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| From: Michael.Sinz / mime, , , [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| To: lamb / mime, , , [EMAIL PROTECTED]; fst.robert /
| mime, , , [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Cc: java-linux / mime, , , [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Subject: Re: Java Plugin doesn't work
| Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 2:42PM
|
| On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:10:43 +0800 (HKT), Robert P. Biuk-Aghai wrote:
|
| >On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Patrick Lamb wrote:
| >
| >> I got it to work by setting the NPX_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable.
| >> (It's in one of the FMs...) IIRC, it isn't supposed to be needed for a
| >> default installation, but the plugin suddenly started working when I set
| >> it anyhow. In my case I set
| >> NPX_PLUGIN_PATH=/home/pdlamb/.netscape/plugins
| >> export NPX_PLUGIN_PATH
| >> in my .bashrc.
| >>
| >> Pat
| >
| >I have in the meantime downloaded the activator.i18n-linux-glibc
| >plugin (previously I used the activator-linux-glibc plugin), installed
| >it, and set the NPX_PLUGIN_PATH variable to the ~/.netscape/plugins
| >directory. Upon starting Netscape 4.06, I get following message:
|
| Just a simple question - is there a reason why you are trying the
| plug-in in 4.06? I have seen things about problems starting in 4.05
| with the plug-in due to some changes in the browser. Also, starting in
| 4.06, Netscape has finally main-lined the JDK 1.1.x Java into their
| browsers and thus there generally is no need for the plugin.
I can think of two reasons...
1. If you don't make use of the Plug-in signed applets and security
related code
in an applet have to comply either to the Netscape specific API or
MS IE specific
API.
2. if you want to start using JDK1.2bx dependent stuff in a browser...
Of course , this isn't an option for Linux yet.
Cheers, Addy.
