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linux firefox 9 plugin finder does not work and despite multiple installations of the plugins in usual directories not one will work.

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aletta
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I am using the latest kernel if ´Centos 6.2, and I was installing the latest flashplayer on a new Firefox 9 install.

I am using the latest kernel if ´Centos 6.2, and I was installing the latest flashplayer on a new Firefox 9 install.

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cor-el
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If you have a 32 bit Firefox version then you need 32 bit plugins to make them work with Firefox.

aletta
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the install was an x64 version installed in the same directory as a Mozilla 3.5 version which works and uses the /usr/lib/64/mozilla/plugins and plugins-wrapper I had hoped this one would use the same directory - alas