CentOS - Jun 2014 - Google Hangout Plugin Does Not Work For Other Users

Hey All,

I've got the Google Talk plugin installed at:

    File: libnpgoogletalk.so
    Path: /opt/google/talkplugin/libnpgoogletalk.so
    Version:
    State: Enabled
    Version: 5.4.2.0

And the Google Talk Plugin Video Renderer at:

    File: libnpo1d.so
    Path: /opt/google/talkplugin/libnpo1d.so
    Version:
    State: Enabled
    Version: 5.4.2.0

When I start of join a Google Hangout all works as expected for me.

When another user on my system tries to start/join a Hangout she gets an
error telling her that the plugin is not installed.

When I check "about:plugins" under her login it says that the plugin
is
installed in the same location/version.

I checked the file access settings and found all is set as expected,
755, on the plugin and it's directories all the was down to root.

-rwxr-xr-x.  1 root root   273496 Jun  7 17:38 libnpgoogletalk.so
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 root root   229784 Jun  7 17:38 libnpo1d.so

Shouldn't this work system wide?

If I try to install the plugin as firefox seems to think I should I'm
told that I already have the pluging installed, which is true.

Does anyone have a clue why it's refusing to start?

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On 06/30/2014 11:58 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
> Hey All,
> 
> I've got the Google Talk plugin installed at:
> 
>     File: libnpgoogletalk.so
>     Path: /opt/google/talkplugin/libnpgoogletalk.so
>     Version:
>     State: Enabled
>     Version: 5.4.2.0
> 
> And the Google Talk Plugin Video Renderer at:
> 
>     File: libnpo1d.so
>     Path: /opt/google/talkplugin/libnpo1d.so
>     Version:
>     State: Enabled
>     Version: 5.4.2.0
> 
> When I start of join a Google Hangout all works as expected for me.
> 
> When another user on my system tries to start/join a Hangout she gets an
> error telling her that the plugin is not installed.
> 
> When I check "about:plugins" under her login it says that the
plugin is
> installed in the same location/version.
> 
> I checked the file access settings and found all is set as expected,
> 755, on the plugin and it's directories all the was down to root.
> 
> -rwxr-xr-x.  1 root root   273496 Jun  7 17:38 libnpgoogletalk.so
> -rwxr-xr-x.  1 root root   229784 Jun  7 17:38 libnpo1d.so
> 
> Shouldn't this work system wide?
> 
> If I try to install the plugin as firefox seems to think I should I'm
> told that I already have the pluging installed, which is true.
> 
> Does anyone have a clue why it's refusing to start?
> 

When you login as one person, and use a pulse audio daemon, if another
user is logged in at the same time as you, that other person can not use
(or see at all) a pulse daemon, I think even sound icon (speaker) is not
available.

It is possible that this is the similar thing, that when one person is
using it, no other can access it.


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Ljubomir Ljubojevic
(Love is in the Air)
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Serbia, Europe

StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant

On 06/30/2014 11:58 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I've got the Google Talk plugin installed at:
<snip>
> When I start of join a Google Hangout all works as expected for me.
>
> When another user on my system tries to start/join a Hangout she gets an
> error telling her that the plugin is not installed.
>
> When I check "about:plugins" under her login it says that the
plugin is
> installed in the same location/version.
>
> I checked the file access settings and found all is set as expected,
> 755, on the plugin and it's directories all the was down to root.
>
> -rwxr-xr-x.  1 root root   273496 Jun  7 17:38 libnpgoogletalk.so
> -rwxr-xr-x.  1 root root   229784 Jun  7 17:38 libnpo1d.so
>
> Shouldn't this work system wide?
>
> If I try to install the plugin as firefox seems to think I should I'm
> told that I already have the pluging installed, which is true.
>
> Does anyone have a clue why it's refusing to start?
Yes it should work system-wide. I assume you installed from google's yum 
repo (or at least using an rpm)?

I'ld suspect some problem in her profile/prefs.
Create a new user account and see if it works.