262761 - Firefox does not identify the needed plugin

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit Graveyard :: Plugin Finder Service, defect)

Description

[sunnyone]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10


Though firefox displays "Click here to download plugin" it is not able to find
the  required plugin and also does not display what is the plugin that is needed
here.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to the following url:
http://www.tomjewett.com/dbdesign/dbdesign.php?page=class.php&imgsize=medium
2. Click on "Click here to download plugin"
3. Firefox not able to find plugin

Actual Results:  
Displays No suitable plugin found

Expected Results:  
Downloaded a plugin or atleast displayed what plugin was needed.

Comment 1

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

The problem is we don't list plugins that we couldn't find from the pfs.  The
solution is to list those with pluginspage urls.  Patch coming up.

Comment 2

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

Attachment: patch

Comment 3

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

jst: would the foundation want this for 1.0?

Comment 4

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Comment on attachment 161025 [details] [diff] [review]
patch

r+sr=jst, and requesting reviews.

Comment 5

[Steffen Wilberg]

*** Bug 259364 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Comment on attachment 161025 [details] [diff] [review]
patch

a=asa for aviary checkin.

Comment 7

[Dieter Karaluz]

I am having the same problem. How do I install the patch?

Thanks,

Dieter

Comment 8

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

(In reply to comment #7)
> I am having the same problem. How do I install the patch?

If you're not familiar with patching already, you're probably best off waiting
until this makes it into a nightly build (in a day or two now).

Comment 9

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

It appears this has landed. If I'm incorrect, please reopen. 

2004-10-05 07:28	doronr%us.ibm.com 	mozilla/ toolkit/ mozapps/ plugins/ content/
pluginInstallerWizard.js 	1.1.2.7 	AVIARY_1_0_20040515_BRANCH  	78/35  	bug
262761 - if PFS can't find a plugin but a pluginspage is defined, list the
plugin as Unknown Plugin and provide a manual download button. r/sr=jst,a=asa