I confirm this bug, this is annoying for most french user who have to do their tax declaration on the web,
How it worked for me : sudo aptitude install firefox-2 sun-java-plugin cat | patch -p0 << EOF --- /var/lib/dpkg/info/sun-java5-plugin.postinst.orig 2008-05-25 13:00:19.000000000 +0200 +++ /var/lib/dpkg/info/sun-java5-plugin.postinst 2008-05-25 13:00:53.000000000 +0200 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin priority=53 -browser_dirs="xulrunner-addons" +browser_dirs="xulrunner-addons firefox" PLUGIN=libjavaplugin_oji.so PLUGINPTH=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/$PLUGIN EOF sudo dpkg-reconfigure sun-java5-plugin firefox-2 about:plugins Good luck with other configurations -- [hardy] Java plugin not registered in Firefox 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211309 You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to icedtea-gcjwebplugin in ubuntu. Status in Source Package "icedtea-gcjwebplugin" in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in Source Package "sun-java5" in Ubuntu: New Status in Source Package "sun-java6" in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in icedtea-gcjwebplugin in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Committed Status in sun-java5 in Ubuntu Hardy: New Status in sun-java6 in Ubuntu Hardy: New Bug description: Java plugin is not registered with Firefox 2, only Firefox 3. Solution: In sun-java6-plugin.postinst script, extend the browser_dirs="xulrunner-addons" variable by "firefox" or "firefox-addons". whichever is right. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+editemails More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
