Re: Java crashing Firefox
On 31 Mar 2004, Mustafa Taha Al-Shawaf wrote:
> I'm having similar trouble. If you ever get it to work let me know. I've
> been having the worst trouble with getting java to work under linux.
>
> MA
>
> On Wednesday 31 March 2004 16:05, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> > j2re1.4.2_04/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so, which I
> > acquired from the Sun site crashes Firefox. The mere presence of a
> > symlink to it in my ~/.firefox/plugins directory and Firefox 0.8 doesn't
> > even start up. Googling suggested that that plugin was my _solution_, but
> > it's not!
> >
> > But for that, I love Firefox.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > --
> > Patrick Wiseman pwiseman@mindspring.com
> > Linux user #17943 *Google First, Ask Later*
>
I have java working with firefox. The version is 1.4.2_03.
I found I had to put the link in /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins,
otherwise it didn't work.
AC
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