Re: Iceape's inability to render sites
On 2011-06-09, Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 04:43:42PM -0400, Michael Checca wrote:
>> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:11:48 -0400, Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> wrot=
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>> >I'm having trouble with Iceape's inability to render sites that use
>> >java correctly. This includes my bank and broker which prevents me
>> >from making Squeeze my primary distro. Running "locate jre" turns up
>> >a bunch of files including gcj-4.4-jre related ones, so I assume have
>> >java runtime installed. The icedtea6-plugin is notinstalled. Could
>> >that be the problem?
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>> If I recall correctly, the entire GCJ has been undeveloped for some
>> time now. Try installing either Sun/Oracle's Java JRE and plugin or
>> OpenJDK's JRE and plugin:
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>> Sun/Oracle: sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
>> or
>> OpenJDK: sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre icedtea6-plugin
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> Sudo in Debian? Not unless it's specifically enabled.
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> Unfortunately openjdk-6-jre and icedtea6-plugin didn't solve the
> problem. Thanks for trying. Anyone else?
I find that only the Sun (now Oracle) Java plug-in works consistently
well. You will need to install sun-java6-plugin from the non-free
repository.
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Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland
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