On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:10:09 +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > Short summary: > > Mozilla JRE Works? > ============================================== 1.2.1-2.bunk > j2re1.3 YES 1.2.1-2.bunk j2re1.4 unknown > 1.3-5 j2re1.3 NO 1.3-5 j2re1.4 > NO 1.4-2 j2re1.3 NO 1.4-2 > j2re1.4 NO > > Why? And how to fix? > > I am trying hard to get Java to work with Mozilla: > > ii mozilla-browse 1.4-2 Mozilla Web Browser - core and browser > ii j2re1.4 1.4.0.99beta-1 Blackdown Java(TM) 2 Runtime > Environment, St ii j2sdk1.4 1.4.0.99beta-1 Blackdown Java(TM) 2 > SDK, Standard Edition > > Java works, Mozilla works, but the plugin does not. j2re1.4 installs > /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so via symlinks > into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. If I start Mozilla, then about:plugins > does *not* list the plugin. > > If I manually link > /usr/lib/j2se/1.3/jre/plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin.so into the plugins > tree, then about:plugins lists a number of MIME types for which > Blackdown is responsible, but it's missing one of the important ones: > application/x-java-vm. > > I tried using j2{re,sdk}1.3 in place of the unstable 1.4 version, but no > different behaviour. Mozilla 1.3-5 exhibits the same problem. > > I have another machine running older software, and it works flawlessly > there: > > ii mozilla-browse 1.2.1-2.bunk Mozilla Web Browser - core and browser > ii j2re1.3 1.3.1.02b-2 Blackdown Java(TM) 2 Runtime > Environment, St ii j2sdk1.3 1.3.1.02b-2 Blackdown Java(TM) 2 > SDK, Standard Edition > > What's the deal here? Has anyone gotten the Blackdown Java Plugin to > work with Mozilla 1.4?
I was at one point able to get Mozilla 1.3 to work with Java 1.4 (I since downgraded mozilla because I wanted to stick with Galeon 1.2 series for now) The problem is that Mozilla 1.3 in Debian was recompiled using g++-3.2 which has a different ABI from GCC 2.95 and 3.0. As a result the Mozilla is now binary-incompatible with the new plugin. Here's the solution: Blackdown's Java .debs are still compiled with GCC 2.95.x, *but* blackdown does have a binary installer available of Java 1.4 compiled with g++-3.2 which you can use with Mozilla 1.3. You can also use it to make your own .debs of Java, as I have (but I unfortunately cannot share them because of bandwidth constraints) I haven't tried Mozilla 1.4, so I don't know if the g++ ABI is the only hurdle that you'll have to deal with. I guess the question is: when will Blackdown make .debs with g++-3.2? This problem affected Mandrake 6 to 9 months before it affected debian because Mandrake included g++-3.1 (the first to use the new ABI) whereas Debian did not. -- I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. See http://www.gnupg.org/ for info about these digital signatures. My key was last signed 6/10/2003. If you use GPG, *please* see me about signing the key. ***** My computer can't give you viruses by email. *** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]