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Note that in 4.0.203.0 (24088) it seems to have been fixed. However i'd like the option 
of having choice whether the pdf should open embedded in browser or externally.

I'm seeing this in 24095 (with http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file52658.pdf ) so if it 
was fixed it's broken again now.

Still borked in 24440

Eliminating the "plugins" label, preferring instead Area:Plugins.

I am also seeing this in 4.0.204.0 (Ubuntu build 24734) (native 64-bit) trying to use 
the mozplugger plugin in Ubuntu 9.04.  I was hoping this would work since totem 
plugins are crashing right now.

[6587:6587:2406367446:ERROR:/build/buildd/chromium-browser-
4.0.204.0~svn20090828r24734/build-
tree/src/webkit/glue/plugins/webplugin_delegate_impl_gtk.cc(125)] Not implemented 
reached in bool WebPluginDelegateImpl::WindowedCreatePlugin()Windowed plugin but 
without xembed.

Same in 4.0.205.0 (Ubuntu build 25032).

One thing that I noticed that the 'Adobe Reader 9.1' section appears twice in
'about:plugins'. Could it be a sign of trouble? 

See attached.

chrome_about_plugins.pdf 85.2 KB   Download

If you have time, can you try:
- getting a build (see build.chromium.org, click continuous) later than r24961
- quit all instances of chrome and run it with --debug-plugin-loading
- paste all the output of that to this bug

 Issue 20751  has been merged into this issue.

I have the same problem and have the Adobe 9.1 plugin installed (shows up twice)
PDF:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf

Listings in about:plugins (listed twice because it exists twice):
Adobe Reader 9.1

File name: nppdf.so
The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF and FDF files from within
the browser.
MIME Type	Description	Suffixes	Enabled
application/pdf	Portable Document Format	pdf	Yes
application/vnd.fdf	Acrobat Forms Data Format	fdf	Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf	XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format	xfdf	Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml	Acrobat XML Data Package	xdp	Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml	Adobe FormFlow99 Data File	xfd	Yes

Adobe Reader 9.1

File name: nppdf.so
The Adobe Reader plugin is used to enable viewing of PDF and FDF files from within
the browser.
MIME Type	Description	Suffixes	Enabled
application/pdf	Portable Document Format	pdf	Yes
application/vnd.fdf	Acrobat Forms Data Format	fdf	Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf	XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format	xfdf	Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml	Acrobat XML Data Package	xdp	Yes
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml	Adobe FormFlow99 Data File	xfd	Yes



Output in terminal:
./chrome --debug-plugin-loading --enable-user-scripts --enable-plugins
[24235:24236:78200097439:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux/build/src/base/file_util_posix.cc(658)]
Couldn't stat file: /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-rm.xpt errno = 2
[24235:24236:78200097702:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux/build/src/base/file_util_posix.cc(658)]
Couldn't stat file: /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer.xpt errno = 2
[24235:24236:78200097778:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux/build/src/base/file_util_posix.cc(658)]
Couldn't stat file: /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.xpt errno = 2
[24235:24236:78200097873:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux/build/src/base/file_util_posix.cc(658)]
Couldn't stat file: /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.xpt errno = 2
[24235:24236:78200097952:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux/build/src/base/file_util_posix.cc(658)]
Couldn't stat file: /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-qt.xpt errno = 2
[24235:24236:78200104560:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux/build/src/base/file_util_posix.cc(658)]
Couldn't stat file: /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-rm.xpt errno = 2
[24235:24236:78200104821:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux/build/src/base/file_util_posix.cc(658)]
Couldn't stat file: /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer.xpt errno = 2
[24235:24236:78200104905:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux/build/src/base/file_util_posix.cc(658)]
Couldn't stat file: /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.xpt errno = 2
[24235:24236:78200104998:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux/build/src/base/file_util_posix.cc(658)]
Couldn't stat file: /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.xpt errno = 2
[24235:24236:78200105091:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux/build/src/base/file_util_posix.cc(658)]
Couldn't stat file: /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-qt.xpt errno = 2

It used to work for me in older builds (with plugins enabled) but it's failing in 
the latest builds. Currently failing under build 25032.

I initially reported this bug. Shortly after it started working for me in the next 
builds. Now the problem came back. (build 25425)

[3536:3536:555019107:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux/build/src/webkit/glue/plugins/
webplugin_delegate_impl_gtk.cc(125)] Not implemented reached in bool 
WebPluginDelegateImpl::WindowedCreatePlugin()Windowed plugin but without xembed.

