java and FC3

[Marc M]

Actually this IS firefox, I should've specified that originally...I
don't know enough about what is going on under the hood with java, to
know whether just a plugin fixes these things, or whether I somehow
need more, like the full SDK or JDK packages.

Marc

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:51:51 -0800, Andy Barclay <game138 at unixpeople.com> wrote:
> 
> Marc M wrote:
> > Hi, I am running FC3.  Mozilla craps out on me whenever I go to
> > hushmail.com and the encryption engine for pgp kicks in.  It gives me
> > a java related message (not a real error message, just a 'hey you have
> > a problem that is java related' type message).
> 
> I'm running Sun's jdk 1.4.2 and it *seems* to work well. I've finally
> made the switch from mozilla to firefox and thunderbird, and they also
> seem to be well-behaved.
> 
> 
> >
> > I have downloaded and installed Dag's java j2re rpm, with the syntax
> >
> > yum --enablerepo=dag install j2re mozilla-j2re
> >
> > I have done a yum update.  Is mozilla getting crappy or what?  I get
> > some crashy behavior other times too.  Other than reinstall mozilla
> > (then java), do you have any suggestions?  Is there a way to install
> > TONS of java, way overkill but something that might fix a java browser
> > issue ?
> >
> >
> > Gracias,
> > Marc
> >
> 
>