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Disable Netscape plugin finder?


Steve Scrimpshire
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I had read somewhere (thought it was on this board, but I've done a search and can't find it) that Netscape searches for installed plugins whenever your WM is started (maybe it's whenever Netscape is started?) and there was some way to disable this. My understanding is that it is looking for new plugins, which is not necessary if you haven't added any new ones. If I am correct, how do you do this...disable it, I mean and enable it only when you need it?

 

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I don't know if we are talking about the same thing but the startup script (/usr/bin/startkde) for KDE3.1 contains the lines:

## Laurent kde2.2-30mdk scan-nsplugins

#if [ -x /usr/bin/nspluginscan ]; then

#   /usr/bin/nspluginscan

#fi

these lines are commented out by default so they don't do anything but if they weren't commented out, kde would scan for netscape plugins (that's what it says, right?)

 

I don't know if netscape does anything on its own though. If /usr/bin/netscape or whatever it is that is used to startup netscape is a script, you might take a look at it.

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