this is a really nifty tip. thanks! On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Joe Apuzzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok last meeting I did a quick lightning talk on my success in printing > Digital photos at the local CVS. > I was not able to use there special software, until I found out it was > Java based. > Well with a 64bit kernel , all my browsers are 64bit, thus no "java" and > thus not working. > After some digging I came across this script: > > ff32_3in1_6294.tar.gz > ( Please see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202537 for more > details ) > > Which allows you to install the 32bit firefox ( 3.0.1 ) on your 64bit > Ubuntu system. > Although it installed everything else, it did not install Java > correctly, which I did install by hand ( 32bit version ) > > 1) d/l the 32bit Java JVM and place it in /usr/lib/jvm/ ( I renamed > mine jre32_1.6.0_07 ) > 2) add the symbolic link: "sudo ln -s > /usr/lib/jvm/jre32_1.6.0_07/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so > /usr/local/firefox32-3/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so" > 3) Test your JVM in the new firefox32-3 browser at > http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp > > Now CVS works just fine and I can bulk upload 100+ photos when I need to. > Also something cool was looking at the firefox32-3 script that starts > 32bit Firefox: > > #!/bin/sh > export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib32/gtk-2.0 > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0 > export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders.32 > killall esd > linux32 /usr/local/firefox32-3/firefox $@ > > Which shows us how to get a 32bit environment working on 64bit Ubuntu: > > #!/bin/sh > export GTK_PATH=/usr/lib32/gtk-2.0 > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib32/libpangohack.so.0 > export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders.32 > linux32 {32bit application} > > If you want to get a 32bit shell ( don't want the 32bit GUI stuff ) you > can thus just run "linux32" > Which means that you can effectively run a 64bit kernel and still use > those 32bit apps! > > Joe > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > Aug 6 - Zenos > Sep 3 - TBD > > -- Anthony Parks http://www.computingminimalism.org Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Say no to software patents: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
