Java plugin v1.6.0 nukes Firefox

Mike Chambers mike at miketc.com
Sat Apr 28 12:04:30 UTC 2007


On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 13:06 +0200, Colin Brace wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been using Java 1.5.0_06 for awhile without problem. 
> 
> Several days ago I just noticed that the azureus release notes
> recommended v1.5.0_10 or higher because it fixes some memory leaks.
> The latest java at java.com is v1.6.0_01. I downloaded this and
> installed it, changing the symlink in the firefox plugins directory to
> point to the newer version. However, when I tried to run FF v2.0.0.3,
> it kept crashing at startup until I reverted to the older version.
> Anyone else seen this problem? 

I am running that java and firefox versions and they work OK together
from what I have been doing.

jre-1.6.0_01-fcs
firefox-2.0.0.3-4.fc7

What are the /paths/to/the/dir's that you are linking?  In other words,
paste teh exact command and dir's your using.  And what version of
Fedora?

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Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY

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