Mark Knecht wrote:
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 ~ #
OK ... my USE flags:
$ 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="ipv6 java
mozdevelop -bindist -debug -filepicker -gnome -iceweasel -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
Navigate to an empty Firefox window and type about:pugins in the
address bar. Do you see Java support?
Nope ... it's not there. But:
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 ~ #
$ 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)
So ... the library is installed, but Firefox doesn't see it.
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
Yep ... it was compiled with all the USE flags.
lightning ~ #
Hopefully there are enough pointers there to get it working. If you
want to check specific sites then post back a URL.
OK ... I'm going to re-emerge Firefox and see if I can get the plugin to
show up in "about:plugins".
By the way, the "URL" in question is actually an R language help page
that uses Java for searches. They might well have done something uncool
Java-wise, and this is a known issue for the R people. I also installed
seamonkey and tried to get it to work there and it didn't work, but it
didn't complain about a missing plugin either. So stay tuned ...
- Mark
1. USE flags:
$ 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="ipv6 java
mozdevelop -bindist -debug -filepicker -gnome -iceweasel -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
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