Re: JAVA has killed my browsers

[Akintayo Holder <akintayo@acm.org>]

Remove the plugin from the plugin directory. Worked for me
Jim Shofstall wrote:

> Both of my installed browsers are unable to boot.
> ------------------------------
> jim:$ mozilla
>
> INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End:
>  Could not load /usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libjavaplugin_oji.so:
>  linking error=/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libjavaplugin_oji.so: 
>  undefined symbol: XtShellStrings
>
> System error?:: Invalid argument
> ------------------------------
> jim:$ netscape
>
> INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End:
>  Could not load /usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libjavaplugin_oji.so:
>  linking error=/usr/lib/j2re1.3/lib/i386/libjavaplugin_oji.so:
>  undefined symbol: PR_GetCurrentThread
>
> System error?:: No such file or directory
> ------------------------------
>
> Thus my question is two-fold
>
> A. Obviously, since the programs won't boot I can't go to preferences and
> turn off Java support. How do I manually turn off java support in Netscape
> 4.76 and Mozilla 0.9.4 so I can at least boot the programs and have
> non-java enabled browsers?  
> I did look in prefs.js and couldn't find the right key to change.
>
> B. Is there a version of libjavaplugin_oji.so that would support both
> browsers or where do I at least find a version that will support Mozilla? 
> ( Current version of libjavaplugin dated Oct 24 2000 )
>
> Netscape v. 4.76
> Mozilla v. 0.9.4



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