Closed Bug 940212 Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago

Win64 Nightly no longer recognizing Google+ Hangouts plugin install

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Plug-ins
Version:
28 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Windows 7
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: duneflower, Unassigned)

Details

As of approximately 11 Nov, the 64x Nightly build has appeared unable to recognize the fact that the Google+ Hangouts plugin is installed; any attempt to access one redirects to the "Download Hangouts plugin" page (http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/hangout?hl=en#hangout[redirect-after string]) despite the fact that the plugin is installed and worked with the previous build after updating the plugin itself. Current Win7 release version has no such problem.
Is the plugin still present in about:plugins and the addon manager?
Does it work if you set the plugin to "Always Activate" in the addon manager?
Does it show the plugin icon/infobar in 32-bit versions, and work once you enable the plugin?
Flags: needinfo?(duneflower)
(In reply to Benjamin Smedberg  [:bsmedberg] from comment #1)
> Is the plugin still present in about:plugins and the addon manager?

It is missing from both.

> Does it show the plugin icon/infobar in 32-bit versions, and work once you enable the plugin?

Assuming you mean Nightly, I just installed and tested it; once everything's allowed, it appears to work as intended. I also noticed that there are a LOT of plugins missing from the 64x list, not just Google stuff - the only things showing are DivX VOD Helper, two Java entries, Flash, and Silverlight. Makes me wonder if some kind of disconnect hasn't cropped up between 64x Nightly and plugins intended for x86 Firefox, assuming there even is such a distinction.

Also, might there be any import to the fact that I'm on an AMD CPU?
Flags: needinfo?(duneflower)
Ah, in that case this is perfectly normal. Plugins are arch-specific, and it's unlikely that the hangouts plugin has a x86-64 version.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Strange that it DID work for a while, then. What's up with that?
I don't know. You could look around to see if there is a 64-bit hangouts plugin that we're failing to load, or ask Google if they ever had a 64-bit version.
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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