For people where it used to work: did it display in the browser, or did it open a new 
window?

if i remember correctly, in the browser

I am having the same problem.  I am running chromium 64bit, and acrobat is a 32bit 
plugin running with ndiswrapper.  I get the following errors with the plugin trying 
to load the wrong libraries:

Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gail": /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.so: wrong 
ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "atk-bridge": /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libatk-
bridge.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

I suspect the last time this worked may have been right before the 64bit builds.  As 
a side note, if it helps any, the plugin does work properly in Firefox.

Correction: the plugin is running with "nspluginwrapper".

Wow, I can't even get my Firefox to load PDFs (also using nspluginwrapper).
That will make this difficult to debug... :)

 Issue 21358  has been merged into this issue.

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Evan, there is a pdf extension for firefox that allows you to do all manner of things 
once you have clicked on a pdf https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/636

Also, might it be easier to call evince, the built in pdf viewer than try to do this 
with the Adobe plugin?

If it helps the developers any, my current build gives this error trying to launch
the plugin:

[4293:4293:460147380496:ERROR:/build/buildd/chromium-browser-4.0.219.0~svn20090924r27064/build-tree/src/webkit/glue/plugins/webplugin_delegate_impl_gtk.cc(124)]
Not implemented reached in bool WebPluginDelegateImpl::WindowedCreatePlugin()
windowed plugin but without xembed.

 Issue 24883  also is a duplicate of this.

Still seeing this in build 29510 when trying to use mozplugger to wrap kpdf:

[10373:10373:15652937787:ERROR:/build/buildd/chromium-browser-
4.0.223.6~svn20091020r29510/build-
tree/src/webkit/glue/plugins/webplugin_delegate_impl_gtk.cc(124)] Not implemented 
reached in bool WebPluginDelegateImpl::WindowedCreatePlugin() windowed plugin but 
without xembed.

 Issue 24239  has been merged into this issue.

 Issue 23851  has been merged into this issue.

 Issue 23192  has been merged into this issue.

PDF's wont open here either (4.0.223.11 (Official Build 29903)).

I used to work on older builds of Chrome. The tab that should display the PDF never 
shows the pdf. There's no error shown. I've tried generating output with --debug-
plugin-loading, but I have no clue what that is supposed to do to help me understand 
what is going wrong.

I was using Adobe Acrobat 5.0 as my PDF reader without issues.  After upgrading my
reader to the Adobe Reader 9.2, I started having issues.  Within the first couple
days of the Reader install I got a message something like "Adobe is not working
correctly with your browser, would you like to fix this issue?".  I answered yes and 
after a couple cycles of this, the message stopped appearing.

When I click on a hyperlink to a PDF, most open fine, but a few don't.  When they
don't, the Chrome window either turns white and locks up (I have to close it) or 
turns grey.  In the latter case, the window is still usuable - for example I can
enter a new URL and go there.  In the former case, I can't even get a cursor to
appear in the location box.

(1) I uninstalled Adobe Reader and updated my windows file associations to go back
to Acrobat.  This does correct the problem.

(2) With reader still uninstalled, I uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome.  This
has not fixed it either.

(3) If I right-click the hypertext link and download it, then open from the
download list at the bottom, Chrome correctly launches Acrobat in a separate
window and opens the file.  The only problem is when I click on a hypertext link
in a window and I'm expecting the PDF to launch in the browser window.

-Bob

After reinstalled reader 9.2, I no longer see the hang-up issue.  The window
contents either don't change or go to gray.  In either case, the location box
changes to the URL I clicked on.   Here is a PDF URL that is giving me trouble:

http://www.irlp.net/new-install/Ver3_Wiring.pdf

Chrome version 3.0.195.27
Adobe version 9.2.0

@rjd444 - The issue with Acrobat reader 9.2.0 is being tracked in  bug#24883 

OK.  I have confirmed this is the same as  bug 24883 .  A issue search of "adobe reader" 
does not return 24883 in its results.

I am also unable to view any PDF with 4.0.225.0 (Ubuntu build 30028) and acroread 
9.1.3. "Adobe Reader 9.1" appears twice in about:plugins here also (maybe due to 
multiple symlinks to nppdf.so?).

Anything I can provide to debug this? Its really annoying that PDFs don't work when 
clicked (I have to download them first). An external viewer would be enough for me, 
embedding in browser is not required. Is there a way to enable an external pdf 
viewer?

Interestingly, adobe flash works just fine...

