Re: java plugin
On Tuesday 20 November 2012 16:32:35 you wrote:
> I thought I read or heard on a podcast (TechSNAP???) that Firefox
> (and by implicit extension Iceweasel) was blacklisting sun-java due
> to Oracle's epic fail with security. Can anyone confirm?
Using Iceweasel 10.0.10, from mozilla.debian.net in Squeeze, the plugin
check feautre disables, it seems, any java stuff except the latest from
Oracle. jre-7u9-linux-x64
>
> Not sure of a fix, other than, maybe, try openjdk/icetea. I don't
> usually run java apps, if I can avoid it. Do you need java, and more
> to the point, do you need *Sun's* java?
>
> --b
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Michael P. Soulier
>
> <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Nothing I do seems to get the java plugin working in iceweasel. I
> > installed sun-java6-plugin, confirmed that the symlinks from the
> > iceweasel plugins directory are there, but it doesn't appear in
> > about:plugins.
> >
> > Any tips?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
>
--
Peace,
Greg
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