jre Firefox plugin won't work.

[Jim]

  On 10/17/2010 12:32 PM, Genes MailLists wrote:
> On 10/17/2010 12:26 PM, Jim wrote:
>>    On 10/17/2010 12:18 PM, Genes MailLists wrote:
>>> On 10/17/2010 11:45 AM, Jim wrote:
>>>
>>>     Go to about:plugins - and check for multiple versions of jre - if so
>>> disable the undesirable ones.
>>>
>>>     I dont use firefox anymore (switched to google-chrome) but I'm pretty
>>> sure there is a way to choose when conflicting plugins provide same service.
>>>
>>>     May be worth checking anyway .. it may be under the Add-Ons menu item
>>> .... or similar if not under about:plugins
>>>
>>>     g
>> There is nothing about jre or java in about:plugins ,
>    Oh I see - so your firefox does not see any java at all ...
>
>   anything interesting in your ~/.mozilla/firefox/pluginreg.dat (or
> whatever its called)
>
>   i believe you can rename that (or delete it) and it will be recreated
> but that probably wont help.

/pluginreg.dat has all the same thing that shows up in about:plugins