Marcus Meissner wrote: > 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 >
I think there may be something wrong with the plugin itself. Starting firefox with debug gives me this when I try to load a java app in the browser: VM did not start up properly java_vm process: could not find Java VM symbols Could not read ack from child process Plugin: Java VM process has died. plugin: java process exited with status 3 Could not start JavaVM! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
