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VMWare plugin not showing up

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ninja9k1
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I had installed VMware-VMRC.x86_64.bundle for being able to launch vCenter consoles from an ESXi machine. I downloaded the plugin, chmod +x VMware-VMRC.x86_64.bundle, then sudo ./VMware-VMRC.x86_64.bundle. It asked where the Firefox binary is stored (/usr/bin/firefox) and where the system wide plugins are stored, which defaults to /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins. Installation was successful and the plugin worked.... Until I rebooted my machine. Now the plugin doesn't show up at all under Tools->Addons->Plugins. I have tried re-installing to no avail. I have reset Firefox back to defaults, and even apt-get purge --reinstall firefox as well. Here is some system information:

ninja@shinobi:~/Downloads$ uname -a Linux shinobi 3.8.0-19-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 1 16:35:23 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Firefox v 22.0

Here is the pluginreg.dat file. Notice it says it's invalid at the bottom, but doesn't say why:

[HEADER] Version:0.16:$ Arch:x86_64-gcc3:$

[PLUGINS] libcinnamon-browser-plugin.so:$ /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libcinnamon-browser-plugin.so:$

$

1370533630000:0:0:$ This plugin provides integration with Cinnamon for live extension enabling and disabling. It can be used only by extensions.gnome.org:$ Cinnamon Integration:$ 1 0:application/x-cinnamon-integration:Cinnamon Integration Dummy Content-Type::$ libflashplayer.so:$ /opt/mint-flashplugin-11/libflashplayer.so:$

$

1367942918000:0:0:$ Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202:$ Shockwave Flash:$ 2 0:application/x-shockwave-flash:Shockwave Flash:swf:$ 1:application/futuresplash:FutureSplash Player:spl:$ IcedTeaPlugin.so:$ /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so:$

$

1366193257000:0:0:$ The <a href="http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web">IcedTea-Web Plugin</a> executes Java applets.:$ IcedTea-Web Plugin (using IcedTea-Web 1.3.2 (1.3.2-1ubuntu1)):$ 36 0:application/x-java-vm:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 1:application/x-java-applet:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 2:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 3:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 4:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 5:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 6:application/x-java-applet;version=1.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 7:application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 8:application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 9:application/x-java-applet;version=1.3:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 10:application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 11:application/x-java-applet;version=1.4:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 12:application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 13:application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 14:application/x-java-applet;version=1.5:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 15:application/x-java-applet;version=1.6:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 16:application/x-java-applet;version=1.7:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 17:application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.7.0_50:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 18:application/x-java-bean:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 19:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 20:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 21:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 22:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 23:application/x-java-bean;version=1.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 24:application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 25:application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 26:application/x-java-bean;version=1.3:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 27:application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 28:application/x-java-bean;version=1.4:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 29:application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 30:application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 31:application/x-java-bean;version=1.5:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 32:application/x-java-bean;version=1.6:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 33:application/x-java-bean;version=1.7:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 34:application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.7.0_50:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 35:application/x-java-vm-npruntime:IcedTea::$ libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so:$ /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so:$

$

1365700315000:0:0:$ The <a href="http://www.gnome.org/">Videos</a> 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.:$ QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6:$ 6 0:video/quicktime:QuickTime video:mov:$ 1:video/mp4:MPEG-4 video:mp4:$ 2:image/x-macpaint:MacPaint Bitmap image:pntg:$ 3:image/x-quicktime:Macintosh Quickdraw/PICT drawing:pict, pict1, pict2:$ 4:video/x-m4v:MPEG-4 video:m4v:$ 5:application/vnd.apple.mpegurl:HTTP Live Streaming playlist:m3u8:$ libtotem-mully-plugin.so:$ /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-mully-plugin.so:$

$

1365700315000:0:0:$ DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233:$ DivX® Web Player:$ 1 0:video/divx:AVI video:divx:$ libtotem-gmp-plugin.so:$ /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so:$

$

1365700315000:0:0:$ The <a href="http://www.gnome.org/">Videos</a> 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.:$ Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Videos):$ 13 0:application/x-mplayer2:AVI video:avi, wma, wmv:$ 1:video/x-ms-asf-plugin:ASF video:asf, wmv:$ 2:video/x-msvideo:AVI video:asf, wmv:$ 3:video/x-ms-asf:ASF video:asf:$ 4:video/x-ms-wmv:Windows Media video:wmv:$ 5:video/x-wmv:Windows Media video:wmv:$ 6:video/x-ms-wvx:Windows Media video:wmv:$ 7:video/x-ms-wm:Windows Media video:wmv:$ 8:video/x-ms-wmp:Windows Media video:wmv:$ 9:application/x-ms-wms:Windows Media video:wms:$ 10:application/x-ms-wmp:Windows Media video:wmp:$ 11:application/asx:Microsoft ASX playlist:asx:$ 12:audio/x-ms-wma:Windows Media audio:wma:$ libtotem-cone-plugin.so:$ /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-cone-plugin.so:$

