On Wednesday January 1 2003 07:40 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> Java was running correctly under Galeon but not under Mozilla. I
> had hoped that this would fix it. Instead, I now show no plugins
> for Java or Javascript under either. The only good thing is that
> it has confirmed that my problems in Mozilla were caused by this,
> because now Galeon doesn't work either.
>
> I presume there's a link problem. What should I do now?
>
> Anne
Dunno (?), not quite sure I understand your problems Anne. FWIW,
the 'Club' Mandrake Sun java rpm has been available for quite some
time. Updated versions available as soon as Sun releases 'em. I've
only used them with Mozilla and Konqueror, mostly 99% Konqueror. I
only use java to avoid, like with Flash, error or crashes when I go
to some web pages.
Otherwise, IMO, both would be banned from the Net (as would M$
users and all virus proliferating proprietary closed source crap).
But I seldom get my way ;> Still think it's a better way for 'peace
on earth', open source that is. At least it'd be auditable and better
free from 'welcome to crackers' and soft/hard conflicts as it is now.
As such it's possible that you might (ie, auditable) have some
hardware problems with java under Linux. Closed source can't possibly
be supported, hardware or software. I use Mandrake's Sun java version
since I suspect they've done all they can to make sure it doesn't
cause conflicts or security holes... even without the source. Plus
it's a user error free install.
Since you now 'show no plugins for Java or Javascript under
either', I believe I'd undo/uninstall your efforts to date, then just
install the Mandrake/Sun java rpm. It really does do everything for
you, which avoids user bumps in the road. 'rpm -Uvh' should reveal
any needed deps, but you might also do it with
'urpmi j2re-1.4.1_01-5mdk'
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