Can't get java plugin-in in Firefox

Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak mjc at avtechpulse.com
Thu Nov 4 12:36:37 UTC 2010


On 11/04/2010 01:47 AM, Manuel Escudero wrote:

>     I have jre1.6.0_21 installed in /usr/java and I have in
>     /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins the  libnpjp2.so and points to
>     /usr/java/jre1.6.0_21/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so ,  but I can't get get a java
>     plugin in about:plugins.
>
>     I have used the  libnpjp2.so in a number of boxes without any problems.
>
> Install both the Java and Java's Plugin with:
> sudo yum -y install java-1.6.0-openjdk java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin
> That must be the solution :)

Unfortunately, some applications still require the Sun java to work 
properly (a lot of banking and government sites, and the open java can 
be extremely slow for database accesses).

Anyway, I had the same problem. To make Sun java work, you need:

setsebool -P allow_execstack 1

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628031

- Mike


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