Re: openjdk-7-jre and Iceweasel

[Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Friday 30 September 2011 12:00:23 Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:28:32 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 September 2011 17:03:55 Dejan Ribič wrote:
> >> Dne 29.9.2011 17:54, piše Lisi:
> >> > I am trying, without success, to run:
> >> >
> >> > http://media.pearsoncmg.com/aw/aw_kurose_network_2/applets/dns/
>
> dns.html
>
> >> > The problem is the applet.  The Java I have on  my Lenny system is
> >> > too old. Hardly surprising.  So I switched to Wheezy.  Still not OK.
> >> > I checked: I only had openjdk-6-jre.  So I installed openjdk-7-jre
> >> > and its dependencies. Still no joy.  I imagine that iceweasel is not
> >> > using it at all, or not in the way that jre 7 needs.  What can I do
> >> > to run this applet?  This is a course in OSS, so it shouldn't require
> >> > anything proprietary.
> >>
> >>    I am not sure this works with openjdk-7 but try to install
> >> icedtea-plugin.
> >
> > Thank you to all three of you.  I finally manged to install
> > icedtea-plugin from Sid, but now things are even worse!  Before, I got a
> > box with a message that I needed to install java.  Now I just have a
> > box-shaped light grey area with nothing else visible. :-(
> >
> > Any clues?  I am beginning to think that I may have to install another
> > distro just for this. :-(
> >
> > But I'll try Squeeze first.
> >
> > Sorry - I have not got you any further forward, Gilbert.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Lisi
>
> I have a stock Squeeze installation, and the page you referenced works
> for me. Here is my setup:
>
> $ java -version
> java version "1.6.0_18"
> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8.9) (6b18-1.8.9-0.1~squeeze1)
> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode)
> $ dpkg -l | grep icedtea
> ii  icedtea6-plugin                         6b18-1.8.9-0.1~squeeze1
> web browser plugin based on OpenJDK and IcedTea to execute Java applets
> $ firefox --version
> Mozilla Iceweasel 3.5.16, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2010 mozilla.org
>
> Hope this helps.

Thanks very much Harry!  I haven't currently got a working Squeeze.  That will 
be remedied this afternoon, and then I'll try and copy your set-up.  I want 
to do that anyway, this just gives me a reason why it can move up the 
priority list!

Of course, even if it works it won't help you Gilbert.  Sorry about that!

Lisi