Although things have probably changed (I'm running final release 3.0.195.27) I've 
seen this issue scattered all over the Chrome Support Boards and here in the Code 
Discussions as well.

An immediate fix for external (that is non-embedded) viewing has been found for those 
with Adobe Reader. One simply goes into Reader Edit->Preferences->Internet and un-
checks the "Display PDF in Web Browser." However, this fix does not seem to work to 
for everyone, and obviously doesn't fix the underlying issue, which seems to either 
be in the PDF Plug-In for Chrome (nppdf32.dll) or in Chrome itself. 

Some people also have reported success just uninstalling and reinstalling whatever 
version of Acrobat or Reader they were using, but this does not seem to fix the issue 
for all users. 
 
Finally, the last solution I've seen is copying the nppdf32.dll file out of the 
Acrobat Install Director (it's located in the "Browser" folder) and into the Google 
Chrome Plug In folder, which should be in your user's local app data folder.

Some people reporter greater success with the last technique *after* uninstalling the 
PDF Plug In in Chrome itself, which they confirmed by checking about:plugins . 

One thing that seems to stand out is that most users report no difficulty opening PDF 
files in IE or Firefox, so the issue seems to be confined to Chrome.

Windows XP SP3
Chrome 4.0.223.11

Acrobat 9.2  fails to show any inline PDF page it just does nothing.
Unistalled Acrobat and installed 9.1 and PDF work fine.

I've the same problem on arch linux, x86_64, with adobe reader 8.1.7 and 9.2, and 
chrome 4.0.223.11.

The error is:
[23490:23490:30328924158:ERROR:/usr/local/google/home/chrome-eng/b.64/slave/chrome-
official-linux-64/build/src/webkit/glue/plugins/webplugin_delegate_impl_gtk.cc(124)] 
Not implemented reached in bool WebPluginDelegateImpl::WindowedCreatePlugin() 
windowed plugin but without xembed.

 Issue 26320  has been merged into this issue.

just to confirm, same problem still exists with 4.0.237.0 and reader 9.2.0

 Issue 27097  has been merged into this issue.

I confirm the same issue. (Chrome 4.0.249.0 and acrobad reader 9.2)

same issue with chromium 4.0.246.0 (Ubuntu build 31785), Adobe Reader 9.1

Showing the issue with Adobe Reader 9.1 (showing version 10.0.32.18-1karmic2 with apt-
cache policy) on Chromium 4.0.257.0 (Ubuntu build 32926).

Same problem with 4.0.261.0 (Ubuntu build 33442) and acroread 9.2-1karmic1 from 
canonical repo.

maybe this can be done using mozplugger...

@48:  The renderers crash if you use mozplugger for your PDF plugin.
See http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23192

I want to contribute with my debug trace:

[1999:1999:69215258149:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux-
64/build/src/webkit/glue/plugins/webplugin_delegate_impl_gtk.cc(128)] Not implemented 
reached in bool WebPluginDelegateImpl::WindowedCreatePlugin() windowed plugin but 
without xembed.
[1999:1999:69215293711:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux-
64/build/src/webkit/glue/plugins/webplugin_delegate_impl_gtk.cc(128)] Not implemented 
reached in bool WebPluginDelegateImpl::WindowedCreatePlugin() windowed plugin but 
without xembed.
[1999:1999:69215295674:ERROR:/b/slave/chromium-rel-linux-
64/build/src/webkit/glue/plugins/webplugin_delegate_impl_gtk.cc(128)] Not implemented 
reached in bool WebPluginDelegateImpl::WindowedCreatePlugin() windowed plugin but 
without xembed.

Is there a plan to solve this in the near future? Although the "Docs PDF/PowerPoint 
Viewer" chromium extension is a partial solution (really cool BTW), there are lots of 
PDFs behind authentication mechanisms (scientific papers) which do not show in Google 
Docs Viewer (and therefore, needs a working pdf plugin).

I do not see this as a top priority for developers so I am wondering if a have to 
switch back to Firefox definitively or wait for a solution in the near future (if any).

@setack - not sure if this helps but on Linux I use a non-Adobe PDF reader (Evince) 
which works OK if Adobe Reader is uninstalled. Using this arrangement the PDF is 
downloaded and Evince opens the PDF as an external application.

@kevin - Thanks for the advise, this is what I'm currently doing but I would like to
have pdfs embedded within the browser. 

