[CentOS] Google Hangout Plugin Does Not Work For Other Users

Tue Jul 1 01:20:24 UTC 2014
Mark LaPierre <marklapier at aol.com>

On 06/30/14 18:56, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> On 06/30/2014 11:58 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>> Hey All,
>>
>> I've got the Google Talk plugin installed at:
>>
>>     File: libnpgoogletalk.so
>>     Path: /opt/google/talkplugin/libnpgoogletalk.so
>>     Version:
>>     State: Enabled
>>     Version: 5.4.2.0
>>
>> And the Google Talk Plugin Video Renderer at:
>>
>>     File: libnpo1d.so
>>     Path: /opt/google/talkplugin/libnpo1d.so
>>     Version:
>>     State: Enabled
>>     Version: 5.4.2.0
>>
>> When I start of join a Google Hangout all works as expected for me.
>>
>> When another user on my system tries to start/join a Hangout she gets an
>> error telling her that the plugin is not installed.
>>
>> When I check "about:plugins" under her login it says that the plugin is
>> installed in the same location/version.
>>
>> I checked the file access settings and found all is set as expected,
>> 755, on the plugin and it's directories all the was down to root.
>>
>> -rwxr-xr-x.  1 root root   273496 Jun  7 17:38 libnpgoogletalk.so
>> -rwxr-xr-x.  1 root root   229784 Jun  7 17:38 libnpo1d.so
>>
>> Shouldn't this work system wide?
>>
>> If I try to install the plugin as firefox seems to think I should I'm
>> told that I already have the pluging installed, which is true.
>>
>> Does anyone have a clue why it's refusing to start?
>>
> 
> 
> When you login as one person, and use a pulse audio daemon, if another
> user is logged in at the same time as you, that other person can not use
> (or see at all) a pulse daemon, I think even sound icon (speaker) is not
> available.
> 
> It is possible that this is the similar thing, that when one person is
> using it, no other can access it.
> 
> 

Good point but that does not apply here.  She was logged on and I was
logged off.  In fact, I was at work and she was at home.

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