Sun Java Plugin 6 does not work in Firefox on F7

[Antonio Olivares]

> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Marcelo Magno T. Sales <mmtsales at gmail.com>
> To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 7:50:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Sun Java Plugin 6 does not work in Firefox on F7
> 
> Hi, Ed
> 
> Em Ter 14 Ago 2007, Ed Landaveri escreveu:
> > Marcelo,
> > Make sure you've followed the instructions. If you
> > upgraded the packages after your first installation
> > only the soft link is missing. If so you just can
> > created. These are the instructions I follow everytime
> > I install/upgrade firefox, remember check the firefox
> > version you're running:
> >
> > 1. Download jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin
> > 2. su-->pwd-->mv jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin to /usr/local
> > 3. chmod a+x jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin
> > 4. verify permissions: ls -l
> > 5. ./jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin
> > 6. Do you agree? Yes.-->Done
> > 7. It's installed under: /usr/local/jre1.6.0_01
> > 8. cd ../lib/firefox-1.5.0.10/plugins/
> > 9. ln -s
> > /usr/local/jre1.6.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> > 10.Edit > Preferences. Under Advanced category >
> > Select Enable Java
> 
> I've done that. And it works, for the plugin from JRE 5. But for the 
> one from JRE 6 it doesn't work, on most of my F7 boxes. When there's 
> no link, I get a message stating that the plugin is missing, but with 
> the JRE 6 plugin I get no message, just a blank space where the 
> applet should be shown.
> 
> []'s
> Marcelo
> 
> -- 

Ed told you pretty much everything to do which you have done and still the same.  I have been there done that, Has anyone told you to 
# yum install  compat-libstdc++-33

If you have done this, then I'll shut up and forget that I had high hopes of fixing your java problem.  

Regards,

Antonio

[olivares at localhost ~]$ echo $(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
20070814215628
[olivares at localhost ~]$ uname -ipr
2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 i386
[olivares at localhost ~]$ 





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