Re: konqueror java support fails again

[Simon Hepburn <sth@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Mauro Darida wrote:

> hello all,
> thanks for your answers on my problem. I put in Konqueror:
> path to java executable: /usr/local/j2re1.4.1/bin/java
> and the previous error disappeared, but when trying a java application I
> only got :' loading applet ' and nothing more.

With Debian you do not need to set an absolute path, "java" will suffice. 
/usr/bin/java is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/java which in turn points to 
the real location of your java vm. When you change/update your java vm the 
debian install scripts should take care of updating the symlinks in 
/etc/alternatives. There are quite a few others, here's what I get when I 
grep for j2se :

JavaPluginControlPanel -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/bin/JavaPluginControlPanel
awt_robot -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/bin/awt_robot
j2sdk-config -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/bin/j2sdk-config
java -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/bin/java
java.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/java.j2se13.1.gz
javaplugin.so -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/jre/plugin/i386/netscape4/javaplugin.so
javaplugin_oji-mozilla-0.9.1.so -> 
/usr/lib/j2se/1.3/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so
javaplugin_oji-mozilla-0.9.2.so -> 
/usr/lib/j2se/1.3/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so
javaplugin_oji-mozilla-cvs.so -> 
/usr/lib/j2se/1.3/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so
javaplugin_oji.so -> 
/usr/lib/j2se/1.3/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so
keytool -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/bin/keytool
keytool.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/keytool.j2se13.1.gz
policytool -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/bin/policytool
rmid -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/bin/rmid
rmid.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/rmid.j2se13.1.gz
rmiregistry -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/bin/rmiregistry
rmiregistry.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/rmiregistry.j2se13.1.gz
tnameserv -> /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/bin/tnameserv

You might want to check /etc/alternatives/ for broken symlinks.

HTH

-- 
Simon Hepburn.