JAVA Plugin Won't Work

[Dave Krick]

I am fairly new to Linux, and I can't seem to get Java to work.  I've
downloaded the plugin and followed the registration instructions, all to
no avail.  I've checked that my preferences have it enabled and I've
gone in as root to a web site that I know uses it and, when prompted if
I want to download it, I've said yes and, after doing it's thing, it
tells me that it was downloaded and installed okay.  I'll restart
Mozilla and it still won't recognize Java.  

I'm running Fedora Core 1 and Mozilla 1.6.  I had the same situation
with Mozilla 1.5 and 1.4.  I have Fedora updated to the latest status.

I would really appreciate it if anyone has any suggestions for me.  If
you do, please be detailed in any command line instructions.

Thanks.
-- 
Dave Krick
dkrick at comcast.net

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