$

1365700315000:0:0:$ The <a href="http://www.gnome.org/">Videos</a> 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.:$ VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Videos 3.6.3):$ 23 0:application/x-vlc-plugin:VLC Multimedia Plugin::$ 1:application/vlc:VLC Multimedia Plugin::$ 2:video/x-google-vlc-plugin:VLC Multimedia Plugin::$ 3:application/x-ogg:Ogg multimedia file:ogg:$ 4:application/ogg:Ogg multimedia file:ogg:$ 5:audio/ogg:Ogg Audio:oga:$ 6:audio/x-ogg:Ogg Audio:ogg:$ 7:audio/x-vorbis+ogg:Ogg Vorbis audio:ogg:$ 8:video/ogg:Ogg Video:ogv:$ 9:video/x-ogg:Ogg Video:ogg:$ 10:video/x-theora+ogg:Ogg Theora video:ogg:$ 11:application/annodex:Annodex exchange format:anx:$ 12:audio/annodex:Annodex Audio:axa:$ 13:video/annodex:Annodex Video:axv:$ 14:video/mpeg:MPEG video:mpg, mpeg, mpe:$ 15:audio/wav:WAV audio:wav:$ 16:audio/x-wav:WAV audio:wav:$ 17:audio/mpeg:MP3 audio:mp3:$ 18:application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3:NullSoft video:nsv:$ 19:video/flv:Flash video:flv:$ 20:video/webm:WebM video:webm:$ 21:application/x-totem-plugin:Videos multimedia plugin::$ 22:audio/midi:MIDI audio:mid, midi:$

[INVALID] /usr/lib/vmware-vmrc/np-vmware-vmrc-e.x.p-422570-64.so:$ 1373138205000:$

The /usr/lib/vmware-vmrc/np-vmware-vmrc-e.x.p-422570-64.so is symlinked to /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins, like so:

ninja@shinobi:~/Downloads$ ls -al /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 6 12:16 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jul 6 12:16 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 54 Jul 6 12:16 np-vmware-vmrc-e.x.p-422570.so -> /usr/lib/vmware-vmrc/np-vmware-vmrc-e.x.p-422570-64.so

If anybody knows any information regarding this, please let me know. So frustrating!

