On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 10:42 -0500, Bryen wrote: > > I was trying to find the missing symlinks as well and things were > getting a bit hairy for me on that path. Then someone updated Bug > #334783 with their findings, and buried in there, I was able to deduce > to try the following command: > > "/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --auto javaplugin"
Great !!! I did all that Eberhard said: On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 15:29 +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote: > > sure. You are wellcome. > > Just to warm up: > -"java" yields "command not found" > -as root "find / -name "java" yields many things java, among them > "/usr/bin/java" > > Now for something real: > > ls -la /usr/bin/java: > .... /usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java > > then ls -la /etc/alternatives/java > .../etc/alternatives/java -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0.u2-sun/bin/java > (which does not exist!) > > go to /etc/alternatives and delete the existing link to the non existing > java executable: > as root: > cd /etc/alternatives > rm java > > create a new link there with the name "java" to the existing java > executable. Beforehand, check on your system, whether java is REALLY > there, where you want to link to! > > ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0.u3-sun/bin/java ./java > > double check with: > ls la java > > then as ordinary user, check, whether "java" yields a long explanation > of all the parameters that you can use with it. ;-)) > > start firefox > enjoy. > > I hope it will work for you, as well. > > kind regards > Eberhard > BUT only as I executed this last "/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --auto javaplugin" command did my Java on OpenSUSE 10.3 with the newest Firefox work! Thanx all! :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
