Sun JDK 1.6, Java plugin, Firefox?

[Knute Johnson]

>Le mardi 23 janvier 2007 à 10:10 -0800, Knute Johnson a écrit :
>> Mike Cohler wrote:
>> > Knute Johnson <linux <at> rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> writes:
>> > 
>> >> Does anybody have the Sun 1.6 JDK installed with JPackage and able to 
>> >> get the java plugin to work with Firefox?  If I go to about:plugins it 
>> >> shows installed and enabled but I can't get any applets to run.  I'm 
>> >> using JPackage 1.7b, Sun JDK 1.6 and Firefox 1.5.0.9 on FC 6.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> > I installed the 1.6 JRE from java.sun.com - and it works fine.
>> > 
>> > If you go to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
>> > then under "Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6" click downloads and 
>> > get the Linux bin file.
>> > 
>> > Once that is untarred you can collect the appropriate plugin files 
>> > and make sure they are in the plugins directory.
>> >>From wherever your java directory is stored you then need
>> > java/jre1.6.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
>> > in the plugins directory either as the file or a link to the correct file
>> > in the firefox plugins directory. You will need to restart firefox for it
>> > to be active.
>> > 
>> > This is how I do it and it seems to work fine.
>> > 
>> > 
>> 
>> Thanks for your response Mike but I really want to get it to work with 
>> JPackage since that is apparently the future.
>I installed jdk 1.6 rpm from sun and after this installed
>java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0-1jpp.i586.rpm from jpackage and all seems to
>work fine out of the box.
>

Eric:

You are using version 1.7b of the JPackage utilities?  Where is your 
link for the libjavaplugin_oji.so?  Is it in the 
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins or in the firefox-1.5.0.9/plugins directory? 
 What does your browser show if you go to about:plugins?

Thanks,

-- 
Knute Johnson
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