Re: Configuring java plugin for iceweasel on amd64
On Sat, 2010-06-12 at 00:42 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 06/12/2010 12:13 AM, Alan Ianson wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 21:40 -0700, Peter Tenenbaum wrote:
> >> I've been trying to get Java to work correctly on iceweasel (I'm using
> >> squeeze and amd64). I managed to get the sun-java6-plugin downloaded
>
> "Managed" implies difficulty, which shouldn't be.
>
> >> and installed. Currently, I
> >> see /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/libjavaplugin.so, which is a link
> >> to /etc/alternatives/iceweasel-javaplugin.so . my ~/.mozilla/plugins
> >> directory does not contain any Java-related libraries or links. When
> >> I check Iceweasel's add-ons GUI, I see Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20, and when
> >> I do about:plugins I see Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20. In my preferences,
> >> Java is enabled. However: when I navigate to the Java test webpage
> >> (http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp) and push the big red
> >> "verify java version" button, it errors out after about 2 minutes.
> >>
> >> Is there some other configuration work which needs to be done to make
> >> Iceweasel fully Java-functional?
>
> Might you have at one time installed a private Java, either into
> /usr/local or $HOME?
>
> > I get the same results here, and accessing a site that requires the
> > plugin doesn't work. The page appears but the applet doesn't start for
> > reasons unknown.
> >
> > A bug in the plug-in maybe??
>
> Or plug-in conflicts?
>
> >
>
> Works perfectly for me in Sid on amd64 with sun-java6-plugin
> 6.20-dlj-4 and iceweasel 3.6.4~build2-1 (from experimental).
It's probably the ipv6 thing as Eduardo suggests. ATM I have a new
install of sid and I forgot all about that.
I rarely if ever use java apps, so it doesn't bug me.
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