Firefox2

Requirements

• Development version (devel) of OLPC system

Installing Firefox 2.0

As simple as:

yum install firefox

Installing Flash 9 plugin

• Open a terminal as root
• Download the plugin file:

wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

• Unpack the file:

tar xzvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

• Run the flashplayer-installer and follow instructions:

./flashplayer-installer

Running the browser

• In a shell outside X (ctrl+alt+F1, ctrl+alt+F2, ...):
  • As root, set an environment variable:
    • export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
  • Execute the firefox with the user olpc:
    • su olpc -c "firefox &"
• Through a shell in X (alt+=):
  • just type firefox from there

Known Problems

• firefox is excluded from the repository on G1G1 machines. You must edit (as root) /etc/yum.repos.d/olpc-koji-ship2.repo to remove firefox from exclude list before installing with yum
• Performance issues
• It is not "sugarizable"
• Right-clicking in a flash closes the browser window

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