On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 05:35:48PM -0800, Bruce Ferrell wrote:
>
>
> Jim Sabatke wrote:
> > Bruce Ferrell wrote:
> >> Bruce Ferrell wrote:
> >>> Any suggestions on how to fix it?
> >> It's been pointed out that more information is needed... I agree
> >>
> >> Java applets don't execute at all. They did at one point. The sites
> >> (internal) that have the applets I don't use often.
> >>
> >> Java applications still run fine
> >
> > Oh, and you can force Firefox to find the Java plugin by putting a link
> > in the firefox/plugins directory to ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so. Don't use
> > the ns7-gcc29/ version.
> >
> > That is cheating on the RPM system but it should give you Java. I used
> > to load Netscape and Java into non-SuSE locations and use that method.
> > Since RPMs have become more available and more quickly available, I've
> > been trusting them to keep me up to date, which they do.
> >
> > I would recommend loading both Firefox and Java through yast. That
> > *should* sort out problems. Restart Firefox after re-installing.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Jim
>
> Jim,
>
> A most useful hint. The link that was present pointed to update8 and
> update13 is what is installed. It appears that the java plugin in
> java-1_5_0-sun-plugin-1.5.0_update13-0.5 is broken from on
> mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/suse/update/10.2/
This update should have actually fixed it.
Run:
update-alternatives --auto java
update-alternatives --auto javaplugin
and all should be fine.
ciao, Marcus
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