Re: Java crashing Firefox
On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 08:40:14AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> 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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Aha! I've been following this thread, and this hint *finally* brought
up Java in the about:plugins screen in Firefox for me. And now Java
applets show up, instead of that blue cross thingy. Thankyou!!!
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Martin Hillyer
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