[CentOS] nspluginwrapper failure on x86_64 in 5.2

Sun Jul 6 16:48:46 UTC 2008
B.J. McClure <keepertoad at verizon.net>

On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 11:10 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
> > This was working in 5.1 - I am now getting errors when I try to run a
> > flash video in seamonkey under CetnOS 5.2.  Here is the error:
> > 
> > For application/x-shockwave-flash found plugin /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so
> > sh: /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer: No such file or directory
> > 
> > Here is what I have installed:
> > 
> > $rpm -qa | grep -i nsplugin
> > nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-21.el5.i386
> > nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-21.el5.x86_64
> > 
> > These are now part of the base, but there seems to be a problem with
> > finding the right plugin to execute:
> > 
> > 
> > $ locate nspluginwrapper
> > /etc/sysconfig/nspluginwrapper
> > /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
> > /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/npconfig
> > /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/npviewer
> > /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/npviewer.bin
> > /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/npwrapper.so
> > /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugin-config
> > /usr/lib64/nspluginwrapper
> > /usr/lib64/nspluginwrapper/npconfig
> > /usr/lib64/nspluginwrapper/npviewer
> > /usr/lib64/nspluginwrapper/npviewer.bin
> > /usr/lib64/nspluginwrapper/npwrapper.so
> > /usr/lib64/nspluginwrapper/plugin-config
> > /usr/share/doc/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5
> > /usr/share/doc/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5/COPYING
> > /usr/share/doc/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5/NEWS
> > /usr/share/doc/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5/README
> > /var/cache/yum/base/packages/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-21.el5.i386.rpm
> > /var/cache/yum/base/packages/nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-21.el5.x86_64.rpm
> > 
> > Just for good measure:
> > 
> > $ ls -R /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
> > /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper:
> > npconfig*  npviewer*  npviewer.bin*  npwrapper.so*  plugin-config*
> > 
> > What happened (or, what do I do next)?  This seems to be broken in 5.2.
> 
> do you have both versions of firefox installed, and do you use both 
> versions of firefox .. if not, remove the i386 plugin and see if that 
> fixes the issue.
I have a similar issue with only one version of nspluginwrapper
installed.
	# rpm -qa | grep nspluginwrapper
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-21.el5
I do appear to have two identical firefox packages installed.
	# rpm -qa | grep firefox
firefox-3.0-0.beta5.6.el5.centos
firefox-3.0-0.beta5.6.el5.centos

One is 32 bit, other 64 bit with identical package names.  How to remove
unwanted package?
	# rpm -qa | grep nspluginwrapper
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-21.el5
[root at office bmcclure]# yum list firefox
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.hmc.edu
 * updates: mirror.steadfast.net
 * addons: mirrors.tummy.com
 * extras: pubmirrors.reflected.net
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
Installed Packages
firefox.x86_64                           3.0-0.beta5.6.el5.cent
installed       
firefox.i386                             3.0-0.beta5.6.el5.cent
installed  

Thanks,
B.J.
CentOS 5.0, Linux 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 x86_64 11:41:43 up 15:17, 2 users,
load average: 0.04, 0.13, 0.09