On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:49:38AM -0800, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > > > Marcus Meissner wrote: > > 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 > > update-alternatives --display javaplugin > No alternatives for javaplugin.
Is this a x86_64 machine and Sun Java? The 64bit java does not have the plugin. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
