Re: [Nolug] application/x-java-vm plugin

Ron Johnson wrote:

>On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 13:52 -0500, John D. Tiedeman wrote:
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>>Ron Johnson wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 11:35 -0500, John D. Tiedeman wrote:
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>>>>Brad Bendily wrote:
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>>>>>>When entering certain websites, I get the message " . . . contains
>>>>>>information of type application/x-java/vm . . ." I am then given the
>>>>>>opportunity to download the Linux plug-in. It apparently downloads and
>>>>>>installs, but it never takes effect and I have tried downloading it many
>>>>>>times (no more than once a day). I can't find any files it may have
>>>>>>installed. What's going on?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>[snip]
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>>>>I am using Firefox. Java is enabled, or at least entering some Java
>>>>commands without parameters bring up a message to enter with --help,
>>>>which yields a listing.
>>>>
>>>>I have found that libjavaplugin_oji.so is present in the same directory
>>>>as the flash plugin, which appears to be working at present. Does that
>>>>mean I don't need to add it to my path? If I do need to add it, do you
>>>>mean the one accessed by $PATH or something else? I don't know how to
>>>>get to one that's just for the browser.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Do you see Java mentioned when you put about:plugins in the
>>>address bar?
>>>
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>>I only see Shockwave Flash.
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>Well, I guess maybe though Java is installed on your box, the
>plugin isn't installed in Firefox....
>
>Ok, I've got libjavaplugin_oji.so in this directory:
>/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/
>
>Yours may be in a different directory, depending on which version
>of Java you have installed.
>
>In the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory, make a symlink to
>that libjavaplugin_oji.so file.
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Still doesn't work, but I tried Brad's suggestion (Konqueror) and I
don't get the messages. I'm not sure if the site is supposed to do
anything more, but I'll find out when I think of others to try it on.
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