Anybody got Sun's Java running on F8rc3?

[Knute Johnson]

>Knute Johnson wrote:
>>> Knute Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> It appears though that this version of java has no support for 
>>>> version 5 or 6 features.  So now I need to go back and figure out how 
>>>> to install Sun's java and make it work.  Maybe it will this time.
>>> Why do you assume it doesnt support 5 or 6 features? Iced Tea is a 
>>> derivative of the latest OpenJDK.
>>>
>>> Rahul
>> 
>> Because it announces itself in about:plugins as GCJ Web Browser 
>> Plugin 1.4, and it won't run my version 6 applet.
>
>Right but that's different from IcedTea. Sun applet viewer has non-free 
>bits still IIRC and GCJ web plugin works on both x86 and x86_64.
>
>Rahul

I'm not sure here what is different from icedtea.  The above is what 
showed up when I reinstalled everything.  Is there another plugin?  
How would I get that instead of this one?

Non-free bits or not, Sun's Java and the plugin worked just fine on 
F7 and all the previous versions.

Thanks,

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Knute Johnson
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