. So it means that i probably won't meet totally unenjoyable videos.
Actually i can listen online radios with Realplayer or amarok.
Seems like enjoying full multimedia is an unreachable dream.
(Is there a project for playing wmv 9 files or flashplayer 8?)

Thank you once again. Actually it is lot lot better than the 64 bit firefox attempt with nspluginwrapper. I gave that up.

[Kilz]

I've rerun your script (v6). It runs errorless but no advance.
What about w32codecs? I've just read about it. Can that help?
Someone told here this and i experienced the same:
your script downgrades ia32-libs-gtk from version 16.2 to version 16 (just for your information)
I've examined those wmv videos again. And the error ALWAYS appears around cuts. So it means that i probably won't meet totally unenjoyable videos.
Actually i can listen online radios with Realplayer or amarok.
Seems like enjoying full multimedia is an unreachable dream.
(Is there a project for playing wmv 9 files or flashplayer 8?)

Thank you once again. Actually it is lot lot better than the 64 bit firefox attempt with nspluginwrapper. I gave that up.

If you installed the mplayer script, it installs w32codecs in /usr/lib/win32. Are you using Kubuntu?
No, there is no way to play each and every wmv9 file. Nor is there a Flash 8 for linux on any version of linux. They are propretary formats. We are kind of stuck. But I understand that Flash 9 for linux is going to be released , we have no date as of yet when that will be though.

[tkrisz]

I've seen those codecs, but i didn't know that this is the w32codecs.
No, i'm not a Kubuntu user. But plan to try KDE in the future.

Here's a 2-step solution for the language problem if you still have the 64 bit Firefox installed beside the 32 bit Firefox.

Copy the language pack(s) from

/usr/lib/firefox/extensions

to

/usr/local/firefox32/extensions

Edit

/usr/share/firefox/defaults/pref/firefox.js

and add:

// Use LANG environment variable to choose locale
pref("intl.locale.matchOS", true);

(Editing the appropriate line in about:config does not work.)

[Kilz]

I've seen those codecs, but i didn't know that this is the w32codecs.
No, i'm not a Kubuntu user. But plan to try KDE in the future.

Here's a 2-step solution for the language problem if you still have the 64 bit Firefox installed beside the 32 bit Firefox.

Copy the language pack(s) from

/usr/lib/firefox/extensions

to

/usr/local/firefox32/extensions

Edit

/usr/share/firefox/defaults/pref/firefox.js

and add:

// Use LANG environment variable to choose locale
pref("intl.locale.matchOS", true);

(Editing the appropriate line in about:config does not work.)

Thank you verry much for the langauge fix, I will add a link to your post on the howto.

[Kilz]

Umm, I followed the howto and my sound for flash doesnt seem to work at all. When I entered the following code:

zjwagner@zjwagner-laptop:~$ chown -R zjwagner:users /home/zjwagner/.macromedia
chown: cannot access `/home/zjwagner/.macromedia': No such file or directory

I searched for a similar error on the thread and found some modified code:

zjwagner@zjwagner-laptop:~$ sudo chown -R zjwagner:users /home/zjwagner/Desktop

This didn't return an error but sound still didnt work. Everything in the howto went fine, I have no idea why this isnt working. Any help would be appriciated.

please make sure these packages are installed.

sudo apt-get install lib32asound2 alsa-oss

[sadhaka]

Ignore the error

ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

Ok, I will ignore the error... But, do you have any idea what to do about the Firefox File/File Open dialog box? It's still unreadable, being filled with empty boxes in place of characters. I've tried examining about:config, but it's just a rat's nest to me...

Thanks again...