Java browser plugin Broken on one login only

[Jim Duda]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:

> Check the ~/.mozilla/plugins directory for that account. Maybe you have
> a broken Java plugin masking the real one.

That directory is empty for this user.

> 
> Also, check about:plugins from within Firefox.
> 

Cool, thanks for this tip, I never knew about this.

For the broken user, I don't have java in this list.  For other users, I do.

I don't see java in the ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat file for the 
broken user, but I do for the working users.

I even renamed the .mozilla directory for the broken user and restarted 
firefox, however, still no java in about:plugins or pluginreg.dat file.

How/when does firefox go looking for plugins?

I believe I have all the files I need (again, other users work).

jim> l /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
total 604
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  78504 2008-07-06 03:36 gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1339 2008-07-06 03:36 gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  78664 2008-07-06 03:36 gecko-mediaplayer-qt.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1339 2008-07-06 03:36 gecko-mediaplayer-qt.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  78696 2008-07-06 03:36 gecko-mediaplayer-rm.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1339 2008-07-06 03:36 gecko-mediaplayer-rm.xpt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  81568 2008-07-06 03:36 gecko-mediaplayer.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  81576 2008-07-06 03:36 gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1339 2008-07-06 03:36 gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.xpt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1339 2008-07-06 03:36 gecko-mediaplayer.xpt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     39 2008-07-18 18:49 libflashplayer.so -> 
/usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     34 2008-08-07 20:26 libjavaplugin.so -> 
/etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 104508 2008-07-13 06:38 libvlcplugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     46 2007-12-22 19:55 nppdf.so -> 
/opt/Adobe/Reader8/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8260 2008-04-22 18:58 xine-logo.ogg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  43400 2008-04-22 18:58 xineplugin.so

l /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 2008-08-07 20:31 
/etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so -> 
/opt/jre1.6/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.sol



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