2008/12/17 Stan Sander <[email protected]>: > Beso wrote: >> >> 2008/12/17 Duncan <[email protected]>: >> >>> >>> Stan Sander <[email protected]> posted [email protected], >>> excerpted below, on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:25:41 -0700: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> eselect java-nsplugin list >>>> Available 32-bit Java browser plugins >>>> [1] emul-linux-x86-java-1.6 current [2] >>>> emul-linux-x86-java-1.6-plugin2 >>>> Available 64-bit Java browser plugins >>>> [1] icedtea6 current >>>> >>>> But, here is where I'm at a loss and hoping someone can kick me in the >>>> right direction. When I launch my 64-bit seamonkey and do about:plugins >>>> icedtea6 doesn't show up and pages with java applets indicate I need a >>>> java plugin. >>>> >>> >>> Take a look at flameeyes' blog. He had a writeup on 64-bit icedtea and >>> some of the remaining hurdles to getting it really working properly on >>> amd64, probably a couple weeks ago. >>> >>> >> >> well, maybe normal users or users who don't really care about >> proprietaryware >> would do better to wait for the latest java update to hit portage, >> since it includes >> an official sun java nsplugin for 64bits. >> as for iced tea i think that it's the same of openjdk. am i wrong on this? >> >> > > Thanks Duncan and Beso. I knew I could count on you guys. :D > I already read through flameeyes' blog, but was just hoping that I was > missing > something simple or someone else on this list had it working. Perhaps the > best thing > to do is wait for update 12 to sun's java and the 64-bit plugin that will > come with it. > ('Bout darned time!!) > After that, the next project will be to dump the multilib profile. > well, for me icedtea works as long as you remove any gcj from the system and just compile gcc with gcj use flag, and this will take a very huge amount of time, let's say that you could go to town (about 15km of distance) for christmass shopping and then get back and you'll still have it working, especially if you're on multilib. you'll then need the original sun jdk to compile icedtea6 from java overlay. if you follow this and build icedtea6 with sunjdk then it will quite build and work until the new java update will be released. just remember that icedtea6 takes a huge amount of time to build too and i don't really know if it really worths rebuilding it.
-- dott. ing. beso
