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Date:	Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:04:11 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Inconsistent results with Flash install

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I'm hoping that someone can tell me precisely *what* (and where) it is
that tells your system &/or Mozilla that Flash *is* installed, and
where its files reside. Let me backtrack a bit for you on this.

I currently have two eCS 1.1 boot partitions, each of which happens to
have a couple of different Mozilla builds installed. I have in every
case followed the applicable instructions to the letter, as best I am
able. The Flash version is the same, in every case. So far, there is
no strong clue as to why the results differ so much. With each
Mozilla, ABOUT:PLUGINS indicates that Flash is installed. (Yes, I
know all about the need for GCC.DLL, LIBC05.DLL, and IPLUGINW.DLL,
depending on which Mozilla build we're talking about.) In one
partition, Mozilla 1.7.2 will play every Flash file I've thrown at it,
sound & video. In another 1.1 boot partition, where I have Moz 1.4.2
and 1.7.3 (I've been test driving various builds, and upgrading --
always with a separate new directory tree), Nada: loading the same
Flash test files yields only a white screen with no activity. I have
installed, removed, and re-installed Flash several times, to no
avail. I've looked through PREFS.JS, ABOUT:CONFIG, PANACEA.DAT, and
the OS/2 system .INI files, trying to get some clue as to the culprit,
but I just don't see any likely suspects. I can't tell if this is
something system-wide, or localized to the particular MOZ
installations.

The only differences I've noticed between the partition where it works
and the partition where it doesn't are these: 1) In the partition
where Flash works, I accepted the default tree structure of
\Mozilla.org\Mozilla etc., instead of -- for example --
\Mozilla_142 etc. Can the Flash installer be that rigid in where it
will work ? I'd say NO, because I briefly got Flash to work in Moz
1.4.2, when in one particular attempt I installed it from a \TEMP
directory. Redoing that install from the proper \PLUGINS directory
instead now looks like a mistake. 2) The other difference I noticed
was that in the "successful" partition, the Flash related lines appear
near the end of OS2.INI, and in a somewhat different structure, rather
than near the beginning of the system .INI file. I am very
unqualified to make heads or tails of that, and don't see how to purge
Flash entirely (from the .INI files, via UniMaint) for a fresh,
clean-slate attempt.

TIA.

Jordan

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