Fedora 8 java question
Ric Moore
wayward4now at gmail.com
Fri Mar 14 03:38:01 UTC 2008
On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 09:37 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote:
> >Hi List;
> >
> >I've run into a snag with Fedora 8 and I'm not sure I have even enough info to
> >share to get some help, but I figure it's worth a shot:
> >
> >- I'm currently working with a client where I need remote VPN access. They use
> >a java based utility via a "NETGEAR ProSafe SSL VPN Concentrator 25 SSL312"
> >device. I was quite pleased to find that with Fedora 7 when I clicked the
> >java 'install/setup' icon the VPN just worked.
> >
> >However, I decided to upgrade to Fedora 8 and the VPN stopped working.
> >My "Upgrade" to Fedora 8 was a new clean install. I did find that the java
> >plugin in my fedora 7 install was using version 6 update 2 and my fedora 8
> >install was using version 7 (not sure of the build).
> >
> >With version 7, once I click the install/run icon I get a new small firefox
> >window which tells me it's connecting and then it displays a connect &
> >disconnect button (with the connect greyed out since at that point I'm
> >connected. However with Fedora 8 I get the window but nothing ever displays
> >in it just a blank window.
> >
> >Thoughts ?
> >
> >Thanks in advance....
>
> Looks like you had Sun Java installed on F7. F8 comes with icedtea
> which is an open source of the upcoming version 7. It is missing
> some things but I don't know if that is your problem. You can
> install Sun's java and try it. I posted a web page with instructions
> for installing and configuring Sun Java on F8.
>
> http://rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com/sun-java-on-F8.html
Thanks Knute! You did good and it was easy to follow. That always makes
a difference. Ric
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