Clayton writes: > > 2. PayPal Shipping: When using USPS shipping from the US to International > > destinations, the Java dialog window that opens to print the customs and > > shipping label doesn't work on SuSE. Domestic shipping works. The > > Java plugin is 1.4.2_13-b06, as shown in "about:plugins". > > Just guessing here, but have you tried moving to a newer version of > Java? 1.4.2 is quite an old version, and it's possible that the Java > being used for that window is making calls to 1.5 or higher functions. > I've seen this kind of thing happen with other sites in Windows as > well as Linux and older versions of Java.
I tried installing the Java 1.6.0 rpms from the opensuse.org website but they produce failed dependency errors and refused to install. I don't want to break anything else by using rpm --force. > > 3. Certain websites with WMV video content don't work (shows "plugin needed" > > but no plugin was found). Is there a way to make this work? The > > Edit->Preferences->Contents->File Types shows some existing associations > > but doesn't give a way for me to add an external application such as > > xine. > > Can't speak for Xine, but if you install MPlayer, w32codocs and > mplayerplugin from the 3rd party repositories, embedded video works > fine. No tinkering needed. I actually have mplayer and w32codecs installed but couldn't get it to work on my machine. It plays the sound but just gives a blank blue window. Xine, on the other hand, works fine. > > All the above works fine with Firefox on Windows XP. Any hints and tips? > > What version of Java are you using in Windows? My Windows XP box has Java 1.6.0_01. -Ti -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
