Dear friends:
Well, the Java madness in Konqueror is finally over!
I never could get KDE 2.0.1 to work with any of the Java Virtual
Machines that I installed. This doesn't mean that it won't on other
people's systems. It's just that they failed on mine. So...
I upgraded to KDE 2.1 and tried out all four Java Virtual Machines on my
system: Sun's 1.3.0, Blackdown's 1.3.0, IBM's 1.3.0 and Sun's JDK 1.2.2.
And the winner is...
IBM 1.3.-6
The exact file is:
IBMJava2-JRE-1.3-6.0.i386.rpm
The IBM rpm installs into /opt... as follows:
You can get it from http://www.ibm.com/developer/java
[sher@mindspring bin]$ pwd
/opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin
[sher@mindspring bin]$ ls
JavaPluginControlPanel* libJdbcOdbc.so* libjava.so*
libzip.so*
awt_robot* libagent.so* libjavaplugin12.so*
oldjava*
classic/ libawt.so* libjdwp.so*
oldjavaw*
exe/ libcmm.so* libjitc.so*
policytool*
java* libdcpr.so* libjpeg.so* rmid*
javaplugin.so* libdt_socket.so* libjsound.so*
rmiregistry*
javaw* libfontmanager.so* libnet.so*
tnameserv*
jvmtcf* libhpi.so* liborb.so*
keytool* libhprof.so* libxhpi.so*
[sher@mindspring bin]$
In Konqueror, Settings, Konqueror Browser, Java, type in the following
path:
/opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin/java
I have not tested it everywhere, but I have a strong feeling that IBM's
1.3.6 Java might just be the right Java, in spite of KDE's preference
for Blackdown. Obviously, each of these JVM will work for some, but not
for others.
I wish to thank Zeljko Vukman, whose message I read on one of the
archives who specifically suggested IBM's Java. He said that he had
tried Sun's 1.3.0 Java and that it failed (as also confirmed by KDE) and
that he then downloaded IBM's Java and that it worked perfectly every
time. Without that hint to go on, I would probably have gone bananas by
now.
My thanks to the KDE team for producing such a wonderful Konqueror
browser (and, of course, file manager). I was so pleased with it that I
wanted the Java to work, too. I hope my confirmation that it works with
the IBM Java will help others who are as bewildered by the Java
situation as I was.
By the way, KDE's discussion of Java can be found at:
http://www.konqueror.org/konq-java.html
To test your Konqueror Java, may I suggest a fabulous site that features
a java applet that unfolds (literally) ten images per applet. There are
five such applets on this site. The site is called: Russian Painting.
The URL is:
http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/ruspaint.html
Try any of the five java applets in the left frame: Icons, 18th century,
etc.
And, last but not least, my deep thanks to everyone who went out of
their way to respond to my requests for help with KDE's Java. I am very
grateful, indeed.
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
