Re: Java and Mozilla Firebird Help
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 at 12:19pm, Kenneth Jacker wrote:
: dpj> Java seems to be a major pain in Linux - it's all rather hit or
: dpj> miss to get it to work.
:
:I have had *no* problems w/ Java and its plugin until I upgraded to
:j2sdk1.4.2_04. I still can't get the plugin to work with 'firebird'.
I _was_ having a very difficult time getting j2re1.4.2_04 to work with
fireFOX and found a few things: (1) The plugin apparently needs to be in
/usr/lib/mozilla-fire[bird|fox]/plugins, and not in your personal plugins
directory. (I didn't actually confirm that because I'd already moved it
there and the other things got it working, and it's a matter of
indifference to me which directory it's in). (2) You need the plugin
compatible with your build of fire[bird|fox]. Do 'about:buildconfig' in
the Location bar, and you'll probably find it's built with gcc 3.2+. If
that's so, you need the 'ns610-gcc32' plugin. (3) I read (and did it
this way, so don't know if it's actually necessary) that the plugin will
only work if symlinked to the plugins directory, rather than copied. (4)
(_This_ was my problem!) The Java plugin won't work if you have a spoofed
user agent when you start up. So, if you need to spoof your UA, do it
_after_ you've got fire[bird|fox] running, and reset it to the default
before you shut it down.
Patrick
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Patrick Wiseman pwiseman@mindspring.com
Linux user #17943 *Google First, Ask Later*
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