On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:12:48AM +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 17:35 -0800, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > > > 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/ > > Do regular java apps work (java itself, netbeans, eclipse)? I ask > because a month or so ago a java update did not make correct links after > installation. No java things worked. Correcting the links by hand fixed > it. Then, a week or so ago a new java update came from suse. Seems the > links are screwed up again. I am currently looking for the earlier post > on this list that told about a program that sets the links. Because > after I installed that update, my links seem to be messed up again. > > Sounds like you have a similar situation with a link pointing in the > wrong place.
update-alternatives --display java update-alternatives --display javaplugin shows the current state of the "alternatives" framework java uses. ls -la /etc/alternatives/javaplugin should show the actual symlink. And the updates _should_ have fixed all those problems now. If not, we need to review again. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
