Re: Java Activator (plugin) on redhat 5.1 with Netscape 4.06

Wed, 16 Sep 1998 20:29:46 -0400 

Stephen Martin wrote:
> 
> I just downloaded the java activator from blackdown.org and have installed
> it. It does not seem to work. When I start netscape I get:
> 
> ERROR: /home/smartin/.netscape/plugins/javaplugin.so: undefined symbol: stat
> Cant load plugin /home/smartin/.netscape/plugins/javaplugin.so. Ignored.
> 
> and if I got to the about:plugins page netscape crashes with
> 
> Illegal instruction (core dumped)
> 
> Does anyone know how to get it to work? Is there a newer version
> somewhere?

Mine works with: Redhat 5.1, Netscape 4.06, Blackdown JDK 1.1.6(v3),
java Plugin 1.1, version unknown - about 3 weeks old - I think it did
not change for a while. I installed it as root under /usr/local - not
sure if that makes any difference.

Installation instructions are attached.


Regards, Milan


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There's always something magic: Java, Linux, Solaris
Title: Runtime Plug-in for Linux, Java(tm) Edition
Java

Runtime Plug-in for Linux, JavaTM Edition

Versions

The Runtime-plugin for Linux is available on both glibc and libc5 platforms. The following configurations are absolutely neccessary:

glibc

  • Steve Byrne's 1.1.5v5 glibc port of the jdk (jdk1.1.5v5-980311.tar.gz)
  • libc-2.0.6.so
  • libdl-2.0.6.so
  • ld-2.0.6
The output of 'java -version' should return "cls:03/11/11-08:49" n

libc5

  • Steve Byrne's 1.1.5v6 libc5 port of the jdk (jdk1.1.5.tar.gz)
  • libc.so.5.4.44 or greater
  • libm.so.5.0.9 or greater
  • libdl.so.1.8.5 or greater
The output of 'java -version' should return "Linux_JDK_1.1.5_v6"

Environment Variables

ACTIVATOR_TRACE
The variable ACTIVATOR_TRACE controls whether a verbose trace should be produced. If it is simply set, then the trace output will go to through standard Netscape stderr. If it is set to a non-empty value, the plugin will attempt to create a file $ACTIVATOR_TRACE and will store a copy of the diagnostics output there.

Installation

Installation of the plugin involves executing the package that suits your configuration. For example: 
       chmod +x activator-linux-libc5
       ./activator-linux-libc5



By default, the plugin is installed in user's home directory. It is
also possible to install a single shared copy of the Java Plug-in. You
need to set up a shared directory "foo" to have both a plugins
sub-directory and javaplugin sub-directory. 

	foo/plugins
	foo/javaplugin





Start by doing a normal install of the plugin, and then move the files
to the shared directory. Specifically, move the files from
~/.netscape/javaplugin to foo/javaplugin and from
~/.netscape/plugins/javaplugin.so to foo/plugins/javaplugin.so.




For each user using the shared install, make sure that they have
foo/plugins on their Netscape NPX_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable
when they run Netscape. 

	NPX_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/local/foo/plugins:/some/other/directory;
	export NPX_PLUGIN_PATH

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