Java applets not working in firefox in fedora 17

[Deepak Bhole]

* Kalpa Welivitigoda <callkalpa at gmail.com> [2012-09-18 11:55]:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com> wrote:
> > * Kalpa Welivitigoda <callkalpa at gmail.com> [2012-09-18 11:38]:
> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com> wrote:
> >> > * Kalpa Welivitigoda <callkalpa at gmail.com> [2012-09-18 11:25]:
> >> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com> wrote:
> >> >> > * Kalpa Welivitigoda <callkalpa at gmail.com> [2012-09-18 11:02]:
> >> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I use fedora 17 64 bit and my firefox version is 12.0. Java applets
> >> >> >> are not run in firefox. I have icedtea-web installed and following are
> >> >> >> the content of my /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugin/
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     41 Jun  8 21:28 libflashplayer.so ->
> >> >> >> /usr/lib64/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
> >> >> >> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root  18768 May 16 01:46 libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so
> >> >> >> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     41 Sep 18 20:27 libjavaplugin.so ->
> >> >> >> /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64
> >> >> >> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root   6056 Apr 24 22:33
> >> >> >> librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
> >> >> >> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 106608 May 15 20:20 libtotem-cone-plugin.so
> >> >> >> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 111312 May 15 20:20 libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
> >> >> >> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  73472 May 15 20:20 libtotem-mully-plugin.so
> >> >> >> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  86256 May 15 20:20 libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> any help to get java plugin working firefox?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > What does 'readlink -f /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so' show?
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> $ readlink -f /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so
> >> >> /usr/lib64/IcedTeaPlugin.so
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Okay, looks like your alternatives are set correctly. In firefox, what
> >> > does about:plugins say?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Following are the links to screen shots related to icetea in about:plugins in ff
> >>
> >> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9BQvR150Z2zMFFiVEpzT05IQzg
> >> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9BQvR150Z2zeFVRTjRXMmZGT28
> >>
> >
> > I think you need to share them publicly. It says I don't have access.
> >
> >> > Which applet are you trying to load btw?
> >>
> >> I tried several, none works,
> >> http://kalpapathum.blogspot.com/2007/11/simple-java-applet.html
> >
> > That one does not work for me either. The error is:
> >
> > Exception in thread "Applet" java.lang.ClassFormatError: Incompatible magic value 1011373133 in class file RGBApplet
> >
> > Seem like an error in the way the .class file was compiled.
> >
> >> http://csis.pace.edu/~bergin/Java/applets.htm
> >>
> 
> I cannot get this work even
> 

Ah okay, so let's see if firefox even sees a plugin -- can you make the
screenshots public so I can take a look?

Deepak

> >
> > That one does work for me.
> >
> > Deepak
> >
> >> >
> >> > Deepak
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> > Deepak
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
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> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Kalpa Pathum Welivitigoda
> >> >> >> http://about.me/callkalpa
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> Kalpa Pathum Welivitigoda
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