Jigzone
Robert Locke
lists at ralii.com
Wed Dec 26 15:01:10 UTC 2007
On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 00:37 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Monday 24 December 2007 20:37, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > On Monday 24 December 2007 18:14, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > > On Monday 24 December 2007 02:04, Robert Locke wrote:
> > > > Getting ready to switch the wife over to Fedora, but there is one
> > > > online app that my be a deal breaker.
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to run jigzone.com Jigsaw puzzles on F8 (all updated).
> > > > Tried on two machines. One has just IcedTea while the other has both
> > > > IcedTea and Sun JRE 1.6. Both machines play the pretty bubble test the
> > > > jigzone.com site suggests, but fail to play the puzzles.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone else been able to get this going or have any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > --Rob
> > >
> > > Hi Robert. I don't think there's anything wrong with the site. I tried it
> > > with my FC2 install, which has Sun's jre_1_5_0_06 (needs upgrading), and
> > > with Firefox 2.0.0.9. I'm on dialup, couldn't initially find the
> > > "bubbles" test, so tried the "Ho Ho Ho" puzzle of the day. It did take a
> > > while to load (possibly because of dialup bandwidth), but the jigsaw,
> > > though quite difficult worked fine.
> > >
> > > I'll try it on F8 (which has icedtea), and on F7, where I installed Sun's
> > > JRE recently (jre-1.6...?)
> > >
> > > Nigel.
> >
> > An update on trying the site on F7, and F8.
> >
> > On F7 the site works ok, and the jigsaws load, and play.
> > Firefox version 2.0.0.10
> > Sun's jre is version 1.6.0_03
> > about:plugins details for Sun's java plugin below.
> >
> > Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_03-b05
> >
> > File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
> > Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_03
> >
> > MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
> > application/x-java-vm Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.5 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.6 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_03 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.5 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.6 Java Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.6.0_03 Java Yes
> >
> > Moving on to F8.
> >
> > The bubbles test works ok with icedtea, but loading the jigsaw applet times
> > out. Doh. May I suggest that you see what java stuff is showing up in
> > about:plugins in Firefox. You say that you have both icedtea, and Sun's jre
> > 1.6 installed on F8. If Firefox is using Sun's jre, you should see
> > something like the above output for my F7 install. If Firefox on your F8 is
> > still using icedtea, you'll see something like the output below.
> >
> > btw. I only have icedtea installed on F8.
> >
> > GCJ Web Browser Plugin 1.4
> >
> > File name: gcjwebplugin.so
> > The GCJ Web Browser Plugin executes Java applets.
> >
> > MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
> > application/x-java-vm IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.5 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.6 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;version=1.7 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.7.0_00 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.5 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.6 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;version=1.7 IcedTea class,jar Yes
> > application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.7.0_00 IcedTea class,jar
> >
> > Now of course, as you've installed Sun's jre along with icedtea, both may
> > be showing in Firefox's about:plugins, and as /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> > shows a link named libjavaplugin.so pointing to
> > /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so in my case, you may find that
> > alternatives has the icedtea as the default java version to be used, and
> > Sun's jre is being ignored, which would explain why the jigzone site isn't
> > working.
> >
> > I havn't messed with alternatives, but see man:alternatives in a
> > webbrowser.
> >
> > Please post back, as it would be nice to resolve the problem.
> >
> > Nigel.
>
> Meanwhile, back at the the ranch, and some time later after installing Sun's
> JRE and messing with Java stuff on F8.
>
> Without wishing to ramble on about all the stuff I've tried to get this site
> loading up the jigsaws on F8, this I believe is the best solution, as the
> icedtea browser plugin appears to be the problem.
>
> I use Apt, and Synaptic, but Yum should do this ok, as below.
> yum remove java-1.7.0-icedtea-plugin
>
> Having done this Firefox now loads the jigsaw applet ok on F8.
>
> I presume the Sun JRE install went ok, and you have now a "java" directory
> in /usr.
>
> The only other thing neccessary is the symlink below run as root.
>
> ln
> -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_03/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>
> Sorry about kmails wordwrapping. The line should start as. ln -s
>
> Hope you get this working ok. The jigsaws are a lot of fun.
I ended up doing something similar to above.
I did not want to remove IcedTea, because I seem to recall some features
in OpenOffice.org requiring it (gcj) at one point in my past....
I installed the Sun JDK 6u3, then went to jpackage.org and installed
their java-1.6.0-sun-compat to enable alternatives. I tried to be a
good boy first.
Though even after running alternatives, it left the IcedTea plugin
listed first in about:plugins. Removing the symlink
of /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so got rid of the IcedTea
plugin, but the site still did not work until I stumbled across one more
little piece to make Sun happy. I installed compat-libstdc++-33. Now
the Jigsaw puzzles are working great and the Christmas present to my
wife is now complete....
Thanks everyone for the suggestions,
--Rob
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