firefox java problem

[Nathaniel Husted]

On 6/20/05, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 10:00:54AM -0400, David Cary Hart wrote:
> > > I followed Michael Peters' instructions, which I'm sure you can find in
> > > the Archives (or at least some links to the JPackage Project), for
> > > building my own Java RPM's. Try this link:
> > > http://www.jpackage.org/
> > It's an awful lot simpler just to install the Sun tarball.
> 
> Less work upfront, but more when you want to update or to install other java
> packages.
> 
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As above the rpm from the java website will magically go poof, but I
have also had a weird issue with the Sun tarball.

One odd issue I'm having after installed the Sun tarball (I installed
it properly... or at least limewire works) is that the java plugin for
firefox doesn't work. I created a symlink between
/usr/lib/firefox/plugins and /opt/java... and it never seems to get
registered (never shows up on about:plugins). I am running the x86_64
version of FC4 with the i386 version of firefox installed. The flash
plugin and mplayer plugin are properly registered. The symlink to the
java plugin also is not broken.