sun java vs Fedora

Jack Howarth howarth at bromo.msbb.uc.edu
Thu Jun 15 14:27:39 UTC 2006


   Is there any chance the problems with using the Sun Java plugin
with Fedora Core 4 or 5 will be resolved soon? I have been unable to
use the java plugin as installed by either the jpackage nosrc rpms or
manually installing the binary installer for linux on either FC4 or
FC5. This is across about 7 machines I have installed here. In all
cases I end up with a red X when I attempt to load the java applet
at the testvm web page...

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml

This problem is really getting old and makes MacOS X look like a
better choice for a workstation.
                     Jack
ps I can't believe this problem doesn't get more discussion here
as it is a major regression. FYI, I tried the latest b87 release
of Java 1.6 and it doesn't work any better.




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