Java plugin stopped working.

Steve zephod at cfl.rr.com
Wed Nov 5 20:49:27 UTC 2008


---- Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com> wrote: 
> * Steve <zephod at cfl.rr.com> [2008-11-05 14:44]:
> > 
> > ---- Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com> wrote: 
> > > * Steve <zephod at cfl.rr.com> [2008-11-05 13:30]:
> > > > 
> > > > ---- Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com> wrote: 
> > > > > * Steve <zephod at cfl.rr.com> [2008-11-04 10:42]:
> > > > > > I'm using 2.22.2 of ephipany and my java plugin seems to have stopped working presumably as a result of a recent update (nspluginwrapper-1.1.2.2.fc9.x86_64?). 
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > > > Hi Steve,
> > > > > 
> > > > > If you type in about:plugins in the address bar and hit enter, do you
> > > > > see Java in the list that shows up?
> > > > 
> > > > No,  there is no java in the list.
> > > > 
> > > > > If it does not, can you paste the output of:
> > > > > ls -l /etc/alternatives/*javaplugin*
> > > > 
> > > > $ ls -l /etc/alternatives/*javaplugin*
> > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 63 2008-11-03 14:55 /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for taking the time to help.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Alright, so that link looks good. We need to figure out now if that plugin 
> > > exists, and if mozilla is expected to be seeing it. So, can you post the 
> > > output of:
> > > 
> > > ls -l /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so
> > > 
> > > and:
> > > 
> > > ls -l /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/*java*
> > > 
> > > Deepak
> > 
> > [sblackwell at asa-ws-053 ~]$ ls -l /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so
> > ls: cannot access /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so: No such file or directory
> > 
> > So that looks like a problem:
> > 
> > [sblackwell at asa-ws-053 ~]$ locate gcjwebplugin.so
> > /usr/lib/gcj-4.3.0/libgcjwebplugin.so
> > /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so
> > /usr/lib64/gcj-4.3.0/libgcjwebplugin.so
> > /usr/share/doc/libgcj-4.3.0/README.libgcjwebplugin.so
> > 
> 
> Yep, so that is definitely the problem. The alternatives seem to be
> messed up. Not really sure why that happened. Can you paste the output
> of:
> 
> alternatives --display libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 ?
> 
> (that will tell me if just the link is bad, or if the alternatives
> setup itself is broken)
>

[sblackwell at hp19748184096 ~]$ sudo /usr/sbin/alternatives --display libjavaplugin.so.x86_64
libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 - status is auto.
 link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so
/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so - priority 16000
Current `best' version is /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/lib/amd64/gcjwebplugin.so.


> Deepak
> 
> > Seems there is an extra jre in the path.
> > 
> > [sblackwell at asa-ws-053 ~]$ ls -l /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/*java*
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2008-11-03 14:55 /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so -> /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64
> > 
> > Steve




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