Firefox and java plugin

[David]

On 5/9/2012 1:41 PM, Akshay Vyas wrote:
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:08 PM, David <dgboles at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 5/8/2012 11:37 AM, Terry Polzin wrote:
>>>
>>> For some reason in firefox the java plugin refuses to install.  In
>>> order to do my job I have to use jre and not IcedTea or some other what
>>> I call "fake" java.  I have alternatives set correctly as my f16
>>> machine but the java 1.6.26 plugin does not show up in about:plugins
>>> screen or allow my apps to run.  Yes, I am forced to stay at this older
>>> version of jre due to the limitations of the apps I run.
>>>
>>> ls -l /etc/alternatives/lib*
>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 May  8 11:16
>>> /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 ->
>>> /usr/java/jre1.6.0_26/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so
>>>
>>> ls -l /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/
>>> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     41 May  8 11:16 libjavaplugin.so ->
>>> /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64
>>
>>
>> The latest Java 6 is u32. The Latest Java 7 us u4
> 
>  i tried installing the new version downloaded it from
> http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp?locale=en
> 
> installed successfully
> [root at hackerhost akshay]# rpm -qa | grep jre
> jre-1.7.0_04-fcs.i586
> 
> but firefox says that says that the java im using is
> outdated attached the screenshot,i think for firefox latest java is
> still  Java 6 is u32


That sounds like you have two different versions of Java installed at
the same time.


-- 

  David