Java applets not starting F-9 , firefox-3

[Per Anton Rønning]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Per Anton Rønning wrote:
>> Ed Greshko wrote:
>> ..snip..
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Also in reply to Ed:
>>>> There are two web-pages (both for interactive currency trading):
>>>> 1) http://www.cbfx.com and
>>>
>>> Do you mean the login at 
>>> https://live.webtradingonline.com/web/webtrading.aspx  ?
>>>
>>> It is a flash application.
>> Start with www.cbfx.com
>> Click Live Account Login - choose ICTS institutional login
>> Then "Platform Login (java version)"
>> Then this URL is launched:
>> http://live.cbfx.sysfx.com:8100/trade/trade.jsp?entry=deal.77&lang=en_US
>> and (when it works) after some processing the login screen appears.
>> At the top of this screen (with red capital letters (CLOSE THIS PAGE 
>> ONLY...)
>> there is a marked triangle in grayish color which used to display the 
>> Java symbol
>> as the applet was firing up.
>> Now nothing happens and the message line at the botton says "Done".
>
> OK....
>
> This works fine in one of my environments.  I get the login applet.
Fine!!
>
>
>>>> 2) http://www.forex.com
>>>> Both these are made for JRE 1.4... are there major revisions in 1.5 
>>>> that might
>>>> cause problems?
>>>
>>> This works fine on FF 3.0.1 and Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_07-b06 on 
>>> RHELv5.  It does not work on FF 3.0.1 with:
>>>
>>> GCJ Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea) 1.2
>>>
>>>     File name: gcjwebplugin.so
>>>     The GCJ Web Browser Plugin (using IcedTea) executes Java applets.
>> This is installed  -- but it does not work in your environment?
>> Maybe that is the problem then,...
>> and RHEL - Red Hat Enterprise?? What plugin does it use to execute 
>> applets?
>
> gcjwebplugin.so does not work as hoped.  This is the open source 
> environment.
>
>> Is there something else besides gcjwebplugin.so that might help 
>> execute java applets?
>
> I think what needs to be understood is that, at least for me, the Sun 
> supplied java pieces work just fine with the URLs that you have listed.
Ok, that may be it. I'd better clean the PC of everything Java 
runtime-related, and reinstall
the programs from Sun.
Fedora 9 had Java installed ($java did execute before I started 
downloading anything)
I guess this is Java Development  then - since JRE was missing.
Am I then safe to assume that removal of everything under 
/usr/java/jre1.n... (I have both n=5 and n=6) will be enough?
The libjavaplugin_oji.so is set to point to jre1.5... and I cannot 
remember where I got that from.
So, my procedure would be:
Delete everything below /usr/java - download jre.1.5-- from Sun and 
install it.
(I did also use www.java.com before)
I did not use .rpm downloads, some advice I picked up in some article I 
read.
I have observed that the install procedure (starting the self extracting 
.bin file) is creating some libraries, do I have to remove these as 
well, or will they be overwritten?
I cannot remember where they were located, perhaps yum can list then  .. 
(that I cannot remember either, I am going to buy more memory! :-)  )
BTW: In what environment exactly did you manage to bring up the login 
screen?
You use jre1.5--- ?

> The open-java stuff does not work.
>
> As far as I can tell you have both the open-java as well as the Sun 
> java environments installed.  It isn't clear to me what environment is 
> being picked up by your browser.
>
Honestly, it is not clear to me either right now. I was not aware that 
this was an issue,
so I did not think about it at all.

But I hope the strategy designed above will get this straight.


Brgds
PAR