I've been struggling with getting a java plugin working in my 64-bit firefox. It might well be an impossible task at this time, but I wanted to post here and see if anybody has had any success. Otherwise, this message might be able to save users some time trying things that don't work.
I'm running pure64 Sid. My first stop was plugindoc.mozdev.org to see where to download a JRE. http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html#Java That page lists JREs from Sun, IBM, and Blackdown: http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=22&PartDetailId=jre-1.5.0_04-oth-JPR&SiteId=JSC&TransactionId=noreg http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux140/ http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/jdk1.4-status.html The Sun JRE doesn't have a plugin at this time: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=568127&tstart=105 http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4802695 Neither does the JRE from IBM, though I haven't been able to find any further information about that (possibly because having to give IBM a bunch of personal information just to find a download is very annoying). For reference, the file I downloaded is IBMJava2-JAVACOMM-AMD64-142.x86_64.tgz So, onward to Blackdown which, conveniently enough, has debs: http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/blackdown/debian/ (the current version is 1.4.2.02-1) I installed the JRE deb without any problems but had mixed results when testing the plugin in firefox. (1) http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml The embedded applet says "You are using an older version" and asks me to get the latest version. Then it shows some system information and has a weird little dancing figure. I don't know what it's supposed to do, but java_vm is running ok. (2) http://www.bodo.com/javame.htm The wiggly scrolling text in this applet says I'm "fully java enabled", though the animation has a slight tendency to stutter. Again, I don't know if this is working properly. (3) http://games.yahoo.com/games/downloads/tx.html This one makes firefox segfault immediately. Since Blackdown java is crashing, it seems I'm out of luck. I've looked through the debian java faq: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ ...but there doesn't seem to be anything else that provides a java plugin. `apt-file search libjavaplugin_oji.so' turns up nothing. I know I could go back to running a 32-bit firefox in a chroot, but I'd rather not. If anybody else knows more, please let me know. Thanks, Corey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