I had installed VMware-VMRC.x86_64.bundle for being able to launch vCenter consoles from an ESXi machine. I downloaded the plugin, chmod +x VMware-VMRC.x86_64.bundle, then sudo ./VMware-VMRC.x86_64.bundle. It asked where the Firefox binary is stored (/usr/bin/firefox) and where the system wide plugins are stored, which defaults to /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins. Installation was successful and the plugin worked.... Until I rebooted my machine. Now the plugin doesn't show up at all under Tools->Addons->Plugins. I have tried re-installing to no avail. I have reset Firefox back to defaults, and even apt-get purge --reinstall firefox as well. Here is some system information: ninja@shinobi:~/Downloads$ uname -a Linux shinobi 3.8.0-19-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 1 16:35:23 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Firefox v 22.0 Here is the pluginreg.dat file. Notice it says it's invalid at the bottom, but doesn't say why: [HEADER] Version:0.16:$ Arch:x86_64-gcc3:$ [PLUGINS] libcinnamon-browser-plugin.so:$ /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libcinnamon-browser-plugin.so:$ :$ 1370533630000:0:0:$ This plugin provides integration with Cinnamon for live extension enabling and disabling. It can be used only by extensions.gnome.org:$ Cinnamon Integration:$ 1 0:application/x-cinnamon-integration:Cinnamon Integration Dummy Content-Type::$ libflashplayer.so:$ /opt/mint-flashplugin-11/libflashplayer.so:$ :$ 1367942918000:0:0:$ Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202:$ Shockwave Flash:$ 2 0:application/x-shockwave-flash:Shockwave Flash:swf:$ 1:application/futuresplash:FutureSplash Player:spl:$ IcedTeaPlugin.so:$ /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so:$ :$ 1366193257000:0:0:$ The <a href="http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web">IcedTea-Web Plugin</a> executes Java applets.:$ IcedTea-Web Plugin (using IcedTea-Web 1.3.2 (1.3.2-1ubuntu1)):$ 36 0:application/x-java-vm:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 1:application/x-java-applet:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 2:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 3:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 4:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 5:application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 6:application/x-java-applet;version=1.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 7:application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 8:application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 9:application/x-java-applet;version=1.3:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 10:application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 11:application/x-java-applet;version=1.4:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 12:application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 13:application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 14:application/x-java-applet;version=1.5:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 15:application/x-java-applet;version=1.6:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 16:application/x-java-applet;version=1.7:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 17:application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.7.0_50:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 18:application/x-java-bean:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 19:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 20:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 21:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 22:application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 23:application/x-java-bean;version=1.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 24:application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 25:application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 26:application/x-java-bean;version=1.3:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 27:application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 28:application/x-java-bean;version=1.4:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 29:application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 30:application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 31:application/x-java-bean;version=1.5:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 32:application/x-java-bean;version=1.6:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 33:application/x-java-bean;version=1.7:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 34:application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.7.0_50:IcedTea:class,jar:$ 35:application/x-java-vm-npruntime:IcedTea::$ libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so:$ /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so:$ :$ 1365700315000:0:0:$ The <a href="http://www.gnome.org/">Videos</a> 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.:$ QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6:$ 6 0:video/quicktime:QuickTime video:mov:$ 1:video/mp4:MPEG-4 video:mp4:$ 2:image/x-macpaint:MacPaint Bitmap image:pntg:$ 3:image/x-quicktime:Macintosh Quickdraw/PICT drawing:pict, pict1, pict2:$ 4:video/x-m4v:MPEG-4 video:m4v:$ 5:application/vnd.apple.mpegurl:HTTP Live Streaming playlist:m3u8:$ libtotem-mully-plugin.so:$ /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-mully-plugin.so:$ :$ 1365700315000:0:0:$ DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233:$ DivX® Web Player:$ 1 0:video/divx:AVI video:divx:$ libtotem-gmp-plugin.so:$ /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so:$ :$ 1365700315000:0:0:$ The <a href="http://www.gnome.org/">Videos</a> 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.:$ Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Videos):$ 13 0:application/x-mplayer2:AVI video:avi, wma, wmv:$ 1:video/x-ms-asf-plugin:ASF video:asf, wmv:$ 2:video/x-msvideo:AVI video:asf, wmv:$ 3:video/x-ms-asf:ASF video:asf:$ 4:video/x-ms-wmv:Windows Media video:wmv:$ 5:video/x-wmv:Windows Media video:wmv:$ 6:video/x-ms-wvx:Windows Media video:wmv:$ 7:video/x-ms-wm:Windows Media video:wmv:$ 8:video/x-ms-wmp:Windows Media video:wmv:$ 9:application/x-ms-wms:Windows Media video:wms:$ 10:application/x-ms-wmp:Windows Media video:wmp:$ 11:application/asx:Microsoft ASX playlist:asx:$ 12:audio/x-ms-wma:Windows Media audio:wma:$ libtotem-cone-plugin.so:$ /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-cone-plugin.so:$ :$ 1365700315000:0:0:$ The <a href="http://www.gnome.org/">Videos</a> 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.:$ VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Videos 3.6.3):$ 23 0:application/x-vlc-plugin:VLC Multimedia Plugin::$ 1:application/vlc:VLC Multimedia Plugin::$ 2:video/x-google-vlc-plugin:VLC Multimedia Plugin::$ 3:application/x-ogg:Ogg multimedia file:ogg:$ 4:application/ogg:Ogg multimedia file:ogg:$ 5:audio/ogg:Ogg Audio:oga:$ 6:audio/x-ogg:Ogg Audio:ogg:$ 7:audio/x-vorbis+ogg:Ogg Vorbis audio:ogg:$ 8:video/ogg:Ogg Video:ogv:$ 9:video/x-ogg:Ogg Video:ogg:$ 10:video/x-theora+ogg:Ogg Theora video:ogg:$ 11:application/annodex:Annodex exchange format:anx:$ 12:audio/annodex:Annodex Audio:axa:$ 13:video/annodex:Annodex Video:axv:$ 14:video/mpeg:MPEG video:mpg, mpeg, mpe:$ 15:audio/wav:WAV audio:wav:$ 16:audio/x-wav:WAV audio:wav:$ 17:audio/mpeg:MP3 audio:mp3:$ 18:application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3:NullSoft video:nsv:$ 19:video/flv:Flash video:flv:$ 20:video/webm:WebM video:webm:$ 21:application/x-totem-plugin:Videos multimedia plugin::$ 22:audio/midi:MIDI audio:mid, midi:$ [INVALID] /usr/lib/vmware-vmrc/np-vmware-vmrc-e.x.p-422570-64.so:$ 1373138205000:$ The /usr/lib/vmware-vmrc/np-vmware-vmrc-e.x.p-422570-64.so is symlinked to /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins, like so: ninja@shinobi:~/Downloads$ ls -al /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 6 12:16 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jul 6 12:16 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 54 Jul 6 12:16 np-vmware-vmrc-e.x.p-422570.so -> /usr/lib/vmware-vmrc/np-vmware-vmrc-e.x.p-422570-64.so If anybody knows any information regarding this, please let me know. So frustrating!

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patrickmc
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Hello ninja9k1,

After some searching on the VMWare support site I found this suggestion from one of their users for an issue similar to yours. Can you try:

Please let us know if this solves your issue and if you require further help the VMWare Community may be a better resource to find a solution.

Regards, Patrick

cor-el
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That are 64 bit versions of the plugin. If you have a 32 bit Firefox version (like normal releases are) then you need 32 bit versions of plugins.

spde
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The problem is based on the used of libxpcom.so.

Therefore to solve the problem you can download a Firefox version previous or equal to 21.0. After that, you uncompress the file an copy libxpcom.so to /usr/lib or to a place where the library can be loaded.

You have to delete the pluginreg.dat file to detect all the avaible plugins again.

Modified by spde