FC8/IcedTea Java Plugin/FireFox/R

[Kam Leo]

On Dec 9, 2007 7:08 PM, Tim Evans <tkevans at tkevans.com> wrote:
> >Yep, I had the same problem.  Very frustrating.  First of all, the sun java
> >1.6.X has problems with libxcb, then icedtea applets do not display.
> >Grrrr.
> >
> >My solution was a bit brutish, but I downloaded that latest 1.7 snapshot
> >(which is what icedtea is) from http://download.java.net/jdk7/binaries/
> >
> >Then I ran the following script PLEASE EDIT FOR YOUR OWN PATHS to set it
> up >for the the alternatives and plug in.  It works for all java apps
> I've
>
> Thanks, Brian.  I downloaded the latest snapshort and tried the script,
> but with no luck.  Not quite sure what to try next, or how to verify the
> script did the right things.  (firefox 'about:plugins' still references
> the old plugin.)  I'd appreciate any more suggestions.
> --
> Tim Evans, TKEvans.com, Inc.

Have you looked in /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.x/plugins and removed the
link to the alternatives version of the jre?