On Jan 26, 2008 9:47 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm sure this is a frequently *asked* question, but I haven't been able
> to find an *answer*. I have Gentoo ("~amd64") running on my Athlon64 X2.
> When I start up Firefox and try to use Java, it bounces me into an
> "install missing plugin" dialog box. I can click on the button, and it
> tells me that it can't install the plugin.
>
> How do I get this to work? Do I need to install a 32-bit Firefox? That's
> what I've been able to find from Google on other distros.
My experience is that some Java works on 64-bit and some does not. I
can promise you that in my experience there is definately some Java
out there that doesn't run correctly on AMD64.
However if no Java is working it's probably a USE flags issue or a
missing plugin.
lightning ~ # emerge -pv mozilla-firefox
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild R ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.11 USE="gnome java
-bindist -debug -filepicker -iceweasel -ipv6 -mozdevelop -moznopango
-restrict-javascript -xforms -xinerama -xprint" LINGUAS="-af -ar -be
-bg -ca -cs -da -de -el -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -fy
-fy_NL -ga -ga_IE -gu -gu_IN -he -hu -it -ja -ka -ko -ku -lt -mk -mn
-nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ro -ru -sk
-sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -uk -zh -zh_CN -zh_TW" 31 kB
Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 31 kB
lightning ~ #
Navigate to an empty Firefox window and type about:pugins in the
address bar. Do you see Java support?
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_03-b05
File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_03
lightning ~ # equery belongs libjavaplugin_oji.so
[ Searching for file(s) libjavaplugin_oji.so in *... ]
app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java-1.6.0.03
(/opt/emul-linux-x86-java-1.6.0.03/plugin/i386/ns7-gcc29/libjavaplugin_oji.so)
app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java-1.6.0.03
(/opt/emul-linux-x86-java-1.6.0.03/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so)
lightning ~ #
lightning ~ # emerge -pv emul-linux-x86-java
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild R ] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java-1.6.0.03 USE="X
alsa nsplugin" 0 kB
Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
lightning ~ #
Hopefully there are enough pointers there to get it working. If you
want to check specific sites then post back a URL.
- Mark
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