Following comment #8 by evan, I attach the ouput of Chromium 4.0.271.0 (r34540) from
build.chromium.org (continuous). I started chromium with the following command:

./chrome --debug-plugin-loading --log-level=0 --enable-logging=stderr

output-err.txt 42.1 KB   Download

The previous output also contains the output when trying to view a pdf (not only 
launching chromium).

Hi all,

I also have the same problem with Chrome 4.0.266.0 running on Ubuntu 9.10 and with 
Adobe Reader 9.2 installed.

When I try to open a PDF file only a grayed out screen appears... it is frustrating! 
I often need to read scientific articles in PDF format and saving them everytime I 
need to read one will cost me a lot of space (and patience!).

I think Google Chrome has a great potential to be the best browser ever but as of 
right now there's a long road to get there yet.

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still problem with 4.0.276.0 (Build 35044) and adobe reader 9.2

Since the bug has not been marked "fixed", there is no need to continue to report it.

I used mozplugger with patch described at:
https://www.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=22065
and I've got evince embedded in chromium!
There was the same problem without above patch as with adobe reader plugin.

@ tomasz, very nice!!! I tried it and it worked like a charm :-) I created a debian 
source package for the CVS release of mozplugger with the patch you mention so people 
do not have to compile it by themselves.

The deb package is accessible through the following PPA (only for karmic sorry):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/setack/stuff/ubuntu karmic main

tomasz, thanks for pointing this workaround!

@setack: you are welcome! ;-)
Also, I've prepared ebuild package for gentoo. Will someone want to use it - see file 
in attachement. ;-)

mozplugger-ebuild.tar.gz 976 bytes   Download

Many, many thanks to tomasz.chilinski and setack!!!
They solved the problem with PDF view in Chrome! Great workaround!!
Now I get Adobe Reader embedded in Chrome to view PDF files.
Guys you rock!
m.

I've got the mozplugger from setack's PPA but I'm still ending up with a blank window 
when I try to open a PDF. I've got Adobe Reader 9.2 10/06/2009 (I think from a 
downloaded installer) and I'm attaching the output of about:plugins on Chromium 
version 4.0.291.0 (Developer Build 35606) Ubuntu (with today's daily update).

For completeness of information I'm showing several versions of nppdf.so, and I have 
no idea why I have so many instances of it.

:~$ locate nppdf.so
/home/peng2/.mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins/nppdf.so
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/nppdf.so
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/nppdf.so
:~$ 

about-plugins 12.5 KB   Download

I think the Adobe ship a 32bit plug-in so, I'm not 100% sure on this, it won't work on 
a 64bit browser.  Unless someone can confirm that it works without nspluginwrapper.

mozplugger works. 
It didn't at first though. The problem was that it was still using the adobe plugin.
When I looked at about:plugins I saw that the adobe plugin was actually listed 
twice...once above mozplugger and once below.

Anyway, I determined that the first entry was referencing the file 
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so
deleting this file made mozplugger the default pdf handler, and things worked great 
from there.

btw, the second entry referenced /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/nppdf.so
I left this file intact (in the hopes firefox would use it, just in case I'm in 
firefox at some point) but if your plugins load up in a different order from mine, 
you might have to delete this file instead/as well.

summary:
echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/setack/stuff/ubuntu karmic main' >> 
/etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get install mozplugger
rm /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so

How did you determine the path for your plugins? I know with Gecko-based browsers I 
could change a setting in about:config but that page doesn't seem to work for WebKit 
browsers.

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Just wanted to link to this Help Forum topic:
  http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=543f0c80bace6c42

There are possibly interesting information in the other answers.

When running Chrome from a terminal when hitting a pdf file, I get this output:

[5830:5830:294670375552:ERROR:/usr/local/google/home/chrome-eng/b/slave/chrome-
official-linux-64/build/src/webkit/glue/plugins/webplugin_delegate_impl_gtk.cc(128)] 
Not implemented reached in bool WebPluginDelegateImpl::WindowedCreatePlugin() windowed 
plugin but without xembed.

i am using latest adobe reader with chromium 4.0.249.43 (34537) and i am also getting 
similar message when tring to load adobe acrobat or similar plugin (open office,...), 
chromium says:

[21990:21990:8137619548:ERROR:webkit/glue/plugins/webplugin_delegate_impl_gtk.cc(128)]
Not implemented reached in bool WebPluginDelegateImpl::WindowedCreatePlugin() windowed 
plugin but without xembed.

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its still happend with adobe reader 9.3 with chromium 5.0.306.0 (37082) Ubuntu. i 
still cant view the .pdf file .  thanks