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What is MIME Type for Acrobat 4.0 Reader in Netscape plug-in set-up?

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application/pdf

Okay, I placed application/pdf in MIME type setting. Then, I tried to
see pdf file in netscape browser. It pops up, but do not open the file
I clicked on webpage. Acrobat Reader4.0 does not support netscape plug-
ins?

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I can run the Acroread4 *program*, but have not yet set up the
*plugin*.  There should be information in the readme files in your
Acrobat4 directory.  The trick -- which I saw somewhere, but cannot
find documented anywhere in the Netscape documentation I have been
searching -- is to have your netscape preference set to have
application/pdf run "acroread %s".  It's the "%s" that I don't
understand:  there are fragments of information on passing parameters
to applications, but I don't know where to find a list of all
parameters that can be used in this way; nor is it clear whether I
should be looking in linux, netscape, or acroread documentation.

There are two other problems with Acroread:  (1) it doesn't seem to
like the 24bpp video mode on my system -- I recall that the 32bpp mode
did work, but another program choked on that; (2) when started from
Netscape, I get some dialog boxes saying that some charset data (which
looked like a comic strip version of profanity) was incorrect.

I solve (1) by using 16bpp -- I can live with 64K colors.  Newer
versions of Xfree86 may cause this to be corrected when I upgrade.  I
solve (2) by closing the dialog box and ignoring the message.  It
doesn't seem to indicate any real difficulty.  A similar message
appears in the Solaris system at Rutgers, even when Acroread is
started from the command line (with that value "STRING" instead of the
cartoon profanity), but the OS/2 version of Acroread3 runs without
complaint (of course, this isn't Acroread4, so it is a different product).
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Create a script with the lines:

#!/bin/sh
unset LD_PRELOAD
/bin/acroread $*

Have Netscape call the script. If you call it "acrowrapper" have
Netscape call "acrowrapper %s" (full paths are a good idea).
Of course, change the location of acroread in the script as
necessary. I'd put this script with acroreader.

Thanks.

I just added %s after acroread in Netscape preference setting, and it
worked!

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I just forgot to mention. Does this %s work in realplayer too? I can not
open realplayer files too actually.

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Probably. It's just a string substituation marker. Worst that
happens is that it doesn't work for whatever reason, but it
won't cause any harm to try.

I found where %s is documented:  the manpage for the mailcap file
format.  The information there seems to apply everywhere that mime is
used.

I always find it easiest to change color depth by editing the file
that contains the X setup information.  You only need to change the
line that refers to the default color depth for the type of Xserver
you are using (you may have sections describing several Xservers in
the file, but the one you are using will look in its own section ---
sorry for the lack of details, I'm posting from a different
system). There are ways to use the setup program to make changes, but
if I change the file by hand, I know exactly what change has been
made.

If you use startx from a text terminal, you can pass it parameters:

startx -- -bpp 16
       ^^     ^

(^^) The -- separates application parameters and server parameters.

(^) You need a space between the bpp and the value.

You can also try bpp 32.  This is different 24 mode supported by some
Xservers.  It works with my Permedia2-based card, but not with all
programs (Maple doesn't like it).  Acroread doesn't like bpp 24 at all
(but I think it did work with bpp 32).  To use both, I have dropped
back to 16 bpp.

I know a little more about the warnings I reported when Acroread was
started from Netscape.  (1) Using 'strings', I was able to find that the
text of the message is contained in the acroread program.  (2) I didn't
see them when I started acroread in other ways because the message is
sent to stderr which is often redirected to /dev/null.  By starting
the program from the command line with '2>&1' added to the command, I
could see them.

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Telephone:    [USA] 732-445-0277 (full-time message line) FAX 732-445-5530

I have a big disk (ha ha )
I installed Redhat 5.2 Apollo   2.0.36

I started building a usr and:

disk full.

Is there a defaullt assumption as to the size of non root users.?
.......................leading to filename + changes
great list, Thanks to all

Alas, I am facing the same situation too.

Any gurus out there willing to assist us?

TIA

...termizi

Thanks for all e-mail responses.  I've successfully overcome the
problem.

...termizi

: Thanks for all e-mail responses.  I've successfully overcome the
: problem.

And exactly how did you?  After receiving all that advice, it is now
your turn to summarize it, and state what works, so that others may
benefit.

Posted and mailed.

Peter